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Marina del Rey (
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for "Marina of the King") is an
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seaside community in
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, with an eponymous harbor that is a major boating and water recreation destination of the
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area. The port is North America's largest man-made small-craft harbor and is home to approximately 5,000 boats. 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. Land activities include bicycling on several bicycle paths, walking paths along the waterfront, and birdwatching (birding). Wildlife watching opportunities include
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s and
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s. Dolphins and whales occasionally visit the deeper waters of harbor. This Westside locale is approximately south of
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, north of Los Angeles International Airport, and west-southwest of
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. The harbor is owned by
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and managed by the
Department of Beaches and Harbors The Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors is responsible for 20 beaches and the Marina Del Rey small-craft harbor in Los Angeles County, California. Marina The department also manages the Marina Del Rey small-craft harbor, which h ...
(DBH), but the waters are environmentally regulated by state government and federal government through their many agencies and departments with overlapping oversight. The ''
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'' said in a 1997 editorial that the harbor is "perhaps the county's most valuable resource". The population was 11,373 at the 2020 census. For statistical purposes, the
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has defined Marina del Rey as a
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(CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name; for example, the 90292 ZIP code includes all of Marina del Rey and portions of neighboring Los Angeles, such as Del Rey, and has a population of 21,576, more than double that of the CDP. Many residents of the 90292 ZIP code consider themselves to live in Marina del Rey even if they in fact live outside the official boundaries of the CDP.


History

Prior to its development as a small-craft harbor, the land occupied by Marina del Rey was a
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fed by fresh water from
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, frequented by duck hunters, including their hunting club, as well as by birdwatchers of the Los Angeles Audubon Society and the southern chapter of the Cooper Ornithological Club. Burton W. Chace, a former councilman of the City of Long Beach, who later became a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, referred to the area as
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, though today the area would more properly be referred to as an estuary and
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. In the mid-19th century, Moye C. Wicks thought of turning this estuary and wetland of Playa del Rey into a commercial port. He formed the Ballona Development Company in 1888 to develop the area, but three years later the company went bankrupt.
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made by
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and Moye Wicks was then sold to
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. Sherman purchased of land around the Ballona lagoon and Port Ballona in 1902 under the name the Beach Land Company. Sherman and Clark renamed the land " Del Rey". Port Ballona was then renamed
Playa Del Rey Playa del Rey (Spanish for "Beach of the King") is a seaside community in the Santa Monica Bay and the Westside region of Los Angeles, California. It has a ZIP code of 90293 and area codes of 310 and 424. As of 2018, the community had a populat ...
. The port was serviced by the California Central Railway opened in September 1887, this line later became the
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, that later became the
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. The rail line ran from the port to Redondo junction. A street car tram line was made to the Port by the
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company, that had incorporated on February 21, 1901. This company was part of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad owned by Sherman. The tram line opened December 1902 departed downtown at 4th & Broadway. In 1916, the
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revisited the idea of a commercial harbor, but declared it economically impractical. In 1936 the
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ordered a re-evaluation of that determination, and the Army Corps of Engineers returned with a more favorable determination; however, the Marina del Rey harbor concept lost out to San Pedro as a commercial harbor and development funding went to the
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instead. In 1949, the Army Corps of Engineers submitted an elaborate $23 million plan for a marina with mooring space for over 8,000 small-craft boats. In 1954, President Eisenhower signed Public Law 83-780, authorizing the study of the creation of the Marina as a federal project. After seven years of legislative wrangling, Public Law 87-402 renamed the Playa Del Rey Inlet and Harbor as Marina Del Rey, implicitly enshrining the authorization of the project into law. Ground breaking began shortly after, during the early years of the
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. With construction almost complete, the marina was put in danger in 1962–1963 due to a winter storm. The storm caused millions of dollars in damage to both the marina and the few small boats anchored there. A plan was put into effect to build a breakwater at the mouth of the marina, and the L.A. County Board of Supervisors appropriated $2.1 million to build it. On April 10, 1965, Marina del Rey was formally dedicated. The total cost of the marina was $36.25 million for land, construction, and initial operation. Los Angeles County then solicited bids for the harbor and port development, selling 60 year leaseholds to willing developers.The Argonaut: "Former Prominent Marina Del Rey Developer Abraham Lurie Dies at 86"
July 8, 2010
Los Angeles Times: "Biggest Marina Developer Files for Bankruptcy : Finances: Abraham M. Lurie seeks court protection as he battles his Saudi partners for control of his extensive holdings" by Jeffrey L. Rabin
June 13, 1991
Real estate developer
Abraham M. Lurie Abraham M. Lurie (1923 – June 29, 2010) was an American real estate developer who was behind the development of much of Marina del Rey.Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim ( ar, وليد بن إبراهيم آل إبراهيم ''Walīd bin Ibrahīm Āl Ibrahīm'') (born 1962) is a Saudi Arabian businessman, and founder and chairman of Middle East Broadcasting Center, known as MBC Grou ...
and a brother-in-law of
King Fahd Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, فهد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Fahd ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'', ; 1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was a Saudi Arabian politician who was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia fro ...
; the investment soon turned sour and following a protracted and aggressive lawsuit, in 1993 Lurie lost his entire interest in the development to Abdul Aziz.


