Culver City is a city in

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. Founded in 1917 as a "whites only" sundown town, it is now an ethnically diverse city with what was called the "third-most diverse school district in California" in 2020. In the 1920s, the city became a center for film and later television production, best known as the home of

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studios. From 1932 to 1986, it was the headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company.

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West and Sony Pictures Entertainment have headquarters in the city. The city was named after its founder, Harry Culver. It is mostly surrounded by the city of

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, but also shares a border with the

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of Ladera Heights. Over the years, it has annexed more than 40 pieces of adjoining land and now comprises about .

History

Early history

Archaeological evidence suggests a human presence in the area of present-day Culver City since at least 8000 BC. The region was the homeland of the Tongva-Gabrieliño Native Americans. For centuries, native people lived in areas currently part of and surrounding Culver City. California's native people were massacred by waves of Spanish, Mexican and Euro-American invaders through a combination of slavery, disease, relocation, forced labor, imprisonment, broken treaties and a genocidal war of extermination, including paid bounties for dead "Indians". The Spanish and Mexican governments offered concessions and land grants from 1785 to 1846 forming the Ranchos of California. Culver City was founded on the lands of the former Rancho La Ballona and

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. When Culver City was founded, native, Hispanic or Latino people were not allowed to buy property.

Camp Latham

In 1861, during the

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, Camp Latham was established by the

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under Col. James H. Carleton and the

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under Lt. Col. Benjamin F. Davis. Named for California Senator Milton S. Latham, the camp was the first staging area for the training of Union troops and their operations in

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. It was located on land of the Rancho La Ballona, on the south bank of Ballona Creek, near what is now the intersection of Jefferson and Overland Boulevards. The post was later moved to Camp Drum, which became the Drum Barracks.

Culver City

Harry Culver first attempted to establish Culver City in 1913. It was officially incorporated on September 20, 1917, and named after its founder. The area benefited from pre-existing transportation links; Culver's first ads read "All roads lead to Culver City". While this slogan might seem welcoming to all, the city was explicitly founded as a whites-only sundown town, as were most of the suburbs and towns outside the downtown and Central Avenue districts of

. Culver ran ads promoting "this model little white city", while his close associate, Guy M. Rush, promoted lot sales "restricted to Caucasian race". The city also at times excluded people of non-Christian religious faiths. The weekly '' Culver City Call'' was the first newspaper in the community. The paper was founded in 1915. The first film studio in Culver City was built by Thomas Ince in 1918 for The Triangle Motion Picture Company.

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comedy producer

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built his studios there in 1919, and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) took over the Triangle studio complex in 1924. During

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, speakeasies and nightclubs such as the Cotton Club lined Washington Boulevard. Culver Center, one of Southern California's first shopping malls, was completed in 1950 on Venice Boulevard near the Overland Avenue intersection. Many other retail stores, including a Rite Aid and several banks and restaurants, have occupied the center since then.

Hughes Aircraft Company

Hughes Aircraft opened its Culver City plant in July 1941. There the company built the

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transport (commonly called the "Spruce Goose"). Hughes was also an active subcontractor during World War II. It developed and patented a flexible feed chute for faster loading of machine guns on B-17 bombers, and manufactured electric booster drives for machine guns. Hughes produced more ammunition belts than any other American manufacturer, and built 5,576 wings and 6,370 rear fuselage sections for Vultee BT-13 trainers. Hughes grew after the war, and in 1953

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donated all his stock in the company to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. After he died in 1976, the institute sold the company, which made it the second-best-endowed medical research foundation in the world.Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' p. 49, Cypress, CA, 2013. .

The studios (1960s, 1970s and 1980s)

The Hal Roach Studios were demolished in 1963. In the late 1960s, much of the MGM backlot acreage (lot 3 and other property on Jefferson Boulevard), and the nearby known as RKO Forty Acres, once owned by RKO Pictures and later Desilu Productions, were sold by their owners. In 1976 the sets were razed to make way for redevelopment. Today, the RKO site is the southern expansion of the Hayden Industrial Tract, while the MGM property has been converted into a subdivision and a shopping center known as Raintree Plaza.

