If you walk the path along Venice Beach, you'll come across the skateboard park.
Skateboards first appeared along the beaches of Southern California, particularly Venice. As a junior high student back then, I joined the others nailing half a roller skate to one end of a 2x4 and the other half to the other end. We didn't have a lot of control. My street was one of the better hills. One block to the south wasn't steep enough. One block to the north was too steep for most. I survived the steep one a couple of times. This was in the late 1950s and early 1960s. You can read more about the history of skateboards from the Hermoso Beach Museum site.
Skate boarding has come a long way since then as have the places people ride them.
We also passed Johnie's Coffee Shop. It's an example of Googie architecture - but I didn't know that when I took the picture or I would have taken a better picture of the whole place. My interest was that this coffee shop had been turned into Bernie's Coffee Shop. LAist has a January 31, 2019 story by Jessica P. Ogilvie about this transformation:
"Johnie's Coffee Shop was built in 1956 by architects Louis Armet and Eldon Davis, masters of the space-age Googie style. The restaurant came to be known for its striking design and by the 1980s, began making appearances in films like Miracle Mile, The Big Lebowski, American History X, Reservoir Dogs and City of Angels. In 1994, it was purchased by the Gold family, an entrepreneurial L.A. clan whose patriarch, David Gold, founded the 99 Cents Only Stores.In 2013, Johnie's was designated an historic cultural monument, and for a short while, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority debated turning it into a Metro stop for the purple line."
"To truly immerse oneself in the world of Googie, a visit to the "Theme Building" at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is an absolute must. Completed in 1961, this architectural marvel resembles a futuristic flying saucer perched upon four curving legs. With its observation deck, it was once a popular spot for locals and travelers to admire the planes taking off and landing at LAX. The Theme Building perfectly encapsulates Googie's out-of-this-world charm and stands as a testament to an era when the skies were no longer the limit." from LA Explained Blog
I had a high school graduation dinner there with a dozen or more friends. The restaurant is long gone.