Venice Timeline
Highlights
- 1891 - Kinney and Ryan purchase land and sell lots at Ocean Park.
- 1905 - Kinney constructs Venice of America, canals and piers.
- 1911 - Fraser builds "Million Dollar" amusement pier in Ocean Park.
- 1920 - Abbot Kinney dies; Abbot Kinney amusement pier burns.
- 1924 - Ocean Park pier complex burns.
- 1925 - Los Angeles annexes Venice.
- 1930 - Oil discovered in Venice.
- 1946 - Venice amusement Pier closed.
- 1958 - Pacific Ocean Park opens after old Ocean Park remodled.
- 1964 - Los Angeles tears down 550 buildings in historic Venice.
- 1967 - Pacific Ocean Park goes bankrupt.
- 1977 - Venice regains popularity as "Roller Skating Capital of the World."
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