34.0096° N 118.4353° W
Mar Vista
Spanish for 'sea view.' Gregory Ain's mid-century Mar Vista Tract, the Sunday farmers market and breezes off the Westside's hill.
History
How Mar Vista came to be.
- 1902
The Venice Short Line rail opens along today's Venice Boulevard.
- 1904
The area is sold as Ocean Park Heights, the name it keeps until 1924.
- 1927
Mar Vista joins the City of Los Angeles.
- 1948
Gregory Ain's Mar Vista Tract is completed, 52 modern homes with landscapes by Garrett Eckbo.
- 2003
The Mar Vista Tract becomes a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone.
Points of interest
Places that define Mar Vista
Each number matches a pin on the map above. Hover either one to find the other.
Fun facts
Things even locals forget
Grease went to school here.
Rydell High's exteriors were filmed at Venice High School.
A modernist time capsule.
The Mar Vista Tract is one of LA's best-preserved post-war modern neighborhoods.
Sea view, really.
On clear days the Mar Vista hill looks out over the Pacific.
Mar Vista real estate
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