Bring Back the Canals

In its February edition, the Venice Beachhead printed suggestions for what to do with the traffic circle at the intersection of Main and Windward, just northeast of the boardwalk in Venice, Los Angeles. The paper also included a map of the area from eighty-five years ago. This map from the past oddly provides a way forward: bring back the canals.
Venice was famous for its canals when developer Abbot Kinney first created the neighborhood one hundred years ago. And while most of the canals were filled in and paved over beginning in the 1920s, those that remain, farther southeast of Windward and Main, have become attractions once again for both visitors and residents. Reviving the canals would benefit Venitians and the thousands who come to enjoy the beach and boardwalk all year long.
Having all the canals return may be too ambitious, but, using the circle as a focal point, reviving some of the canals could greatly improve the district, making it a landmark in the city. A renewed network of canals could travel east from the circle (the Lagoon on the map) along Grand Blvd. to Cabrillo (not pictured), along Cabrillo, and back down Windward (labelled as Lion on the map). Bridges for cars could traverse Riveria and Andalusia avenues for those who live of the interior area, and vistors travelling to the beach on N Venice Blvd. would be treated as they passed Grand to the sight of residents boating along.
How to revive the canals brings up many questions, of course, but let's start asking and answering them.