Culver City, California Culver City, California City of Culver City Culver City sign at sunset in October 2010 Culver City sign at sunset in October 2010 Flag of Culver City, California Flag Official seal of Culver City, California Location of Culver City in Los Angeles County, California Location of Culver City in Los Angeles County, California Culver City, California is positioned in the US Culver City, California - Culver City, California Culver City is a town/city in Los Angeles County, California.
The town/city was titled after its founder, Harry Culver. As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 38,883.
It is mostly surrounded by the town/city of Los Angeles, but also shares a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.
Since the 1920s, Culver City has been a center for motion picture and later tv production, best known as the home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios.
National Public Radio West and Sony Pictures Entertainment have command posts in the city.
The NFL Network studio is also based in Culver City.
1.3 Culver City Archaeological evidence suggests a human existence in the region of present-day Culver City since at least 8,000 BC. The region was the homeland of the Tongva-Gabrielino Native Americans, who held a existence in the region for over 8,000 years. The town/city was established primarily on the lands of the former Rancho La Ballona, Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes, and Rancho La Cienega o Paso de la Tijera. Harry Culver first attempted to establish Culver City in 1913; the town/city was incorporated on September 20, 1917.
(His first ads read "All roads lead to Culver City" indicating a chief transportation route via the city.) The town/city was one of many all-white prepared communities started in the Los Angeles region around this time. The first film studio in Culver City was assembled by Thomas Ince in 1918.
Culver Center, one of Southern California's first shopping malls, was instead of in 1950 on Venice Boulevard near the Overland Avenue intersection.
The site of Culver City, 1913 Hughes Aircraft opened its Culver City plant in July 1941.
In the 1990s, Culver City launched a prosperous revitalization program in which it renovated its downtown as well as a several shopping centers in the Sepulveda Boulevard corridor near Westfield Culver City.
This move to the former MGM studios at Washington Boulevard and Overland Avenue brought much-needed jobs to the city.
The influx of many art arcades and restaurants to the easterly part of the city, formally designated as the Culver City Art District, prompted The New York Times in 2007 to praise the new art scene and call Culver City a "nascent Chelsea." In 2012 Roger Vincent of the Los Angeles Times said that, as stated to small-town observers, the city's "reputation as a pedestrian-friendly destination with upscale restaurants, gastropubs and a grow art scene is less than a decade old." Hundreds of movies have been produced on the lots of Culver City's studios: Sony Pictures Studios (originally MGM Studios), Culver Studios, and the former Hal Roach Studios.
More recent films made in Culver City include Grease, Raging Bull, E.T.
Television series made on Culver City sets have encompassed Las Vegas, Gunsmoke, Cougar Town, Mad About You, Lassie, Hogan's Heroes, Batman, The Green Hornet, Arrested Development, The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle, Jeopardy!, The Nanny, Hell's Kitchen, Master - Chef, the syndicated version of Wheel of Fortune and Tosh.
The tv series The Green Hornet featured Bruce Lee as Kato, who also resided in Culver City amid the series' production.
Culver City's streets have been featured in many films and tv series.
Since much of the architecture has not changed in decades, especially in residentiary areas of town, the nostalgic sitcom The Wonder Years set many of its outside scenes in the neighborhoods of Culver City.
The Aviator, a film about Howard Hughes, featured a several mentions of Culver City in connection with Hughes.
Scenes from Bewitched (2005) with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell were also filmed in the Culver City streets.
The method aerial sequence of Get Shorty (1995) starring John Travolta and Danny De - Vito is also filmed in Culver City, at Sony Pictures Studios.
Additionally, scenes of Superbad (2007) starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera were filmed in areas encircling Culver City High School.
In 2010, the films Killers and Dinner for Schmucks were filmed in Culver City.
In 2011, Lincoln Lawyer, Moneyball, Horrible Bosses and Jack and Jill were released, all of which were filmed in Culver City.
Think Like a Man and The Campaign were filmed in Culver City and released in 2012.
The Culver City station of the Los Angeles Metro Expo Line sits at the Culver Junction near Venice and Robertson Boulevards in Culver City.
The Expo Line provides a light rail connection from Culver City to Downtown Los Angeles in the east and Downtown Santa Monica in the west, mostly following the right-of-way that the Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line used, also known as the Exposition Blvd line by PE.
Culver City Station was the end of the Expo Line from its opening on June 20, 2012 to the opening of Expo Line phase two on May 20, 2016. Culver City Bus presently operates bus service inside Culver City. The town/city is served by the Los Angeles International Airport, which is positioned about 7 miles (11 km) south of the city.
