- Lost LA
Building the Metroplis
This episode questions the cultural legacy and environmental costs of Los Angeles' growth.
Wood, iron, steel, concrete -- these are the materials that gave form to Los Angeles and shaped its identity in the national imagination. This episode also questions the cultural legacy and environmental costs of the city's relentless growth.
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Five Structures That Defined L.A.’s Age of Concrete (Article)
Old-Growth Infrastructure: Redwood in Los Angeles (Article)
Impacts of Building Los Angeles (Curriculum)
Change Over Time (Curriculum)
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Red Gold: The Demise of California's Redwood Forest (Clip)
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Concrete Fantasy: Southern California, a Freeway Metropolis (Clip)
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Iron Sprawl: How Trolleys Made L.A. a Horizontal City (Clip)
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