Venice was the home of the first Shelby manufacturing plant in the USA. Carroll Shelby, an exciting sports car driver, decided to manufacture a car that would change the way we accelerate down the road today. In 1964, he transformed a Ford Mustang into a Shelby; the ground breaking street legal racecar and the rest is history.
After you have indulged yourself in the history of Venice Beach you should be soaked up by the atmosphere of all the entertainment around you. Here are some ideas of what to look for.
Venice Beach :
Moving south from the city of Santa Monica, the paved pedestrian Promenade becomes Ocean Front Walk and gets progressively weirder until it reaches an apex at Washington Boulevard and the Venice fishing pier. Although there are people who swim and sunbathe, Venice Beach's character is defined by the sea of humanity on the Ocean Front Walk, plus the bevy of boardwalk vendors and old-fashioned pedestrian streets a block away. Park on the side streets or in the plentiful lots west of Pacific Avenue.
For those renters that want to visit a more eccentric part of California, should drive down to Venice Beach. For those who planned on visiting Santa Monica should take the seven mile drive north to experience the differences between the two atmospheres. Much similar to Santa Monica, Venice Beach has its variety of live performances, artists, and astonishing scenery but what Venice Beach offers on top of these attractions is funkiness.
This carnival city runs all year round free of charge. Recently Venice Beach was rated the 3rd most unique cultural experience in the USA, behind San Francisco and New Orleans. Many people don't realize how electric, alternative, and culturally diverse the city has become. Through the years Venice Beach has been the birthplace to many famous American icons, here are two you may recognize.
The Shelby :
Venice was the home of the first Shelby manufacturing plant in the USA. Carroll Shelby, an exciting sports car driver, decided to manufacture a car that would change the way we accelerate down the road today. In 1964, he transformed a Ford Mustang into a Shelby; the ground breaking street legal racecar and the rest is history.
After you have indulged yourself in the history of Venice Beach you should be soaked up by the atmosphere of all the entertainment around you. Here are some ideas of what to look for.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
L A's attraction
The Largest City
New York City (officially The City of New York) is the largest city in the United States, with a metropolitan area that is among the largest urban areas in the world. The city serves as one of the world's primary global cities, exerting a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, and entertainment. The city is also an important center for international affairs, hosting the United Nations headquarters.
The city consists of five distinct boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. It is the most densely populated major city in the United States, with an estimated 8,274,527 people[1] within an area of 304.8 square miles (789.43 km2).[2][3][4][5][6] The New York metropolitan area is also the largest metropolitan area in the country, with an estimated 19,750,000 people over 6,720 square miles (17,400 km2) in three states.[7]
New York is largely unique among American cities for its high use of mass transit, and the overall density and diversity of its population. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken in the city and 36% of its population was born outside the United States.[8][9] The city is sometimes referred to as "The City That Never Sleeps" due to its extensive 24-hour subway system and constant bustling of traffic and people, while other nicknames include Gotham and the Big Apple.[10][11]
Founded as a commercial trading post by the Dutch in 1624, it served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790,[12] and has been the nation's largest city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has been a dominant global financial center since World War II and is home to the New York Stock Exchange. Today, the city has many renowned landmarks and neighborhoods that are world famous. The city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building and the twin towers of the former World Trade Center.
New York is the birthplace of many cultural
The city consists of five distinct boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. It is the most densely populated major city in the United States, with an estimated 8,274,527 people[1] within an area of 304.8 square miles (789.43 km2).[2][3][4][5][6] The New York metropolitan area is also the largest metropolitan area in the country, with an estimated 19,750,000 people over 6,720 square miles (17,400 km2) in three states.[7]
New York is largely unique among American cities for its high use of mass transit, and the overall density and diversity of its population. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken in the city and 36% of its population was born outside the United States.[8][9] The city is sometimes referred to as "The City That Never Sleeps" due to its extensive 24-hour subway system and constant bustling of traffic and people, while other nicknames include Gotham and the Big Apple.[10][11]
Founded as a commercial trading post by the Dutch in 1624, it served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790,[12] and has been the nation's largest city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has been a dominant global financial center since World War II and is home to the New York Stock Exchange. Today, the city has many renowned landmarks and neighborhoods that are world famous. The city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building and the twin towers of the former World Trade Center.
New York is the birthplace of many cultural
Lights
The New York metropolitan area, often referred to as the Tri-State Area, is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also one of the most populous in the world. The metropolitan area is defined by the Office of Management and Budget as the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), with an estimated population of 18,815,988 as of 2007. The MSA is further subdivided into four metropolitan divisions. The 23-county metropolitan area includes ten counties in New York State, including the five boroughs of New York City, the two other counties of Long Island, and three in the lower Hudson Valley, twelve counties in Northern and Central New Jersey, and one county in northeastern Pennsylvania. The largest urbanized area in the United States is at the heart of the metropolitan area, the New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT Urbanized Area (with a population of 17,799,861 as of the 2000 census).
Based on commuting patterns, the Office of Management and Budget also defines a wider region consisting of the New York metropolitan area plus five adjacent metropolitan areas. The area is known as the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA), with an estimated population of 21,961,994[1] as of 2007. About one out of every fifteen Americans resides in this region, which includes seven additional counties in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and is often referred to as the Tri-state Area and less commonly
Based on commuting patterns, the Office of Management and Budget also defines a wider region consisting of the New York metropolitan area plus five adjacent metropolitan areas. The area is known as the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA), with an estimated population of 21,961,994[1] as of 2007. About one out of every fifteen Americans resides in this region, which includes seven additional counties in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and is often referred to as the Tri-state Area and less commonly
City that never sleeps
Through rotting pilings on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, New York City glistens like a great faceted jewel. The tall buildings of today, the tall ships of yesterday, rich man, beggar - New York houses them all. The City is an entity in itself- it holds all that can be attained in life or in dreams. -Peter Ellenshaw
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
