Mar Vista Real Estate

Mar Vista Real Estate

This guide to Mar Vista real estate covers a neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles that Wikipedia places on the Westside. Wikipedia lists its ZIP Code as 90066 and gives its area as 2.9 square miles. It says Mar Vista is adjoined on the northeast by Palms, on the east, southeast and south by Culver City, on the west by Venice and on the northwest by Santa Monica.

Read on for the neighborhood’s history, the Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract, the Oval and Westdale planning districts, its boundaries and 2006 designation, getting around, parks, shopping and schools. Current prices, rents, schools and weather follow, each with its source and date. Mar Vista is one of the communities in the Westside section of this site.

Mar Vista Real Estate By The Numbers

A Short History Of Mar Vista

City Planning’s Historic Resources Survey Report for the Palms – Mar Vista – Del Rey Community Plan Area says the foundation for the earliest residential development in what would later become Mar Vista was established in 1904, when over 500 acres were subdivided and offered for sale. It says the area became known collectively as Ocean Park Heights, and that in 1925 Ocean Park Heights was re-named (essentially) its Spanish equivalent, Mar Vista. It also says the need for improved municipal services resulted in a vote in March 1927 to join the City of Los Angeles.

The Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract

City Planning’s page on the Gregory Ain Mar Vista Tract Historic Preservation Overlay Zone says the tract, also known as Mar Vista Housing, consists of 52 parcels designed by architect Gregory Ain in the Modern style, and that it was built in 1948. It calls the tract the City’s first post-World War II HPOZ, adopted by City Council in 2003. The survey report says the tract is roughly bounded by Palms Boulevard on the north, Meier Street on the east, Marco Place on the south and Beethoven Street on the west.

The Oval And Westdale Planning Districts

The survey report describes “The Oval” Planning District, near Inglewood Boulevard and Washington Place, as an early residential subdivision in Mar Vista, originally subdivided in 1912 and designed by landscape architect Wilber David Cook, Jr. It says the features that characterize the tract include an oval-shaped internal street pattern and wide grassy parkways with mature palm trees. It describes the Westdale Residential Planning District as a post-World War II planned residential subdivision in Mar Vista, developed between 1947 and the late 1950s.

Mar Vista Boundaries And The 2006 Designation

The City Clerk’s record for Council File 06-0111, titled “DESIGNATION OF MAR VISTA”, shows a City Council action on February 21, 2006. The action designates as “Mar Vista” the area bounded by the Santa Monica City border, Walgrove Avenue on the west, the Culver City border on the south, the I-405 on the east and the I-10 on the north.

Getting Around Mar Vista

Wikipedia’s Venice Boulevard article calls it a major east–west thoroughfare running from the ocean in the Venice district into downtown Los Angeles, and says the route then passes through the Mar Vista neighborhood, intersecting with the San Diego Freeway. Wikipedia’s Interstate 405 article says the entire route is known as the northern segment of the San Diego Freeway, and its exit list shows exit 52 for Venice Boulevard and Washington Boulevard and exit 53A for National Boulevard.

Metro’s line schedules page lists Line 33 as Santa Monica – Downtown LA via Venice Bl, and the Line 33 timetable it links is effective June 7, 2026. The numbers section shows the closest rail station and its distance.

Parks And Open Space

The City’s recreation and parks website lists the Mar Vista Recreation Center at 11430 Woodbine Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90066. The listed features include an auditorium, a gymnasium, indoor and outdoor basketball courts, lighted tennis and volleyball courts, an unlighted baseball diamond, a seasonal swimming pool, a roller hockey rink, a play area, picnic tables and barbecue pits.

The numbers section also counts the parks, grocery stores, restaurants and coffee shops within one mile, using OpenStreetMap.

Shopping And Dining

The Mar Vista Farmers Market website says the market is located at Grand View and Venice Boulevard and gives its address as 3826 Grand View Blvd., LA, CA 90066.

Library, Schools And Colleges

The Los Angeles Public Library’s Mar Vista Branch Library is at 12006 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90066, with a parking lot, a bike rack, public computers, Wi-Fi, wireless printing, a scanner and self-checkout. Wikipedia’s Mar Vista article lists the schools within Mar Vista and labels several of them LAUSD, the Los Angeles Unified School District, which says it covers an area that includes most of the city of Los Angeles.

Its website links to school search, school directory and enrollment pages. The numbers section lists nearby K-12 and adult schools, colleges and trade schools by distance, with links to their official pages. School attendance areas are set by the school district, so confirm them with the district for any address you are considering.

Look Up A Mar Vista Address

Free public tools let anyone check an address’s zoning and assessment details. ZIMAS is a web-based mapping tool from City Planning that provides zoning information for properties located in Los Angeles. The County Office of the Assessor also has a public portal for property assessment information. City Planning’s Palms – Mar Vista – Del Rey Community Plan page says the plan area includes the neighborhoods of Palms, Mar Vista, Del Rey and Playa Vista.

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