Venice Boulevard began in 1905 as a small road through a namesake housing tract, located half a mile east of Abbot Kinney’s then-new “Venice of America” development. (For some background, see Abbot Kinney Blvd.) As Venice Boulevard was being extended eastward along the old streetcar tracks, taking over the former Front Street in Palms and a different Pico Boulevard than the one we all know, L.A.’s 16th Street was being extended westward to meet it. Once the two roads became a single thoroughfare, West 16th Street adopted Venice Boulevard’s name. (East 16th Street still exists.) The project was championed by Harry H. Culver, who obviously saw benefits in said thoroughfare abutting Culver City. It was completed in 1925.
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