Mar Vista is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. In 1927, Mar Vista became the 70th community to be annexed to Los Angeles. It was designated as an official city neighborhood in 2006.
“MAR VISTA” – “Mar Vista stands at the intersection of two important traffic arteries; Venice and Grandview boulevards.
Living in Mar Vista
The Mar Vista Recreation Center has an auditorium, barbecue pits, an unlighted baseball diamond, lighted indoor basketball courts, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children’s play area, an indoor gymnasium without weights, an outdoor roller hockey rink, an outdoor AstroTurf soccer field, picnic tables, a lighted tennis court, an outdoor pool and a lighted volleyball court.
The schools within Mar Vista are as follows:
Mar Vista Elementary School, LAUSD, 3330 Granville Avenue
Walgrove Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 1630 Walgrove Avenue
Beethoven Street Elementary School, LAUSD, 3711 Beethoven Street
Mark Twain Middle School, LAUSD, 2224 Walgrove Avenue
James J. McBride Special Education Center, LAUSD, 3960 Centinela Avenue
Venice Senior High School, LAUSD, 13000 Venice Boulevard, established in 1910 (then called “Venice Union Polytechnic High School”) when classes were held in an old lagoon bathhouse two blocks from the beach. It moved to a new neo-romanesque structure at its present location a decade later.
Venice Community Adult School, LAUSD, 13000 Venice Boulevard
Phoenix Continuation School, LAUSD, 12971 Zanja Street
Grand View Boulevard Elementary in School, LAUSD
Mar Vista Real Estate
For many years, the western Los Angeles neighborhood of Mar Vista has been a relatively unknown pocket of the city—one that you could drive through on your way to the beach and not know its name. Filled with single-family homes and a suburban feel, there was little reason for those who didn’t live in Mar Vista to traverse its tree-lined streets.
Since the early 2000s, however, Mar Vista has begun to appear on the map, figuratively and quite literally—the area became an official neighborhood in 2006. Today, the three-square-mile enclave is considered one of the best places to buy real estate on the Westside.
Located in prime positioning between Venice and Culver City, and on the outskirts of so-called Silicon Beach, it is a wonder it took so long for Mar Vista to gain its newfound popularity. That being said, relative anonymity has served the area well, preserving its mellow, family-friendly atmosphere.
With more buyers’ eyes on Mar Vista than ever before, the neighborhood is also gaining attention from residential and commercial developers whose new additions are turning the once-drive-through area into something of a destination.
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