Lakewood: "The Future City as New as Tomorrow" (Modern Architecture in Los Angeles)

[@johngomez7895]

I grew up in Lakewood. My family moved from crime ridden East Los Angeles to Lakewood in 1967. I remember my first day of school at Palms Elementary. There was no graffiti and people took pride in the neighborhood keeping yards landscaped and clean. The Lakewood park system was great to play organized sports like baseball, basketball and football which I did. Great memories.

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

cool video. i was born and raised in Bellflower and had good times in Lakewood

[@rickbailey189]

This beautiful video is an excellent depiction of SUBURBIA in Southern California in the 1950's. A truly golden era of So. Cal.

[@Buzzard2014]

for those that grew up in the 50s and 60s can remember the peracids on Del Amo Blvd. and the old mall parks and earth drainage ditches it was a fun city to live in back in the day

[@Scant774]

Lakewood’s still relatively a decent city to this day

[@noneed4me2n7]

Born in Bellflower and my grandparents settled in Lakewood after the Korean War. Some of my family still lives there but after my Grandmother then my father passed my brothers and I are are selling off the properties. Can’t believe that each place is near a million.

[@rickbailey189]

This was the "GOLDEN ERA" of Southern California living. Some of the "cookie cutter" residential tract homes were selling like HOTCAKES at an astounding price of $7,575 for a 2 bedroom and $8,525 for a 3 bedroom....in 1952! WOW! What a bargain! In one residential tract area, 17,500 houses were built in just 33 months on 3500 acres! Each lot was around 5000 sq. ft. It took around 4000 men to do it and they got it done. So what's those figures in 2021? Just (X) by factor of 10. You won't find any houses in Lakewood today selling for 75 to 85 grand. No sir. Today, those prices start in the mid $500,000 range. Some are already into the $1 Million range. Looks like residential property in so. cal. is the new California Gold Rush.

[@derek20la]

Lakewood was the first city in California to contract out services. Even tho it's an incorporated city, Lakewood made contracts with LA County Sheriff to provide police services, and LA Co Fire for firefighting. Doing so saved the city lots of money, by using "economies of scale" of the county departments.

[@drinkingpoolwater]

i can’t believe those homes go for 600k or more now. you can live like a king for 600k in the midwest. in california it gets you a shack with barely any yard. when those homes were first built they sold for 10 grand.

[@deuceman6707]

10 grand was a lot of money back then

[@p.nguyen8136]

Well, 10 Grand in the early 50s is equivalent to 100 Grand today. And considering the population boom since then, it's really to be expected.

[@al307antony2]

Where I was born and live today. No place like home like most other places are to most other people.

[@chrisstedham6672]

Lakewood tomorrow's city today now and forever. whoever changed the motto to times change values don't.. stinks

[@enriqueespinosa6285]

yes my ...one side of family came to the city nearby's and from artesia and around by cerritos and lakewood one side and to Norwalk and it was the 60's of the building of the first newer major homes then the last of the early 80's !

[@HarleyDavidson_360]

I remember buying my house in Lakewood ca for $7,450 in 1947 2bd 1b house 1,050 sft

[@anantpathak2899]

suburbia is hell. post war people were really delusional glad we are coming back to our senses

[@robertfatlandii2909]

Hey if you are in Lakewood today, check out a joint called R Kitchen. Not affiliated with them or anything, just a fan of the food!

[@lisan8561]

My parents bought a house in Lakewood (Monogram St.) in 1957. I attended James Monroe Elementary for 2nd grade, St. Maria Goretti Catholic 3rd-8th grades; 9th at the new St. Joseph Catholic girls H.S., then LHS until end of Jr. year. I consider Lakewood my "hometown," and have nothing but happy memories. When the news came out in the early 1990's about the Spur Posse, I was dumbfounded, then angry about this bunch of children engaging in such horrible, criminal behaviors--and the media cicus ensuing. I'm appalled at how the young men tried making excuses for their predatory actions.

[@davcaefasdf]

I was just looking at a map of LA and thought "what is lakewood?". Nobody talks about it, which I figure is good because everyone knows ghettos like inglewood.

[@taylorstrause]

Lakewood is where I was born and raised, and I'm still living here. It was named the "most boring city in California" a few years ago by some website. It may be a small suburban city with not much to do, but it is in a great location being by Long Beach. It is also a great place to raise a family. I love the small town feel to it while still being near so many great places like the beach, mountains, etc.

[@masterarchitect1982]

Taylor Strause I'm sure it's slot of fun there I live in Illinois where everything is boring and flat. We just have a lot of corn fields. Chicago is so depressing 😒 I'd love to go to California one day.

[@taylorstrause]

California is pretty great because there is so much to do! There are just way too many people here. I would love to escape to a place where there is nothing.

[@k_roc200-32]

Just spent a week in Lakewood it's a quiet town with access to more "lively" places if you desire entertainment. I'm from Philadelphia so this town is in no way city-like but a refreshing change.

[@tiefighter3445]

@Knight Rider Lakewood by North Long Beach starts to get bad and Lakewood by Hawaiin Gardens as well.

[@TheVideoEditorGuy6579]

Lakewood looks like Pasadena but smaller.

[@Scant774]

Nah 😂

[@Theodore81547]

Not even close. Id compare it to West Covina over Pasadena.

[@TheVideoEditorGuy6579]

@@Theodore81547 I would agree on that to be honest. Not sure why I compared Lakewood to Pasadena over 3 years ago lol. Though Arcadia and parts of La Canada are similar to Pasadena. I would compare Lakewood with parts of La Mirada & East Whittier as well.

[@Dannny-Lee]

@@TheVideoEditorGuy6579 La Cañada Flintridge is a gorgeous area to live in. Having been born and raised in Los Angeles’ High Desert region (Palmdale, CA) and the San Fernando Valley region, I had only seen and passed through La Cañada only by the I-210 Fwy, haha. Wasn’t till I started working at NASA’s JPL within the city to really drive around and explore La Cañada Flintridge. If only real estate in that city wasn’t so exorbitantly expensive… but I’ll have to stick with residing in Valencia. 😂🥲

[@jokeyandpismo]

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[@moneymaker4143]

Apparently you haven't been watchin the news lately

[@enriqueespinosa6285]

a building for what and office or opened !

[@mikeclausen9017]

Cox cleaners best dry cleaners in the 1970s

[@jeffbarnes54]

Now it looks like Tijuana,

[@Californiansurfer]

Today Lakewood is multicultural it no Kentucky

[@jamesbuchanan3145]

Hard pass. I'll take Kentucky.

[@jorgedominguez4124]

YEAH WHTES ONLY.

[@indoboimonk]

@@iheartlreoy8134 yeah because of gentrification, and evictions of minorities from the cities being forced into the suburbs

[@iheartlreoy8134]

Orion Lehrmann lmao 40 years ago, blacks were crying that the inner cities were dangerous places filled with drugs and crime and then when people start investing to clean it up you cry that it’s gentrification, wtf do you losers want?

[@peppironee4736]

That’s better story then blacks only 🤣🤣

[@lindamerchant4431]

Lakewood Long Beach have to rich to own homes there