Dogtown Ink

Circa 19TK

Sun decks and a casement window sun porch distinguish this wooden home.

Grand Blvd
Venice, California

Circa TK

Lush growth shields this canals cottage from those who would read over shoulders.

Canals
Venice, California

Circa TK

Modest clapboard cottage with red brick chimney.

Canals
Venice, California

Circa TK

One of several, remaining multi-cottage courts in Venice. The tiny cottages were once affordable getaways for beach vacationers. Nowadays, they’re small apartments.

North Venice Blvd
Venice, California

Circa TK

This small beach cottage, nestled among juniper trees, can be reached by a ribbony wooden path, the likes of which were common in the past. Before behemoths all but replaced quaint cottages and beach homes, before lawn was installed along the beach where saw grass once grew, such paths carried inhabitants across the sandy lots.

24th Ave
Venice, California

Circa 19TK

One of several long and narrow clapboard cottages on Cabrillo.

Cabrillo Ave
Venice, California

Circa TK

Narrow clapboard cottage.

Cabrillo
Venice, California

Circa 19TK

It seems even Philip Johnson drew inspiration from the modest cottages of Venice.

Rialto
Venice, California

Circa 19TK

This simple, long and low cottage, once so common in Venice, is a gradually (some might say rapidly) dying breed as more and more owners and builders seek to maximize square footage on the community’s small lots.

San Juan
Venice, California

This old cottage could almost fit in the living rooms of the houses on either side. Size isn’t everything.

Ocean Ave
Venice, California