Apartments Open for Low-Income Families

Twenty-five low-income families have settled into the recently opened Tabor Courts in Venice, a 25-unit housing project named after a member of a prominent local African American family.

City officials joined the families last week in celebrating completion of the $3.5-million project, a sleek apartment building on 4th Avenue that boasts a tiled mosaic entrance and a ceramic mural. Rents range from $276 for a one-bedroom apartment to $731 for four bedrooms, said Nancy Langer of Venice Community Housing Corp., the project’s nonprofit developer.

The project was named for Irving Tabor, chauffeur and friend of Venice founder Abbot Kinney. Tabor, who arrived in Venice in the early 1900s, was one of the community’s first black residents.