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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUkwI6vQxHs Metropolis by Ben Wilson: https://tinyurl.com/nrnepfbs Reminiscences of Los Angeles by Belle Buford Thom Collins: https://tinyurl.com/mryx88ah Better Housing News Flash (FHA): https://vimeo.com/673653514 Los Angeles: Displacement in utopia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m41QLXShUgs State Water Project (w/JFK speech): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67msE99MKug Who ended the red car? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba12H36qC1U Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) [Kirsten Dirksen]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh1lQPgehSs Shadow of a Drought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df281Y6hhfI Subscribe for weekly city profiles: null All other research links: The Mexican Era | California History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKRzroZ30vo The Mexican American War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26raYPP4n7Q The Gold Rush | California History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1dmyx6LBKA How Los Angeles gets its water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdhEZZKPqWw The port of Los Angeles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYWwViivn9Q Early oil and gas production in California: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMbL49KBYe0 History of Hollywood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilFzX8ggXeo From farm to freeway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eAeQzWuPkU Construction of LA Aqueduct: https://archive.org/details/csmha_000019 From redcars to freeways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KoC2yfuazc Evolution of Los Angeles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR1J8IhpfLk New Automobiles Auto Industry In WWII: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTWYBoGkgJM Housing segregation and redlining in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5FBJyqfoLM FHA fact sheet: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/housing/fhahistory The Story of Los Angeles International Airport LAX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4NysCgVQ1Y Flight to California: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oopktYbHwLQ Los Angeles, CA. 1940s in color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLbk4v7l2Mo 1940s Los Angeles from the air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsTwBBpCCcs Reshaping LA | Lost LA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSBQ5lqPTtg Pioneers of Aviation Alan and Malcolm Lockheed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU-0CZbtLmU The real cost of freeways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS6WrJZKbjs State Water Project: An Aerial Tour 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A1jHyfqp8E LA 3rd city in world in GDP: https://tinyurl.com/3wmp5pz8 ADU grant program: https://www.calhfa.ca.gov/adu/index.htm Desalination plant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00jDa1D3DbY San Andreas fault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc4j59C_60E 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) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6w1rDa2jc AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgljcixHvAU Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8 TOKYO: Earth's Model MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL9KRvzVmo PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4 SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0 CAIRO: Middle East https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKphKvodLQ DELHI: India's Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4 SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE MEXICO CITY: Largest MEGACITY in the Americas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dEKLuZXrUc Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44 Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg