Venice beach is a well known attraction to people all around the world and is conveniently located in southern California. What many do not realize while visiting Venice is the signification behind it. In 1850 Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney. He created the idea of transforming an ordinary beachfront property into an area culture. Venice beach is an important space because of the interesting history behind it’s architecture, the conceptual idea behind the formation, and the perception people have on it presently.
In 1905 a beach resort town was created by Abbot Kinney and his partner Francis Ryan with the two miles of oceanfront property that they purchased previously in 1891. The resort was built on the North end of the property and was called Ocean Park. After Kinney’s partner Francis Ryan died, Kinney started to build on the south end of the property envisioning a seaside resort designed like it’s namesake in Italy. Venice opened on July 4, 1905. Several miles of canals were dug to drain the swampland in the residential area. In addition to the canals, Kinney built a pier for entertainment as well as a long street built with venetian architecture.
The conceptual idea behind the formation of Venice was to create a place of culture. They originally wanted it to be like a mini Italy since both of the cities share the same name. The population began to grow because of all the excitement taking place with all the new attractions being created around the town.
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