Geography

Marina del Rey falls within unincorporated Los Angeles County and is southeast of
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and north of
Playa del Rey Playa del Rey (Spanish for "Beach of the King") is a seaside community in the Santa Monica Bay and the Westside region of Los Angeles, California. It has a ZIP code of 90293 and area codes of 310 and 424. As of 2018, the community had a populat ...
, near the mouth of
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. The harbor and port is located four miles (6 km) north of Los Angeles International Airport. The harbor and the unincorporated residential and business community of Marina del Rey is bounded on all sides by the city of
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. The beach-style homes, on the inner portion of the coastal strand and the beach (see photo), west of the harbor, are within the city limits of Los Angeles, but share the same zip code as Marina del Rey. The name of this coastal strand that surrounds an estuarine inlet known as the
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is called the
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. The city street, Via Dolce, forms the boundary between Los Angeles and the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, known as Marina del Rey. According to the
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, Marina del Rey has an area of . Nine-tenths of a square mile (2.2 km) is land and is water (40.91%). One of the highest and tallest buildings in Marina del Rey is the large high-rise condominium building known as “The Admiralty High-Rise” or simply AHR. AHR is a large condominium complex, having three official names: Azzura condos, Regatta condos, or The Cove. AHR has a height of about 170 feet (50 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. AHR is located across Admiralty Way from the harbor and has a bright green-aquamarine color. It was built in 2003. AHR, or specifically The Cove, was the main location in the 2010 film
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. The specially designed harbor has many kinds of moorings with significant cement pilings for pleasure craft and large boats, including Catalina Island multi-passenger ferry boats, a large
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boat as well as a
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seabird watching boat, commercial fishing boats, harbor cruise ships, a
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Cutter Ship, LA County Fire Department and Sheriff Department boats, and is surrounded by high-rise condos, hotels, apartments, shops, and restaurants. The area also includes the
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, the
UCLA Marina Aquatic Center The UCLA Marina Aquatic Center (or MAC) is a waterfront recreation facility located in Marina del Rey, California at the northeastern end of the Entrance Channel, which is owned and operated by the University of California, Los Angeles. The MAC, w ...
, and the
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boathouse. The community is served by the
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(State Route 90), which links Marina del Rey directly to Interstate 405 and nearby Culver City. The
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s of Marina del Rey are 310 and 424. Its ZIP code is 90292.


Climate


Demographics


2010

The
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reported that Marina del Rey had a population of 8,866, of whom 80% are
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(75% Non-Hispanic White), 8%
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, 8%
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or
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, and 5%
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. Marina del Rey had a median household income of $95,248, with 9.9% of the population living below the federal poverty line.


Arts and culture


Points of interest

*California Yacht Club *
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*Lloyd Taber Marina del Rey Library *Pacific Mariners Yacht Club *
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Public libraries

The
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operates the Lloyd Taber-Marina del Rey Library. The library has a nautical collection to serve small boaters in the area. The Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch of the
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is in Venice.


Parks and recreation

Burton Chace Park Burton Chace Park is the largest public park in Marina del Rey, California. It is named after former Mayor of Long Beach, Burton W. Chace. Comprising approximately , the park is located on Mindanao Way near Admiralty Way. The park is surround ...
hosts community festivals such as the Marina del Rey Summer Concert Series and the Marina del Rey Holiday Boat Parade.
Yvonne B. Burke Park Yvonne is a female given name. It is the feminine form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word ''iv'', meaning "yew" (or tree). Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupati ...
was renamed from the original Admiralty Park in 2009 to honor longtime
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. This linear park was built on the former
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Pacific Electric
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.
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wends through Burke Park toward
Oxford Basin Oxford Basin (also known as Oxford Lagoon or Marina Sanctuary) is a constructed wetland and wildlife conservation area in the northwest corner of Marina Del Rey, California, located between Washington Boulevard and Admiralty Way.Moran, Julio. " ...
, which is a wildlife habitat area with a pedestrian loop. Nearby Ballona Lagoon on
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also has a walking loop and wildlife viewing stations. Aubrey E. Austin Park is a very small park. Marina Beach, aka Mother’s Beach, has a playground on the sand. Area A of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, located adjacent to Fiji Way, is accessible to the public for limited hours Wednesday through Saturday. Marina Del Rey Wetland Park is a park and wildlife area that is part of Ballona watershed
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; the tidal
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was refurbished in 2017 by L.A. County. Improvements included restoring a “degraded wetland” and installing “public walking paths, observation areas and educational signage.” The street address is 4390 Via Marina, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 at Via Marina and Tahiti Way. Public parking for visitors is available in MDR parking lot number 11 at the corner of Via Marina and Panay Way. The park is managed by
Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors The Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors is responsible for 20 beaches and the Marina Del Rey small-craft harbor in Los Angeles County, California. Marina The department also manages the Marina Del Rey small-craft harbor, which ha ...
.


