Author Archives: Quantum Tom

“Realty Deals at Ocean Park”

For a while now I’ve been interested in learning more about the Venice Short Line section of the Venice-Inglewood freight railroad line that used to travel behind the shops on the east side of Abbot Kinney Boulevard. I searched the web for any old property records on the building housing Intelligentsia Cafe. Its address isContinue reading ““Realty Deals at Ocean Park””

Westminster Avenue and Abbot Kinney Boulevard

From the USC Digital Archives: Photograph of Westminster Avenue and Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, CA,, [s.d.]. Abbot Kinney Boulevard runs from the foreground to the background at center and intersects Westminster at center. Both roads are paved, and several early-model automobiles can be seen parked along the sides of the road. Single-story buildings lineContinue reading “Westminster Avenue and Abbot Kinney Boulevard”

Professional Building at Windward Avenue and Trolley Way in Venice, California, 1928

Another high resolution photo print (3508 x 2915 pixels) taken in 1925. This one shows the “Venice Professional Building” at the intersection of Windward Avenue and what is now Pacific Avenue (Trolley Way, back then). ajaxhelper (3508×2912).