W, October 1st, 2000
You know a neighborhood's on the verge when you spot Julia Roberts on one side of the street and a crack dealer on the other. Such is the case with Abbot Kinney Boulevard--the broad, palm-lined thoroughfare that sits just a stone's throw from Venice's gang-dominated Oakwood projects but nevertheless seems to be fast replacing Los Feliz as L.A.'s hippest neighborhood.
Home to what painter Ed Moses refers to as a "folksy" collection of artists, bums and criminals since the late 1960s, Abbot Kinney's charming Craftsman-style houses and abandoned (but promising) factories recently have begun at...
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