11347 Venice Boulevard

614911347 Venice Boulevard, 1960. Coast Realty Archive photo.
615011347 Venice Boulevard, 2020. CLUI photo.
This four-unit boxy modernist stucco apartment building is similar to several along Venice Boulevard. It was constructed in 1956, and, while not a true “dingbat,” as it does not have parking space under the building’s second floor, it is decorated in a dingbat-esque fashion, with a medallion, graphic panels between the windows, and an exotic colonial name, in a tiki-style font. Curiously, listings from a year later show the same structure with the name changed from The Congo to The Conlee. The contemporary photograph shows that the exterior design features have been removed, which is common, as they complicate maintenance. The only distinctive feature remaining is the slightly space-age-y skewed-pitch roof.