July
2003
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PAGE ONE – Venice 98th Anniversary Issue

Venice Votes...and votes...and votes

Is Venice becoming a Banana Republic

Abbot's Got Gas - John Davis

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers

Letters

I Spy - Drawing by Drew McSherry

Thornton Towers - Photo by Rich Mann

PAGE THREE

Silvia Kohan - 1948 -2003

Silvia's Voice - Carol Fondiller

Moon Over Venice - Lyrics by David Scott

NO EXIT: The Trammel Crow Project in the Oxford Triangle - Barbara Eisenberg

PAGE FOUR

Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council candidates

Banana Republic - continued

Abbot's Got Gas - continued

A lonely Ocean Front Walk, circa 1971 - Beachhead cover page, Feb. 1971

PAGE FIVE

The Vanishing of Venice (1938) - Charles Harris (Brick) Garrigues

Venice Statistical Review (1936)

Photo: Grand Canal in the 1930s

PAGE SIX

Protesters greet G.W. Bush in Century City - Photos by Theresa Hulme

Cover-up on Venice Blvd. - Photos by Jim Smith

Whales under attack

Dear Beachhead readers and contributors: (pitch for funds)

PAGE SEVEN

Carnavale - Photos by Jim Smith

Mural on California Avenue

Developer launches preemptive strike against Lincoln Place - By C.V. Beck

PAGE EIGHT

On the 200th Anniversary of the Founding of Venice - As told to Jim Smith

Map of Venice, circa 2105

PAGE NINE

POETRY

  • The Poet - Drawing by Drew McSherry
  • VALEDICTORY - By Lance Diskan
  • Taking It - By Hillary Kaye
  • For Hippie John - By Tina Catalina
  • First Venice Beach Drumcircle - By Bill Fleeman
  • Drum Circle - Photo by Rich Mann
  • Monday Morning at the 7-11
    - By John Haag
  • VENICE - by Edwin Vásquez

PAGE TEN

Our Wonderful Advertisers

  • Fidelity Educational Press
  • Nutrition Warehouse
  • Karen's Kare
  • VeniceDating.com

Palm Tree - Photo by Jim Smith

Coming Next Month: Interview with Ruth Galanter - By Carol Fondiller

Spanish classes beginning at the Vera Davis McClendon Center

Arnold - Photo by Rich Mann

PAGE ELEVEN

Calendar

PAGE TWELVE

THE BEACHHEAD PRESENTS

THE VENICE SUMMER
CAVALCADE OF STARS
AND DANCE PARTY

with
• THE BONEDADDYS
• The Superbroke Brass and Tin and Strings Electric Marching Band Ensemble

July 27 - United Methodist Church (Lincoln and Victoria)