A map of the ISI area from this vintage snapshot of Google Maps (click on the map to browse):
First, if you’re using GPS, just plug in the address of ISI: 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292. Details below suggest how to tell when you’re here and where to park.
Otherwise, the above map shows three reasonable ways from anywhere to ISI.
First, get to Los Angeles. If you fly in to LAX, follow the green path. If you drive, get to the 405 and follow the blue path. If you happen to already be in Santa Monica or Malibu, you can take the red path.
The Green Path From LAX: Take Supulveda Blvd. north from the airport or rental car location. Head left (north) on Lincoln Blvd. just out of the airport (just before the In-n-Out). Take Lincoln through Westchester (past Otis School of Desgin and LMU), down the hill into Playa Vista (past Electronic Arts and the Ballona wetlands), to Marina del Rey. We’re the nearest (southern most) of the two nearly-twin 13-story towers on the left (ocean or west) side of Lincoln Blvd. To enter ISI parking after going north on Lincoln, turn left (west) on Mindanao, right (north) on Admiralty, and right into the first driveway.
The Blue Freeway Path: Get to the 405 freeway. Take it north or south to the Marina Freeway (90), LA’s shortest. Take the Marina freeway west to, ahem, Marina del Rey. Stay on until you get to Lincoln Blvd. (you will have to turn at that point). Turn left (south) on Lincoln Blvd. Go two blocks and we’re in the second, southern-most of the two nearly-twin 13-story towers on the right (ocean or west) side of Lincoln Blvd. To enter ISI parking from Lincoln going south, turn right (west) into the parking lot just past the first 13-story building and drive into the parking structure on your left (south).
The Red Path from Santa Monica: Take Lincoln Blvd. south from Santa Monica. Go two blocks past the Marina Expressway. We’re in the second, southern-most of the two nearly-twin 13-story towers on the right (ocean or west) side of Lincoln Blvd. To enter ISI parking from Lincoln going south, turn right (west) into the parking lot just past the first 13-story building and drive into the parking structure on your left (south).
Parking at ISI: There are two options for parking at ISI. There is an open parking lot just south of ISI by the supermarket. There is also pay parking (reimbursable at ISI) in the parking structure between the two towers (the south ISI tower and the north non-ISI tower). To use this parking, enter at either driveway on Admirality (easiest), or at the driveway by the north tower accessable from soutbound Lincoln Bl.
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