Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Ballona Wetlands

#2 among attractions in Ballona Wetlands

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Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center is a literary arts center located at 681 Venice Boulevard, Venice, Los Angeles, California, founded in 1968. The center is based near the beach in Los Angeles's old Venice City Hall, built in 1906. It offers an extensive program of public readings, workshops, a project room, bookstore, publications, and chapbook/small press archive. ()

Coordinates: 33°59'28"N, 118°27'31"W

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Silicon Beach (Venice)Ballona Wetlands United States

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Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: L.A. Louver, Binoculars Building, Burton Chace Park, Marina del Rey.

0.8 miSW
Museum, Art gallery
L.A. Louver, Los Angeles
22 min walk • L.A. Louver is an art gallery focusing on American and European contemporary art. The gallery is located in Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States.
1.1 miW
Postmodern architecture
Binoculars Building, Santa Monica
28 min walk • The Binoculars Building is the unofficial name of what was formerly known as the Chiat/Day Building, a commercial building built in 1991 for advertising agency Chiat/Day located in Venice, Los Angeles, California, designed by architect Frank Gehry.
1.2 miSE
Park
Burton Chace Park, Los Angeles
32 min walk • 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 10 acres, the park is located on Mindanao Way near Admiralty Way.
0.9 miSE
Area
Marina del Rey, Los Angeles
23 min walk • Marina del Rey is an unincorporated seaside community in Los Angeles County, California, with an eponymous harbor that is a major boating and water recreation destination of the greater Los Angeles area.
~160 ftSW
Area
Venice, Los Angeles
1 min walk • Venice is a neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles within the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California. Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It was an independent city until 1926, when it merged with Los Angeles.
1.2 miW
Synagogue
Pacific Jewish Center, Los Angeles
30 min walk • The Pacific Jewish Center, also known as The Shul on the Beach or PJC, is a synagogue in Venice, Los Angeles, California, known for its outreach to unaffiliated and disconnected Jews. The Shul remains the last of the synagogues built in Venice during the first part of the 20th century.
1.1 miE
33°59'41"N • 118°26'24"W
Beach Moto, Los Angeles
28 min walk • Beach
0.9 miW
Library, Spanish colonial revival architecture
Venice Branch, Santa Monica
24 min walk • Venice Branch is a former branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Venice section of Los Angeles, California. The old Venice Branch library was replaced in 1995 by a new branch now known as the Venice-Abott Kinney Memorial Branch.
~990 ftNE
Church
First Lutheran Church of Venice, Ballona Wetlands
5 min walk • First Lutheran Church of Venice is a congregation in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod founded in 1944 on the westside of Los Angeles. It serves the communities of Venice, Mar Vista, and Marina del Rey, and is in the Pacific Southwest District of the LCMS.
0.6 miSW
Man-made canals with adjacent walkways
Venice Canal Historic District, Los Angeles
17 min walk • The Venice Canal Historic District is embedded in the residential Venice suburb of Los Angeles, California. The historic district is noteworthy for possessing man-made wetland canals, built in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney as part of his Venice of America.
0.7 miN
Modernist architecture
Lincoln Place Apartment Homes, Santa Monica
19 min walk • Lincoln Place Apartment Homes is a historic apartment community owned by a subsidiary of Apartment Investment and Management Co. Inspired by the garden city movement, it is located at 1050 Frederick Street on a 35-acre site in the Venice community of Los Angeles, one mile east of Venice Beach.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center?

Nearby attractions include Venice, Los Angeles (1 min walk), Social and Public Art Resource Center, Los Angeles (2 min walk), First Lutheran Church of Venice, Ballona Wetlands (5 min walk), Lincoln Boulevard, Ballona Wetlands (9 min walk).

How to get to Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center by public transport?

The nearest stations to Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center:

Bus

Abbot Kinney & Boccaccio • Lines: 18 (6 min walk)
California & Shell • Lines: 18 (10 min walk)