Charlotte Wolter wrote: > Paul, > > No city planner was involved in the development of Venice. > It was done in the 1910s or 1920s, before city planners did much in LA.
Aah, I'm a little surprised, the area seemed much more recently built when I lived in Sylmar. > As for lacking appeal, the walk streets of Venice are > very-expensive, difficult-to-obtain places to live. I keep forgetting about the Californian propensity to live in poorly designed communities. > Of course, the > fact that the walk streets end at the Pacific Ocean and Venice Beach > might have something to do with it. IIRC, the streets don't end at the Pacific Ocean in Venice, most terminate against Ocean Front Walk, a cycleway. Coincidentally, one I wouldn't touch with a 60 foot pole because the police seem more concerned with perfecting their tans than they are with enforcing a safe flow of traffic on Ocean Front Walk (pedestrians routinely ignore the through lanes, walking down the middle of the street, cyclists often ride in the oncoming lanes illegally, all while the local police smoke cigarettes and stare blankly at the sun...) _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
