[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1310]
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                   CULVER CITY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

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                            HON. KAREN BASS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 20, 2016

  Ms. BASS. Mr. Speaker, the City of Culver City kicks off a year of 
festivities this Saturday that will culminate in celebration of the 
100th anniversary of its incorporation on September 20, 1917. Real 
estate developer and promoter Harry Culver saw a huge opportunity in 
the former Rancho La Ballona, and bought 93 acres of barley fields 
nestled at the foot of the Baldwin Hills. His plot was conveniently 
located at the junction of three major transportation routes on the 
Pacific Red Car as they traveled between burgeoning downtown Los 
Angeles and the new resort developments at the beach, and early 
advertising claimed that ``all roads lead to Culver City.''
  The city seal proclaims Culver City ``The Heart of Screenland,'' and 
many movies attributed to Hollywood were actually filmed there, going 
all the way back to the Triangle Motion Picture Company in 1915, Thomas 
Ince Studio in 1918, and Hal Roach Studios in 1919.
  Over the years, those same movie lots have been home to Metro-
Goldwin-Mayer, DeMille Studios, RKO-Pathe, Desilu and other well-known 
production companies. Sony Pictures Studios, among others, now carries 
on the tradition of over a century of continuous movie-making.
  In addition to film and television business, Culver City has played 
host to a variety of industries and entrepreneurs, whose products 
ranged from stoves to macaroni in the early years, to the famous Helms 
Bakery, whose former home still attracts business as a design hub. 
Howard Hughes opened Hughes Aircraft there in 1941, and the city is 
currently home to many thriving enterprises, including Symantec, Beats 
by Dre, NFL Media and NPR West.
  Culver City's residents are justifiably proud of their schools, 
parks, museums and theatres, and their small-town feel within the 
metropolis of Los Angeles. Economically prosperous, environmentally 
conscious, education-minded and civically engaged, the people of Culver 
City have much to celebrate. I would like to wish all the best to Mayor 
Jim Clarke and the other members of the City Council, to the city's 
staff, and to its entire population as they embark on the city's next 
century.

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