Government

Marina del Rey is managed by the
Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors The Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors is responsible for 20 beaches and the Marina Del Rey small-craft harbor in Los Angeles County, California. Marina The department also manages the Marina Del Rey small-craft harbor, which ha ...
. All of the area's land is owned by the County of Los Angeles, which issues long-term leases. Marina del Rey is in the Fourth District of the
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, represented by
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. In the
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, Marina del Rey is in , and in . In the
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, Marina del Rey is in .


Education

Marina del Rey is in the Los Angeles Unified School District, although there are no schools in the area proper. Students from Marina del Rey attend either Anchorage Street Elementary (now Westside Global Awareness Magnet School) or
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, Marina del Rey Middle School, and Venice High School.


Infrastructure

The
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(LASD) has a substation in Marina del Rey. Prior to 1985, maritime and land law enforcement was provided by the Los Angeles County Harbor Patrol, a division of the Department of Small Craft Harbors. The Harbor Patrol was merged into the Sheriff's Department with sworn Harbor Patrol officers becoming Deputy Sheriffs. The
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(LACFD) serves Marina del Rey and is based at Station #110, a part of Battalion 1, at 4433 Admiralty Way. The
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has an office in Marina del Rey.


Transportation

The Marina Expressway, California State Route 90, terminates at Lincoln Boulevard (
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) in northeastern Marina del Rey and links the area with Culver City. A water shuttle service, the WaterBus, operates on select days during the summer months. Bus shuttle services operate on the roads within the marina and between the nearby sites of
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, and the
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Pier.


Street layout

Washington Boulevard bounds the Marina to the northwest, the
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to the southwest,
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to the southeast, and Lincoln Boulevard to the northeast. Within those boundaries, Marina del Rey separates into two distinct regions, the harbor area and the suburban area. The harbor area has eight basins separated by six strips of land, each of which has at least one street on it. From the northeastern end of the Marina, going clockwise, these streets are: Bali Way, Mindanao Way (with west terminus at
Burton Chace Park Burton Chace Park is the largest public park in Marina del Rey, California. It is named after former Mayor of Long Beach, Burton W. Chace. Comprising approximately , the park is located on Mindanao Way near Admiralty Way. The park is surround ...
), Fiji Way (bordering the southeastern edge of the Marina), Bora Bora Way, Tahiti Way, Marquesas Way, Panay Way, and Palawan Way. Panay Way, Marquesas Way, Tahiti Way, and Bora Bora Way are all on the western side of the Marina and all terminate at Via Marina, which in turn terminates at Washington Boulevard. Palawan Way is also on the west side, but it terminates directly to Washington Boulevard east of Via Marina. On the east side, Bali Way ends at Lincoln Boulevard, Fiji Way ends at the Marina Freeway and Mindanao Way turns into Short Avenue in Los Angeles after crossing Alla Road. Admiralty Way lies north of the harbor and forms an arc that intersects the roads that lead to either Washington Boulevard or Lincoln Boulevard. The suburban area bounded by Admiralty Way to the south, Washington Boulevard to the west and Lincoln Boulevard to the east consists mostly of homes and apartments and is referred to by the real estate industry as the Golden Triangle.


Notable people

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Sasha Gabor Gábor Sárközy or Gabor Sarkøzy (born Sámuel Guttmann, 6 June 1945 – 27 June 2008), known professionally as Sasha Gabor, was a Hungarian-Norwegian actor and director. As a young man, he moved to Norway as a Hungarian refugee, eventually mo ...
(1945–2008), actor *
Lucia Berlin Lucia Brown Berlin (November 12, 1936 – November 12, 2004) was an American short story writer. She had a small, devoted following, but did not reach a mass audience during her lifetime. She rose to sudden literary fame in 2015, eleven years aft ...
(1936–2004), writer


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Marina del Rey (song) "Marina del Rey" is a song recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in September 1982 as the second single from his album ''Strait from the Heart'', which went on to be certified platinum by the RIAA. It peaked at n ...
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Westside (Los Angeles County) The Los Angeles Westside is an urban region in western Los Angeles County, California. It has no official definition, but sources like ''LA Weekly'' and the Mapping L.A. survey of the ''Los Angeles Times'' place the region on the western side of t ...


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