I grew up in Venice and Mar Vista. We used to go swimming at Mud Lake (Marina del Rey today). There was a raft to swim out to and water skiing on the far side of the lake. We lived in an apartment on what is today Albert Kinney Blvd (it was part of Washington Blvd back then). After a year we had a house a block down from the apartment. My Brother and I went to St. Marks Catholic School. My Dad was an Engineer for L.A., his office was at the old Venice City Hall. The window above the entrance was his office window. He was assigned to the Marina project in the 60's. Mom found a bunch of aerial photos of the Marina being built that I can only assume were taken by my Dad, Earnest Stillwagon. I don't know what happened to them but I told Mom she should give them to the City. I still miss the times we swam at Mud Lake.

This was just Great, Thank You! I was randomly searching vids on MDR, as around 2000 I had a Catalina 27 in the Catalina dock anchorage across from the Warehouse restaurant for about 3 years. Even though I wasn't there earlier, it was still a magical time!!

At 14:37 I can clearly see my Grandmother's, and later my Mother's property. I have this picture framed and inherited it from my Mom after she died. #24, 25 and 25 1/2 Voyage street. I remember there were still many foundations from the oil derricks all over the neighborhood in the 60's. The house at 24 Voyage is gone and replaced with a big ugly apartment. As far as I know, 25 and 25 1/2 are still there.

Ganda ng view. Sarap naman pumusyal dito.

I wish I saw this video 40 years ago.

Even in the mid 1990s there were still abandoned property lots on Brooks ave. west of Pacific ave and also along Speedway near the Venice pier that had been used for oil derricks.There were warning signs about the land being contaminated by hazardous waste. By the early 2000s those lots were occupied by families in their newly built homes. The new Playa Vista city east of lincoln and Ballona, is built on top of a giant methane field and there is a natural gas extraction facility right next to the Playa del Rey bluffs and below the clifftop homes. It is amazing yet not surprising,given the danger, that any of this was permitted for habitation.

My beach house is on the peninsula at marina delrey . The beach was half washed away in this last storm. This is so cool to find ! Thanks

Wow! Glad to find this interesting video. Thank you.

They should have made the harbor twice as large if they could have. The demand for dock space would easily exceed that. A missed opportunity. Interesting Video!

Very nice

What a beautiful place to live.

Thank you so much. The marina is very very nice.....

San Pedro/Wilmington was just a better place to build. You all stayed a Marina and we became the busiest port in the U.S but you all became a way higher end neighborhood.

Very Nice

No mention of Louis Mesmer or his son, Joseph Mesmer?? Doesn't seem like a documentary on this area without them.

nice to learn about my city ✌🏾

7:09. The Scourge 10:49 The Surge

Best place on earth in my opinion ! 4th of July is coming!

Some Dynamic narration here !

Page 269-270 The most notable death in the rock world was that of Dennis Wilson, drummer and singer of the Beach Boys; drowned after diving from a boat in Marina del Ray, Calif., on December 28.

Just charter fished out from merina del ray memorie 4 life

Anyone remember the marina del Rey lagoon I remember it being next to dockwiler beach an the 80s

Marina del Rey song

marina del rey city hall

Mah biatch

Marina Del Rey now: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNZppKV_yLbFpp8.html

Big money can over ride environmental concerns. Welcome to mankind.

Were any wetlands restored during the redevelopment? ha, just kidding!

17-11-2019.Wow totally wrong, my family have holdings in MDR from 1944 to now. we have a diffrent history then your .l remenber back in the early 70 the news paper can to us and did an artical about how we own the mariena. Well latter.