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1964 Map of Venice

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Venice
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The coastline of Santa Monica Bay is defined here by the rapid mid-century expansion of the Westside and South Bay. Los Angeles International Airport dominates the central landscape, showing its massive layout adjacent to industrial zones and the Sausal Redondo land grant area. To the north, the intricate canal-side layout of Venice and the burgeoning Culver City meet at Ballona Creek, while Loyola University stands prominently on the bluffs overlooking the wetlands.

Transport and education networks are densely packed, with the Southern Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads threading through El Segundo and Manhattan Beach. Local life is recorded through numerous institutions like Venice High Sch and Holy Cross Cemetery, alongside the recreational stretches of Dockweiler Beach State Park. The map documents a period of intense urbanization, where old rancho boundaries like Aguaje de la Centinella still influenced the modern street grid.