Venice Beach- prominent residents...



Prominent residents of Venice include actresses, actors, and musicians like Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, and John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Photographer Lauren Greenfield has lived in Venice since 1972. Actor Robert Downey Jr. kept an apartment on the boardwalk during the 1990s. Jim Morrison lived in Venice for two years where he met Ray Manzarek to form the nucleus of The Doors. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acting career began after becoming a regular bodybuilder at Venice’s famous Gold’s Gym, whose present facility claims to be “The Mecca of Bodybuilding.”