34.0058° N  118.3969° W

Culver City

The Heart of Screenland: Harry Culver's 1917 city, home to Sony Pictures and the Culver Studios, with craftsman bungalows and a walkable downtown.

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Plate 07 · Culver CityZIP 90230 and 90232Boundaries: LA Times Mapping L.A. · Roads: Natural Earth · Illustration, not a survey
1917Incorporated
1918First film studio
1924MGM arrives
5.1Square miles

History

How Culver City came to be.

  1. 1913

    Harry Culver announces his new city halfway between Los Angeles and Venice.

  2. 1918

    Thomas Ince builds the first studio, today's Culver Studios.

  3. 1924

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer takes over the Triangle lot, now Sony Pictures Studios.

  4. 1941

    Hughes Aircraft opens its plant, where the Spruce Goose was built.

  5. 2012

    The Expo Line's Culver City station opens at the edge of downtown.

Points of interest

Places that define Culver City

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    Fun facts

    Things even locals forget

    Atlanta burned here.

    The burning of Atlanta in Gone with the Wind was filmed on the Culver Studios backlot.

    The Spruce Goose was built here.

    Howard Hughes's giant flying boat was assembled at his Culver City plant.

    A bus line since 1928.

    Culver CityBus is the second-oldest municipal bus line in California.

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