Rebirth of downtown (1990s and 2000s)

In the early 1990s, Culver City launched a successful revitalization program in which it renovated its downtown as well as several shopping centers in the Sepulveda Boulevard corridor near Westfield Culver City. Around the same time,

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's motion picture subsidiaries,

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and TriStar Pictures, moved into the Lorimar Studios lot which was renamed Columbia Studios in 1990 and took on its current name, Sony Pictures Studios, a year later. There was an influx of art galleries and restaurants on the eastern part of the city, which was formally designated the Culver City Art District.

Geography

Ballona Creek Pedestrian Bridge (2004), Culver City

The city is surrounded by the Los Angeles neighborhoods of

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and Palms to the north; Westchester to the south; Mid-City,

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, and Baldwin Hills to the east; the Ladera Heights unincorporated area to the southeast; and the L.A. neighborhoods of

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and Playa Vista to the west, along with the unincorporated area of

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. Culver City's major geographic feature is Ballona Creek, which runs northeast to southwest through most of the city before it drains into

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in Marina Del Rey. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , over 99% of which is land.

Neighborhoods

The city recognizes 15 neighborhoods within city limits. * Blair Hills * Blanco-Culver Crest * Clarkdale * Culver West * Downtown Culver City * Fox Hills * Jefferson * Lucerne-Higuera * McLaughlin * McManus * Park East * Park West * Studio Village * Sunkist Park * Washington Culver

Climate

Culver City has a borderline semi-arid ( Köppen: ''Bsk'') and

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(''Csb/Csa''), typical of coastal southern California.

Demographics

Economy

Sony Pictures Studios - Culver Boulevard Gate

Corporations with headquarters in Culver City include Beats Audio, MedMen,

(west),

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, Sweetgreen and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Largest employers

According to the city's 2020–21 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city were:

Movie and television production

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. In 2017, Amazon Studios announced plans to build a studio in Culver City.

Businesses

* Westfield Culver City, a shopping mall. * Beats Electronics * Disney Digital Network * MedMen * NPR West * Sony Pictures Studios * The Ripped Bodice, the only

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bookstore in the northern hemisphere

Arts and culture

Museums

The

Wende Museum The Wende Museum is an art museum, historical archive of the Cold War, and center for creative community engagement in Culver City, California. Mission ''Wende'' (pronounced “venda”) is a German word that translates into English as “t ...

possesses a collection of

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and

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visual art and everyday artifacts to promote an understanding of Soviet art, history and culture between 1945 and 1991.

Library

The County of Los Angeles Public Library operates the Julian Dixon Culver City Branch. Culver City Centennial Yarnscape at Culver City Library

Architecture

The architecture of Culver City reflects its history as an early location for film studios and, more recently, as a site for architectural experimentation, particularly for the projects of

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at the Hayden Tract. The architecture office of Morphosis headquartered here. Styles represented include

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and Colonial Revival from the city's early days, to the PWA Moderne of the 1930s, to modern, postmodern, and deconstructivist styles from the past few decades. Notable architectural landmarks include: *

Ivy Substation Ivy Substation (also known as the Ivy Park Substation or Culver Substation) is a 99-seat theatre in Culver City, California which formerly housed power equipment for the nearby electric railways and Ivy station. It was listed on the National Re ...

(1907), a Mission Revival building that houses The Actors' Gang * Culver Studios (1918-1920), offices in the style of a Colonial Revival mansion *

Culver Hotel The Culver Hotel is a national historical landmark in downtown Culver City, California. It was built by Harry Culver, the founder of Culver City, and opened on September 4, 1924, with local headlines announcing: "City packed with visitors for op ...

(Curlett and Beelman, 1924), a six-story brick flatiron Culver by Night - Seiichi Niitsuma

* Helms Bakery (1930), in PWA Moderne style * Kirk Douglas Theatre (1946) * St. Augustine Catholic Church (1957), a Gothic Revival church * Platform (2016) File:Actors' Gang at Ivy Substation in Media Park, Culver City, California.JPG, Actors' Gang at Ivy Substation File:Kirk Douglas Theatre 01.jpg, Kirk Douglas Theatre

Parks and recreation

The City of Culver City Parks and Recreation department operates 14 outdoor parks within city limits.

