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Since the 1920s, Culver City has been a major center for motion picture and later television production, in part because it was the home of Columbia (now Sony) Studios. The city is home to the headquarters facilities for National Public Radio West and for Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Roman Catholic Holy Cross Cemetery and Jewish Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery contain the remains of many celebrities and local residents.
Culver City was founded by Harry Culver in 1913 and the city was incorporated in 1917. The first film studio in Culver City was built by Thomas Ince in 1918. In the 1920s, silent film comedy producer Hal RoachFor the Irish comedian, see Hal Roach (comedian Harold Eugene Roach ( January 14, 1892 November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer from 1910s to 1980s, born in Elmira, New York. During the 1920s and 1930s, he employed stars such as Haro and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) would build studios in Culver City. During ProhibitionFor the judicial writ of prohibition, see Prohibition (writ). For prohibition of drugs in general, see Prohibition (drugs . Prohibition was the period between 1919- 1932 in Finland (called 'kieltolaki'), between 1900 and 1948 in locations in Canada and be, speakeasies and nightclubs such as the Cotton ClubThe Cotton Club was a famous night club in New York City that operated during Prohibition. The Cotton Club only served white clientele, but the performers and staff were of all races. The Cotton Club was run by gangsters who often stole performers from ot lined Washington Boulevard near the studios; as with West HollywoodWest Hollywood (abbreviated WeHo is a city in Los Angeles County, California, bordered on the north by the Santa Monica Mountains, on the north and east by Hollywood, on the west by Beverly Hills and on south by the Fairfax District. History For many year to the north, their presence was a major factor in the city's resistance of annexation by Los AngelesThis article is about the city in California. For other uses of 'Los Angeles' see Los Angeles (disambiguation The City of Los Angeles widely known by its abbreviation L. is a large coastal metropolis in Southern California in the western United States.. In the 1960s, much of the MGM lot was sold off to build condominiums . The decline of neighboring South Central Los Angeles brought gang and narcotics problems to Culver City in the 1970s, and for some time Culver City (especially the city's eastern end) was considered a relatively undesirable area. However, in the 1990s, it launched a successful revitalization program in which it renovated its downtown as well as several shopping centers in the Sepulveda Boulevard corridor near Fox Hills Mall. Around the same time, the relocation of Sony's motion picture operations to the former Columbia studios at Washington Boulevard and Overland Avenue also brought much-needed jobs to the city. Although property crime is still an issue (as in most areas of Los Angeles), Culver City is now a diverse, prosperous middle-class community.
Culver City is located at 34°0'28" North, 118°24'3" West (34.007761, -118.400905) 1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.3 km˛ (5.1 mi˛). 13.2 km˛ (5.1 mi˛) of it is land and 0.1 km˛ (0.04 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 0.39% water.
The city is surrounded by the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Mar Vista, West Los Angeles, Palms and Beverlywood to the north; Westchester to the south; the Baldwin Hills and Ladera Heights unincorporated areas to the east; and the L.A. neighborhood of Venice and the unincorporated area of Marina Del Rey to the west.
The major geographic feature of Culver City is Ballona Creek , which runs northeast to southwest through most of the 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. Since the early 1980s, plans have been in the works to begin light rail service from downtown Los Angeles to Culver City on the former Pacific Electric Railroad right-of-way along Exposition and National Boulevards, but lawsuits by Cheviot Hills residents over noise issues have delayed the project for a quarter-century. As of this writing (October 2004), the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority does not plan to begin work on the project until 2007.
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