History

The canals were built in 1905 as a private real estate development named Short Line Beach Venice Canals Subdivision No. 1. They capitalized on Abbot Kinney’s “Venice of America,” a canal development and amusement center to the north. Both canal projects, built with a lot of speed and too little Read more…

If you missed the Venice Canals program on “Lost LA” KCET Channel 28 program, you can watch the episode on your computer and/or phone, etc.

Channel 4 “LA You May Not Know: Venice Canals”, Click on below image. Turn on the video sound. Or click “close” and then on the play button in the lower left corner of the below video player.