abstract:Venice Boulevard is a major east-west thoroughfare in Los Angeles, running from the ocean in the Venice district, past the I-10 intersection, into downtown Los Angeles. It was originally known as West 16th Street under the Los Angeles numbered street system.
WhenIcame toLos Angeles, I askedtheconcierge at thehotelwhere I was staying, "where's the beach?" hesaidjust take VeniceBoulevarddowntoVenice, and youwillfind the beach.
Double back and head up a block to VeniceBoulevard to visit the Museum of Jurassic Technology (www.mjt.org), a deadpan collection of genuine fossilized curios and phony artefacts that feels like collaboration between Dave Eggers and David Lynch.
Those streets, ranging from narrow roads winding around the Hollywood Hills to ten-lane boulevards that cut through canyons of office towers, are heavy traveled the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and VeniceBoulevard routinely sees 79, 000 cars per day, more than many expressways but rarely gridlocked.