December 19, 2013
Local News & Culture. Marina del Rey
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An artist’s rendering depicts a portion of the proposed Abbot Kinney Hotel, as seen from Westminster Avenue Elementary School
Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.
Room for an inn? Dan Abrams hopes his plan to build Abbot Kinney’s first hotel will mesh with a neighborhood that doesn’t take kindly to development By Joe Piasecki and Gary Walker The Venice spirit is to live and let live — just don’t go around trying to change the neighborhood. It’s an attitude that makes almost any kind of development a tough sell, even for
a local builder promoting preservation as part of the mission. Enter filmmaker Dan Abrams, who hopes to build a three-story boutique hotel interwoven with existing buildings along Abbot Kinney Boulevard, a project (Continued on page 8)
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Fergie reigns supreme in Santa Monica
A photograph taken Tuesday of the same stretch of Abbot Kinney
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Ramekega rocks at The Talking Stick
Venice Art Crawl finds its feet
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