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Surf & Skate icon Skip Engblom created the Zephyr skateboard team, mentoring a crew of West-side kids into international superstars.
Jeff Ho is the embodiment of Venice surf and skate and in many ways can be considered one of the godfathers of modern skateboarding.
The Pacific Jewish Center struggled as Jewish establishments and synagogues closed. As the Venice boardwalk transformed from a broken beach community into a bustling strip, the center remained the last synagogue in Venice
Hal's Bar and Grill has remained a staple for Venice locals Abbot Kinney Boulevard for over twenty years.
A mural on Dell Avenue and Carroll Canal, was erected by Emily Winters as a tribute to the culture and change she observed while living in the canals in the 1960s.
With students from Occidental CollegeEagle Rock is a small crevice of Los Angeles, poking its head between Glendale and Pasadena. In its hay day, thanks…
A skeptical public had heard rumors of Kinney's eccentric re-development ideas in the coastal marshlands of Southern California, but no one took him seriously.
Pacific Ocean Park was the last of the great amusement parks in the Santa Monica/Venice area.
Venice was built under the provision that the beach could never be commercialized so Abbot Kinney built the amusement parks of Venice of America over the ocean.
Venice Discover Education Discover your neighborhood, travel as a tourist, get lost and remember to speak to everyone you meet. Discover
Old-time Venice resident and historian Arnold Springer explains who Venice's founder was.
Artist Ed Ruscha describes his emotions as he drove to Los Angeles, at the age of 19, from Oklahoma City.
