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: [ Ссылка ]
Metropolis by Ben Wilson: [ Ссылка ]
Reminiscences of Los Angeles by Belle Buford Thom Collins: [ Ссылка ]
Better Housing News Flash (FHA): [ Ссылка ]
Los Angeles: Displacement in utopia: [ Ссылка ]
State Water Project (w/JFK speech): [ Ссылка ]
Who ended the red car? [ Ссылка ]
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) [Kirsten Dirksen]: [ Ссылка ]
Shadow of a Drought: [ Ссылка ]

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All other research links:
The Mexican Era | California History: [ Ссылка ]
The Mexican American War: [ Ссылка ]
The Gold Rush | California History: [ Ссылка ]
How Los Angeles gets its water: [ Ссылка ]
The port of Los Angeles: [ Ссылка ]
Early oil and gas production in California: [ Ссылка ]
History of Hollywood: [ Ссылка ]
From farm to freeway: [ Ссылка ]
Construction of LA Aqueduct: [ Ссылка ]
From redcars to freeways: [ Ссылка ]
Evolution of Los Angeles: [ Ссылка ]
New Automobiles Auto Industry In WWII: [ Ссылка ]
Housing segregation and redlining in America: [ Ссылка ]
FHA fact sheet: [ Ссылка ]
The Story of Los Angeles International Airport LAX: [ Ссылка ]
Flight to California: [ Ссылка ]
Los Angeles, CA. 1940s in color: [ Ссылка ]
1940s Los Angeles from the air: [ Ссылка ]
Reshaping LA | Lost LA: [ Ссылка ]
Pioneers of Aviation Alan and Malcolm Lockheed: [ Ссылка ]
The real cost of freeways: [ Ссылка ]
State Water Project: An Aerial Tour 2021: [ Ссылка ]
LA 3rd city in world in GDP: [ Ссылка ]
ADU grant program: [ Ссылка ]
Desalination plant: [ Ссылка ]
San Andreas fault: [ Ссылка ]

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

Megacity Episodes:
Megacities of the World (Season 2 Complete)
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AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO)
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Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) [ Ссылка ]
TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY [ Ссылка ]
PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY [ Ссылка ]
SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY [ Ссылка ]
DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY [ Ссылка ]
CAIRO: Middle East [ Ссылка ]
DELHI: India's Capital [ Ссылка ]
SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY [ Ссылка ]
MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas [ Ссылка ]

Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying [ Ссылка ]
President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner [ Ссылка ]
Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) [ Ссылка ]
Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark [ Ссылка ]
President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington [ Ссылка ]
Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner [ Ссылка ]
Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress [ Ссылка ]
President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes [ Ссылка ]

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