Marina Del Rey
Marina del Rey is a seaside unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, California. Its population at the 2000 U.S. Census was 8,176. Its Fisherman’s Village offers a view of Marina del Rey’s dominant feature as one of the largest man-made small boat harbors in the U.S., with 19 marinas with capacity for 5,300 boats.
Marina del Rey is southeast of Venice and north of Playa del Rey near the mouth of the Ballona Creek. It is located four miles (6 km) north of Los Angeles International Airport.
It is bounded on all sides by the City of Los Angeles. The beach-style homes, the strip of land against the beach, and the beach itself (see photo), west of the harbor, are within the City of Los Angeles limits, with a Marina del Rey address. The name of this strip is the Marina Peninsula. Via Dolce and the southern portion of Via Marina are the boundaries between L.A. City and the unincorporated area.
Marina Del Rey’s zip code: 90292.
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Del Rey
Del Rey is described by LA Times Mapping LA Project but not mentioned on Wikipedia. There are lots of comments whether or not this neighborhood exists and if its boundaries have been captured correct by LA Times.
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Playa Del Rey
Playa del Rey (Spanish for “Beach of the King” or “King’s beach”) is a beachside community within the city of Los Angeles, California. It has a ZIP code of 90293.
Playa del Rey lies beneath the Del Rey Hills, (also known as the Westchester Bluffs) on a flood plain which slopes gradually uphill north to the Santa Monica Mountains.
The community is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west, Marina del Rey and Ballona Creek to the north, Playa Vista to the northeast, Westchester to the east, and El Segundo to the south.
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Playa Vista
Playa Vista is a neighborhood located located on 1,087 acres (4 km2) in the northern section of Westchester in the western area of Los Angeles, California, north of LAX. It is part of the Westside and has its own ZIP code: 90094.
The boundaries of the currently developed portion are approximately Lincoln Boulevard on the west, Ballona Creek on the north, Dawn Creek Drive on the east, and the Del Rey Hills bluffs on the south. Playa Vista is bordered by the unincorporated enclave of Marina Del Rey to the northwest, by the neighborhood of Playa del Rey to the southwest, by Loyola Marymount University and the upland part of Westchester to the southwest, south, east and southeast, and by Del Rey to the northwest.
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Westchester
Westchester is a neighborhood in western Los Angeles. It is home to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Loyola Marymount University (LMU), and Otis College of Art and Design. Westchester is located in the eastern part of the Del Rey Hills. The Westchester community is separated from the Pacific Ocean by Playa del Rey on the west. Its northern border is defined by and includes the area now know as Playa Vista, as well as Culver City, and the unincorporated area of Ladera Heights. The city of Inglewood is to the east, and the city of El Segundo is to the south. The Westchester Neighbors Association defines its boundaries as “the area within the City of Los Angeles: east of Sepulveda Boulevard, north of Manchester Avenue and west of the I/S 405 Freeway (San Diego Fwy).” It uses 90045 zip code.
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Venice
Venice is a district in western Los Angeles. It is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk, which features performers, fortune-tellers and vendors. Throughout the summer months, the boardwalk is actively entertaining, and this tradition continues on weekends in the winter. It is an important tourist attraction in Southern California and has retained its popularity in part because it is an attractive location for walking and bicycling. It was home to early Beat poets and artists in Los Angeles. Its zip code is 90291.
Venice is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by the unincorporated Marina Del Rey on the southeast, by Culver City on the east, by the Los Angeles neighborhood of Mar Vista on the northeast, and by the city of Santa Monica on the north.
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