Venice Canals
In the early 1900s a man named Abbot Kinney had a dream to create the Venice of America, equipped with canals and an Italian town center. Unfortunately, investors of his day did not share his cosmopolitan spirit and Kinney was forced to cut his project short when he was unable to obtain funding. The canals were the only part of his vision to be realized. Over the years many of them have been drained and filled to accommodate the growing auto industry, and the few that were left fell into disrepair. The canals were renovated in 1992 and modern million dollar homes now line the waterfronts. These are especially beautiful at night, when the canals offer respite from the pounding traffic flowing through surrounding streets.
Venice Canals, Venice, CA, USA
