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Los Angeles, California is the only megacity in the western US. This is the story of its transformation from a tiny settlement into a city of 15 million.
Key sources and videos:
KCET's building the metropolis documentary: • Building the Metropoli...
Metropolis by Ben Wilson: tinyurl.com/nrnepfbs
Reminiscences of Los Angeles by Belle Buford Thom Collins: tinyurl.com/mryx88ah
Better Housing News Flash (FHA): vimeo.com/673653514
Los Angeles: Displacement in utopia: • Los Angeles: Displacem...
State Water Project (w/JFK speech): • State Water Project
Who ended the red car? • Who Killed the Red Car...
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) [Kirsten Dirksen]: • LA couple builds backy...
Shadow of a Drought: • Shadow of Drought: Sou...
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All other research links:
The Mexican Era | California History: • The Mexican Era | Cali...
The Mexican American War: • The Mexican-American W...
The Gold Rush | California History: • The Gold Rush | Califo...
How Los Angeles gets its water: • How Los Angeles Stole ...
The port of Los Angeles: • The Port of Los Angele...
Early oil and gas production in California: • Early Oil and Gas Pro...
History of Hollywood: • The History of Hollywood
From farm to freeway: • From Farm to Freeway |...
Construction of LA Aqueduct: archive.org/details/csmha_000019
From redcars to freeways: • From Redcars to Freewa...
Evolution of Los Angeles: • Evolution of Los Angel...
New Automobiles Auto Industry In WWII: • " NEW AUTOMOBILES " A...
Housing segregation and redlining in America: • Housing Segregation an...
FHA fact sheet: www.hud.gov/program_offices/h...
The Story of Los Angeles International Airport LAX: • "#1 World Way" - the S...
Flight to California: • Flight To California 1952
Los Angeles, CA. 1940s in color: • Video
1940s Los Angeles from the air: • 1940s Los Angeles From...
Reshaping LA | Lost LA: • Reshaping L.A. | Lost ...
Pioneers of Aviation Alan and Malcolm Lockheed: • Pioneers Of Aviation A...
The real cost of freeways: • The real cost of freew...
State Water Project: An Aerial Tour 2021: • STATE WATER PROJECT: A...
LA 3rd city in world in GDP: tinyurl.com/3wmp5pz8
ADU grant program: www.calhfa.ca.gov/adu/index.htm
Desalination plant: • The Poseidon desalinat...
San Andreas fault: • The San Andreas Fault:...
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to LA
1:06 Founding 'El Pueblo'
1:51 California becomes a US state
2:55 Growth into a city
4:09 LA Aqueduct
4:50 Absorbing other cities and towns
5:52 Hearing from an 1880's LA resident
6:10 Streetcars takeover
7:10 World's largest streetcar network
7:59 Automobiles takeover
8:10 FHA sparks a housing boom
9:46 Suburban sprawl
10:59 Cold War 'Defensive Dispersal'
12:00 Discriminatory housing practices
13:14 Freeways introduced
13:39 How freeways destroyed communities
14:06 State Water Project (feat. JFK)
15:30 A dominant city
16:26 LA's challenges
16:35 Boosting density around mass transit
17:07 High cost of living
17:42 Accessory Dwelling Units
18:12 Droughts and wildfires
18:34 The potential of water recovery
20:32 The coming 'Big One' earthquake
21:24 Goodnight and Goodluck
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