Government

Culver City city hall building, Los Angeles County, California

Culver City has a five-member city council. In

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, Culver City is in the 2nd Supervisorial District, represented by Holly Mitchell. In the California State Legislature, Culver City is in , and in . In the

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, Culver City is in .

Education

Primary and secondary schools

The

Culver City Unified School District Culver City Unified School District, abbreviated CCUSD, is a school district located in Culver City, California that serves approximately 6,500 pupils in a variety of schools. The Culver City Unified School District primarily consists of five K- ...

administers the following public schools: * Culver City High School * Culver City Middle School * Culver City Unified School District iAcademy * Culver Park High School * El Marino Elementary School * El Rincon Elementary School * Farragut Elementary School * La Ballona Elementary School * Linwood E. Howe Elementary School

Private schools

STAR Prep Academy STAR Prep Academy is a co-educational private middle school and high school for students in grades 6-12 located in Los Angeles, California. It is run by STAR, Inc. and provides education for about 60 students. Description STAR Prep Academy wa ...

, a middle and high school that shares its campus with an exotic wildlife rescue center. * The Willows Community School (elementary and middle school). * Turning Point School (elementary and middle school). * Kayne Eras Center (school for disabled). * Wildwood School (primary through high school). * Echo Horizon School (primary through middle school).

Colleges and universities

* Antioch University Los Angeles, a nonprofit liberal arts college in Culver City's Corporate Pointe district.

Media

Newspaper

* '' Culver City Call''

Movies

Movies filmed or partially filmed in Culver City include: * '' The Wizard of Oz'' * '' The Thin Man'' * '' Gone with the Wind'' * '' Rebecca'' * ''

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'' * '' King Kong'' * '' Grease'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' The Man with Two Brains'' * '' City Slickers'' * ''

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'' * ''

Wag the Dog ''Wag the Dog'' is a 1997 American political satire black comedy film produced and directed by Barry Levinson and starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro. The film centers on a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer who fabricate a war in Alb ...

'' * ''

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'' * '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' * '' Tron'' * '' Bewitched'' * '' Fun with Dick and Jane'' * '' Get Shorty'' * ''

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'' * '' Killers'' * '' Dinner for Schmucks'' * '' Lincoln Lawyer'' * '' Moneyball'' * ''

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'' * '' Jack and Jill'' * '' Think Like a Man'' * '' The Campaign''

Television shows

Television shows filmed or partially filmed in Culver City include: * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Gunsmoke'' * '' Cougar Town'' * '' Mad About You'' * '' Lassie'' * '' Hogan's Heroes'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Arrested Development'' * '' The Andy Griffith Show'' * ''

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'' * '' The Nanny'' * '' Hell's Kitchen'' * '' MasterChef'' * ''

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'' * '' Tosh. O'' * '' The Wonder Years'' * '' CHiPs'' * '' Matchstick Men'' * '' The Hogan Family''

Infrastructure

Transportation

Transit

HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Culver City, Platform View

The

Culver City station Culver City station is an elevated light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located on a dedicated right-of-way alongside Exposition Boulevard — between the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Ro ...

of the Los Angeles

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sits at the Culver Junction near Venice and Robertson Boulevards in Culver City. The E Line provides a light rail connection from Culver City to Downtown Los Angeles to the east and Downtown Santa Monica to the west, mostly following the

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that the Pacific Electric

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used, also known as the Exposition Boulevard line. Culver City station was the western terminus of what was then known as the Expo Line from its opening on June 20, 2012, to the opening of Expo Line phase two on May 20, 2016. Culver CityBus was founded on March 4, 1928, making it the second oldest municipal bus line in California and the oldest public transit bus system still operating in Los Angeles County.

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was founded on April 14, 1928. Culver CityBus operates seven regular bus lines as well as a short-term downtown circulator shuttle. Culver City Bus New Flyer C40LF 7081

The Culver City Transit Center in the Westfield Culver City parking serves as a bus depot for three Culver CityBus lines and two Metro bus lines. The Washington Fairfax Hub, just across the border of the City of Los Angeles under the I-10 freeway, connects residents to seven bus lines, two operated by Culver CityBus and five operated by Metro. The Baldwin Hills Parklands Link is a shuttle service operated by Los Angeles County that stops at Stoneview Nature Center on weekends only.