Westfield Culver City, is a shopping mall owned by the Westfield Group.
Antioch University Los Angeles is a small non-profit liberal arts college positioned in Culver City's Corporate Pointe district.
West Los Angeles College is a two-year improve college positioned in unincorporated Los Angeles County, adjoining to Culver City.
Actors' Gang at Ivy Substation in Media Park, Culver City, California The Actors' Gang at the Ivy Substation (within the Palms district, town/city of Los Angeles, but on long-term lease to Culver City) Culver City Park Culver City Skate Park Culver West Alexander Park The County of Los Angeles Public Library operates the Julian Dixon Culver City Branch on Overland Ave.
See also: Category:Neighborhoods in Culver City, California.
Downtown Culver City Mc - Manus (East Culver City) Corporations with command posts in Culver City include Beats Audio, National Public Radio West, the NFL Network, Nant - Health, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Culver City's Kirk Douglas Theater at evening According to the City's 2013-14 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 Southern California Hospital at Culver City formerly Brotman Medical Center 1,000 4 Culver City Unified School District 771 5 City of Culver City 760 The town/city is surrounded by the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Mar Vista and Palms to the north; Westchester to the south; Mid-City and West Adams to the east; the Baldwin Hills and Ladera Heights unincorporated areas to the southeast; and the L.A.
The two major ZIP codes for Culver City are 90230 and 90232.
Because ZIP codes do not necessarily follow town/city boundaries, a portion of Culver City is in the 90066 ZIP code, which also serves some of the Mar Vista neighborhood of the town/city of Los Angeles.
The primary geographic feature of Culver City is Ballona Creek, which runs northeast to southwest through most of the town/city before it drains into Santa Monica Bay in Marina Del Rey.
Culver City is served by the San Diego, Santa Monica, and Marina freeways.
Culver City is at 34 0 28 N 118 24 3 W (34.007761, -118.400905). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.1 square miles (13.2 km2), over 99% of which is land.
Culver City has a Mediterranean climate, typical of coastal California.
Climate data for Culver City, California Culver City has its own school district, Culver City Unified School District.
In addition, there are three elementary schools that are part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Culver City High School's Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA) is a "specialized secondary program" created in 1996 through a grant from the state of California with primary support from Sony Pictures Entertainment.
The program offers classes in departments of Music, Theatre, Visual Art, Film, and Dance that occur after the regular school day at Culver City HS has ended.
West Los Angeles College, positioned in an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County adjoining to Culver City, is part of the Los Angeles Community College District.
Culver City is the locale for the Los Angeles region campus of the Gemological Institute of America as well as Academy of Beauty and the Biofeedback Institute of Los Angeles.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Culver City had a populace of 38,883.
The ethnic makeup of Culver City was 23,450 (60.3%) White (48.0% Non-Hispanic White), 3,694 (9.5%) African American, 191 (0.5%) Native American, 5,742 (14.8%) Asian, 81 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 3,364 (8.7%) from other competitions, and 2,361 (6.1%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 7,312 citizens (18.8%) under the age of 18, 2,711 citizens (7.0%) aged 18 to 24, 12,098 citizens (31.1%) aged 25 to 44, 10,956 citizens (28.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 5,806 citizens (14.9%) who were 65 years of age or older.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Culver City had a median homehold income of $77,333, with 7.1% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 38,816 citizens , 16,611 homeholds, and 9,518 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 59.24% White, 11.96% Black or African American, 0.71% Native American, 12.02% Asian, 0.21% Pacific Islander, 10.16% from other competitions, and 5.69% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.9% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $51,792, and the median income for a family was $61,451, these figures had risen to $65,525 and $82,582 as of a 2007 estimate. Males had a median income of $46,683 versus $41,478 for females.
In Los Angeles County, Culver City is positioned in the 2nd Supervisorial District, presently represented by Mark Ridley-Thomas.
In the California State Legislature, Culver City is in the 30th Senate District, represented by Democrat Holly Mitchell, and in the 54th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Sebastian Ridley-Thomas. In the United States House of Representatives, Culver City is in California's 37th congressional district, represented by Democrat Karen Bass. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Culver City. The department operates the Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center in Santa Monica, serving Culver City. The United States Postal Service operates the Culver City Post Office at 11111 Jefferson Boulevard and the Gateway Post Office at 9942 Culver Boulevard. Culver City is served by its own law enforcement, the Culver City Police Department, positioned at 4040 Duquesne Avenue. Culver City is served by its own fire department, the Culver City Fire Department, has its command posts located at 9600 Culver Boulevard. Culver City has four sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: "Cities inside the County of Los Angeles" (PDF).
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