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Okay, so I googled the name that was on the outside of that house-
El bordello Alexandra. I'd link what I read but it isn't exactly family friendly. The house is now private residential apartments, and all the residents have to vote on who gets to live there when an apt opens up.
It was in a state of disrepair and some real estate investors found it around the year 2000 and fixed it up and said it had a "spirit" to it and started putting the gargoyles out. They say it is indeed haunted.
However it WAS, back in the early 1900s-- a house of ill repute. I figured as much with the red lights out front!
And now you know… the rest of the story! (thank you Paul Harvey!)
Since everyone else said Venice Beach looked "interesting" I will say that I think it looks supremely cool and like a place I'd love to visit one day!
Great update! I enjoyed it a lot!!
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Okay, so I googled the name that was on the outside of that house-
El bordello Alexandra. I'd link what I read but it isn't exactly family friendly. The house is now private residential apartments, and all the residents have to vote on who gets to live there when an apt opens up.
It was in a state of disrepair and some real estate investors found it around the year 2000 and fixed it up and said it had a "spirit" to it and started putting the gargoyles out. They say it is indeed haunted.
However it WAS, back in the early 1900s-- a house of ill repute. I figured as much with the red lights out front!
And now you know… the rest of the story! (thank you Paul Harvey!)
Since everyone else said Venice Beach looked "interesting" I will say that I think it looks supremely cool and like a place I'd love to visit one day!
Great update! I enjoyed it a lot!!
Thanks so much for that info....I might have to do some reading up on it as well. I never thought to google it.
Yes it was interesting, but again I liked seeing it too. Not a place I would live, but it was fun to see it and the whole area for that matter. Stacy and I always had a strange "like" for strange things as kids. We often told ghost stories to each other as kids and always trying to put each other in a "trance". LOL
I was a lot braver back then...now if I saw a ghost I would probably freak out, back then I always was hoping to see one.
This Skate park was fairly new and we stopped to take a look.
Again, I really loved these lifeguard shacks!
And it was so neat to see the boats out on the water.
A pier off to my left.
It was still a little bit foggy here today. I believe this is Paradise Pier off in the distance. Stacy pointed out a few things and I could see part of a Ferris wheel and roller coaster. She said there was construction going on over there and it was really a mess to get over there at this point, so we didn’t even bother going there.
Another “Bay Watch” shot.
We watched these guys jogging….not something very easy to do in sand…and we had to laugh as it appeared his knee had more coverage than other body parts!
And who can resist taking pictures of the ocean.
Of course you cannot come all this way and not at least wade in the water, so I handed Stacy my camera and I went in.
This is my cold look…and yes the water was pretty darn cold.
Actually this is a picture of me taking a picture of the birds with my phone which I posted a few up from here…..
Stacy took this shot, which I love.
And then a few goofy close ups of me.
We then trudged through the sand to head back towards the car. I didn’t take pictures then because it was hard work walking through the sand.
This is my last shot at Venice Beach, and I believe this house was where snapchat was for a while, but it appears they are no longer there.
We then walked back to the car and headed on our way. We had perfect timing as the meter had just about 5 or 10 minutes left on it. Our next stop was going to be Stacy’s apartment.
Looks like such a fun day bumming around town That house, or rather apartment building, looks amazing! I'm not sure I'd ever want to live there (or a place like it) but I'm fascinated by stuff like that. Well, at least during day light hours...at night I'd probably be scared out of my mind!
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The beach looked beautiful - although I couldn't help but wonder whether that was fog or smog in that photo? I loved your comment about that guy - I thought exactly the same thing when I saw the photo, as the knee was definitely the most covered bit!
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