Los Angeles (Dark Jazz)
Los Angeles in the 1920s
1920s Los Angeles was a boom town. In 1920 the population was around 500,000. By 1930 the city had grown to over 1,500,000.
Locations
University of Southern California
Events
- May 3, 1924 - Construction begins on the Belmont Tunnel, popularly referred to as the "Hollywood Subway."
- May 21, 1924 - A group of armed ranchers seized control of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and dynamite part of the system.
- August 19, 1924 - The Maxfield Building, designed by architect John M. Cooper, is completed. Located in downtown at 819 Santee Street, it is the first 'modern' skyscraper in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles in the 1960s
In 1965, the Los Angeles of Gernsback-9 is the third largest city in the world, with a population of 9,475,000 people (2,660,000 in the inner city, with the remaining 6,815,000 in the suburbs). It is surpassed only by New York City (14,300,000) and Tokyo (20,000,000 est.) in population. Culturally, Los Angeles is widely regaled as "the city of the future," with electric trains and monorails that criss-cross the expanding cityscape, along with six-lane freeways and fewer air car restrictions than other cities. A burgeoning arts scene has existed since the 1920s and of course the entertainment capitol of the Western world is Hollywood. Aerospace and electronics drive the city economy along with tourism and the movie industry.
External Links
Los Angeles in the 1920s
- Los Angeles at Work 1920 - 1939. Los Angeles Public Library photo gallery.
- California In the 1920s. Los Angeles Public Library photo gallery.
- History of Lincoln Heights. Neighborhood web site.
- "In 1924 Los Angeles, a Scourge From the Middle Ages". Article in March 2006 edition of the Los Angeles Times recounting the bubonic plague outbreak of 1924-25.