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by Marty Schatz, Board Member Emeritus  ABBOT KINNEY, CREATOR OF VENICE, CALIFORNIA, LED A FASCINATING LIFE FILLED WITH ADVENTURE, SCHOLARLY PURSUITS, PUBLIC SERVICE, AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISES…
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by Marty Schatz, Board Member Emeritus  A leisurely day in Venice on the Grand Canal AFTER ABBOT KINNEY WON HIS FAMOUS COIN TOSS IN 1904, HE ASSUMED SOLE OWNERSHIP OF THE SALT MARSHES SOUTH OF OCEAN PARK…
by Marty Schatz, Board Member Emeritus  One of the original capitol heads designed by Italian artist, Felix Peano WINDWARD AVENUE AND PARTS OF OCEAN FRONT WALK ARE STILL DECORATED BY ROWS OF COLUMNS…
by Marty Schatz, Board Member Emeritus  The rundown Pacific Ocean Park (POP) Pier that became the playground of Dogtown surfers DOGTOWN IS AN AREA THAT STRADDLES SANTA MONICA AND VENICE ON THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN…
Most Highly Recommended by Venice Author/Historians: "Abbot Kinney's Venice-of-America" by Carolyn Elayne Alexander (*our Venice Heritage Foundation Board Historian!) - 1991
"Arthur L. Reese, the Wizard of Venice: Venice of America, 1905-2005" by Sonya Reese Davis "Fantasy by The Sea" by Tom Moran & Tom Sewell - 1979, 1980 "History of Venice of America" by Arnold Springer, Ph.D. - 1992 "Pacific Ocean Park" by Christopher Merritt & Domenic Priore - 2014 "Santa Monica Bay: The First 100 Years" by Fred E. Basten - 1974 "Venice of America: The American Dream Come True" by Sweet William - 1976 "Venice Stories" Vol. 1 & 2 by Jason Hill - 2016, 2018 "Venice, California - Coney Island of the Pacific" by Jeffrey Stanton - 1993, 2005 "Venice, California" by Carolyn Elayne Alexander (*) - 1999 by Marty Schatz, Board Member Emeritus  Venetians enjoying the shade of the pagoda structures on Ocean Front Walk BETWEEN 1935 AND 1943, THE WORKS PROJECT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM (WPA) PROVIDED ALMOST 8 MILLION JOBS AROUND THE UNITED STATES…
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