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.”
