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According to the City of Los Angeles, Venice is bounded to the north by Marine Court and Dewey Street (adjoining the City of Santa Monica). It extends in an irregular fashion from the Pacific Ocean eastward to Walgrove Avenue, Beethoven Street and Del Rey Avenue. It borders the Palms, Mar Vista, and Del Rey neighborhoods, parts of Culver City and Marina Del Rey. According to the Venice Neighborhood Council, Venice consists of the eight existing neighborhoods listed in the Venice Specific Plan...

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According to the Mapping L.A. project of the Los Angeles Times, Venice is adjoined on the northwest by Santa Monica, on the northeast by Mar Vista, on the southeast by Culver City, Del Rey and Marina Del Rey, on the south by Ballona Creekand on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Venice is bounded on the northwest by the Santa Monica city line. The northern apex of the Venice neighborhood is at Walgrove Avenue and Rose Avenue, abutting the Santa Monica Airport. On the east, the boundary runs north...

Like much of the rest of coastal southern California, Venice has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, with cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Temperatures are moderate all year, and the neighborhood boasts over 300 sunshine days per year. As a result of seasonal lag, fall is usually warmer than spring in Venice. Because of its coastal location, morning fog is a common phenomenon in May and June, but occasionally July and August, as well. Los Angeles residents have a particular terminology for this phenomenon: the "May Gray", the "June Gloom", "No-Sky July" and "Fogust"; during these events, the fog will usually burn off by noon, but the fog may also stick around all day. The all-time record high of 110 °F (43 °C) was observed on September 27, 2010, while the all-time record low is 32 °F (0 °C), observed on January 14, 2007. Venice is in USDA plant hardiness zone10b.

The 2000 U.S. census counted 37,705 residents in the 3.17-square-mile Venice neighborhood—an average of 11,891 people per square mile, about the norm for Los Angeles; in 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 40,885. The median age for residents was 35, considered the average for Los Angeles; the percentages of residents aged 19 through 49 were among the county's highest. The ethnic breakdown was 64.2% Non-Hispanic White, 21.7% Latino (of any racial origin); 5.4% African American; 4.1% Asian, and 4.6% of other origins. About 22.3% of residents had been born abroad, a relatively low figure for Los Angeles; Mexico (38.4%) and the United Kingdom (8.5%) were their most common places of birth. Forty-nine percent of Venice residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high figure for both the city and the county. The percentages of residents of that age with a bachelor's degreeor a master's degree was considered high for the county. The median...

Venice has been known as a preferred location for creative artists. In the 1950s and 1960s, Venice became a center for the Beat generation and there was an explosion of poetry and art, which continues today. Major writers and artists throughout the decades have included Stuart Perkoff, John Thomas, Frank T. Rios, Tony Scibella, Lawrence Lipton, John Haag, Saul White, Robert Farrington, Philomene Long, and Tom Sewell.

The Venice Beach Recreation Center comprises a number of facilities.The installation has basketball courts (unlighted/outdoor), several children play areas with a gymnastics apparatus, chess tables, handball courts (unlighted), paddle tennis courts (unlighted), and volleyball courts (unlighted). At the south end of the area is the muscle beach outdoor gymnasium. In March 2009, the city opened a sophisticated $2 million skate park on the sand towards the north. The Graffiti Walls are on the beach side of the bike path in the same vicinity. The Oakwood Recreation Center, which also acts as a Los Angeles Police Departmentstop-in center, includes an auditorium, an unlighted baseball diamond, lighted indoor basketball courts, unlighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room, a lighted American football field, an indoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables, and an unlighted soccer field. The Westminster Off-Leash Dog Park is located in Venice.

Venice is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles represented by District 11on the Los Angeles City Council. City services are provided by the city of Los Angeles. There is a Venice Neighborhood Council that advises the LA City Council on local issues.

The schools within Venice are as follows: 1. Broadway Elementary School, LAUSD, 1015 Lincoln Boulevard 2. Animo Venice Charter High School, 820 Broadway Street, which opened in August 2002 with 145 students, adding a freshman class of 140 every year until 2006, when it reached its full capacity of approximately 525 students. The school moved in 2006 to the former Ninety-Eighth Street Elementary School campus, which had been occupied by the Renaissance Academy. 3. Venice Skills Center, LAUSD, 611 Fifth Avenue 4. Westminster Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 1010 Abbot Kinney Boulevard 5. Coeur d'Alene Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 810 Coeur d'Alene Avenue 6. Westside Leadership Magnet School, LAUSD alternative, 104 Anchorage Street 7. Venice High School, LAUSD

Public libraries

The Los Angeles Public Libraryoperates the Venice–Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch.

Fire department

The Los Angeles Fire Departmentoperates Station 63, which serves Venice with two engines, a truck, and an ALS rescue ambulance.

Police

The Los Angeles Police Departmentserves the area through the Pacific Community Police Station as well as a beach sub-station.

Venice has been the location of numerous movies, TV shows, and video games.Common locations for filming include the piers, skate park, restaurant, canals, boardwalk, and the schools. Some productions include the following: 1. 1914: Kid Auto Races at Venice (Charlie Chaplin—first appearance of the "Little Tramp" character) 2. 1920: Number, Please? (Harold Lloyd) 3. 1921: The High Sign (Buster Keaton) 4. 1923: The Balloonatic(Buster Keaton) 5. 1927: Sugar Daddies (Laurel and Hardy) 6. 1928: The Circus (Charlie Chaplin) 7. 1928: The Cameraman(Buster Keaton) 8. 1958: Touch of Evil (Orson Welles) – shot entirely in Venice except for one indoor scene, selected by Welles as a stand-in for a fictional run-down Mexican border town. 9. 1961: Night Tide (Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, written and directed by Curtis Harrington)—Shot entirely in Venice and shows the deteriorated nature of the area in the 1950s. 10. 1971: Dracula vs. Frankenstein 11. 1972: One Pair of Eyes – Reyner Banham loved Los...

According to legend, the Carnival of Venice started following the military victory of the Venetian Republic over the Patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrico di Treven in the year 1162. In the honour of this victory, the people started to dance and gather in San Marco Square. Apparently, this festival started in that period and became official in the Renaissance. In the seventeenth century, the baroque carnival was a way to save the prestigious image of Venice in the world. It was very famous during the ei

Masks have always been an important feature of the Venetian carnival. Traditionally people were allowed to wear them between the festival of Santo Stefano and the end of the carnival season at midnight of Shrove Tuesday. As masks were also allowed on Ascension and from October 5 to Christmas, people could spend a large portion of the year in disguise. Maskmakers enjoyed a special position in society, with their own laws and their own guild, with their own statute dated 10 April 1436. Mascherari

The short story The Cask of Amontillado, written by Edgar Allan Poe, is set in Venice during the carnival.