Bike routes

The city is served by multiple separated bike paths: * Culver Boulevard Median bike route *

Ballona Creek bike path The Ballona Creek Bike Path (pronunciation: “Bah-yo-nuh" or “Buy-yo-nah” ) is a Class I bicycle path and pedestrian route in California. The bike path follows the north bank of Ballona Creek until it reaches Santa Monica Bay at the Pa ...

, connecting to the

Park to Playa Trail The Park to Playa Trail in Los Angeles County, California is a pedestrian and bicycle route that connects the Baldwin Hills parklands to the Pacific Ocean (''Playa'' is ''beach'' in Spanish). According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', “Good views ...

* Elenda Street bikeway, 12-block route between Ballona Creek Pedestrian Bridge and Washington Boulevard * Separated bike and bus lanes through downtown Culver City, part of the MoveCulverCity complete streets initiative

Air travel

The city is served by the

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, about south of the city. Smaller nearby airports include Santa Monica Airport and Hawthorne Municipal Airport.

Freeways

Culver City is served by Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway),

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(Santa Monica Freeway), and

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(Marina Freeway).

Public safety

Culver City is served by the

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, and the Culver City Fire Department, which operates three stations and a fire training facility.

Cemeteries

Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery The Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary is a Jewish cemetery located at 6001 West Centinela Avenue, in Culver City, California. Many Jews from the entertainment industry are buried here. The cemetery is known for Al Jolson's elaborate tomb (desig ...

Holy Cross Cemetery Holy Cross Cemetery may refer to: United States California * Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California) *Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California * Holy Cross Cemetery (Menlo Park, California) * Holy Cross Cemetery (Pomona, California) *Holy ...

Notable people

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, musician, founder and lead singer of the band Everclear * Drew Barrymore, actress * Shayla Beesley, actress * Big Boy, radio host * Jack Black, actor * Jackson Browne, singer, songwriter, and musician *

Michael Bumpus Michael Leron Bumpus (born December 13, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Washington State. Early years Bumpus attended Culv ...

, NFL player, Seattle Seahawks * Gary Carter, Major League Baseball player, Hall of Famer * Michael Chacon, professional fixed-gear bike rider *

Tiffany Cohen Tiffany Lisa Cohen (born June 11, 1966) is an American former swimmer who was a double gold medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics (400-meter and 800-meter freestyle). Cohen is Jewish. In 1982, she won the U.S. National Championship in the 500-, ...

, double-gold champion in swimming at the

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(1952–2004), table tennis player * Dee Dee Davis, actress * Jeff Fisher, NFL coach * Tim Foli, Major League Baseball player * Dick Gautier, actor * Kron Gracie, son of Rickson Gracie, teaches

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in town * Linda Gray, film, stage, and television actress, director, and producer * Charles Herbert, actor * Win Headley, NFL and CFL player * Kelly Lytle Hernández, Professor and Thomas E. Lifka Chair of History at

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, author of several books, and MacArthur Fellowship recipient *

, founder of Hughes Aircraft * Helen Hunt, Oscar-winning actress * HuskyStarcraft, aka Mike Lamond, YouTube commentator * Darrin Jackson, Major League Baseball player and MLB sportscaster * Taran Killam, actor and comedian *

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, Major League Baseball player * Merry Lepper, set world record marathon time for women, December 16, 1963, in Culver City. *

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actress and poet * Ron Mael, musician, member of Sparks *

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, California State Senator * Michael Richards, actor and comedian *

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, actress * Michael Ruppert, journalist and former LAPD officer * Ryan Sherriff, Major League Baseball player *

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* Kaizuka,

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* Uruapan, Michoacán,

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Camp Latham

Culver City

Hughes Aircraft Company

The studios (1960s, 1970s and 1980s)

Rebirth of downtown (1990s and 2000s)

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Movie and television production

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