Marina del Rey, California
The area is a popular tourism destination for both land and water activities such as paddle board and kayak rentals, dining cruises, and yacht charters.For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Marina del Rey as a census-designated place (CDP).[citation needed] Prior to its development as a small-craft harbor, the land occupied by Marina del Rey was a salt marsh fed by fresh water from Ballona Creek.[7][8] With the increasing arrival of European settlers, Moye C. Wicks thought in the mid-19th century of turning the estuary and the wetland of Playa del Rey into a commercial port.A street car tram line was made to the Port by the Redondo and Hermosa Beach Railroad company, that had incorporated on February 21, 1901.In 1949, the US Army Corps of Engineers submitted an elaborate $23 million plan for a marina with mooring space for over 8,000 small-craft boats.[14][15] Real estate developer Abraham M. Lurie was the single largest leaseholder responsible for the building of three hotels, two apartment complexes, 1,000 boat slips, and several shopping centers, offices, restaurants; his holdings also included the last undeveloped piece of waterfront land in Marina del Rey.The harbor and the unincorporated residential and business community of Marina del Rey is bounded on all sides by the city of Los Angeles.The beach-style homes, on the inner portion of the coastal strand and the beach, west of the harbor, are within the city limits of Los Angeles, but share the same ZIP code as Marina del Rey.AHR has a height of about 170 feet (52 m), 20 floors and can house a maximum of about 2,500 people (800 condominiums) which is almost 30% of the population of Marina del Rey.The Polynesian double-hulled canoe Hōkūleʻa docked in Marina del Rey in October 2023 as part of a four-year circumnavigation of the Pacific.Marina del Rey is in the Second District of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, represented by Holly Mitchell.[38] The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) serves Marina del Rey and is based at Station #110, a part of Battalion 1, at 4433 Admiralty Way.Bus shuttle services operate on the roads within the marina and between the nearby sites of Playa Vista, and the Venice Pier.
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