Iron Sprawl: How Trolleys Made L.A. a Horizontal City
Clip: Season 2 Episode 3 | 9m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Once imported from elsewhere, iron and steel would transform Los Angeles’ urban form.
Although local supplies were scarce, once imported from elsewhere, iron and steel would transform Los Angeles’ urban form. Like many cities, Los Angeles at first used the metals metals to grow vertically. In 1883, Baker Iron Works built the city's first elevator inside the Nadeau Hotel, a machine that freed architects to build high above the reach of stairs.
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Iron Sprawl: How Trolleys Made L.A. a Horizontal City
Clip: Season 2 Episode 3 | 9m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Although local supplies were scarce, once imported from elsewhere, iron and steel would transform Los Angeles’ urban form. Like many cities, Los Angeles at first used the metals metals to grow vertically. In 1883, Baker Iron Works built the city's first elevator inside the Nadeau Hotel, a machine that freed architects to build high above the reach of stairs.
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Concrete Fantasy: Southern California, a Freeway Metropolis
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Clip: S2 Ep3 | 7m 45s | If any one building material defined mid-20th-century Los Angeles, it was concrete. (7m 45s)
Red Gold: The Demise of California's Redwood Forest
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Clip: S2 Ep3 | 7m 20s | Only five percent of Los Angeles' old-growth redwood forests remain after exploitation. (7m 20s)
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