Los Angeles Building And Construction Boomed In The Early 1900s

The city of Los Angeles remained within its original 30 square-mile area until the 1890s. The earliest large additions to the city were the counties of Highland Park and Garvanza to the north, and the South Los Angeles area. In 1906, the approval of the Port of Los Angeles and a change in state law allowed the city to annex the Harbor Gateway, a narrow strip of land leading from Los Angeles towards the port. San Pedro and Wilmington were added in 1909, and the city of Hollywood was added in 1910, making the city 90 square miles. Also annexed that year were the cities of Colegrove and Cahuenga, as well as part of Los Feliz.

The opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct provided the city with four times as much water as it needed, and the availability of water service became an effective lure for nearby communities. Los Angeles administrators locked in customers through annexation by refusing to supply other areas. By referendum of the residents, 170 square miles of the San Fernando Valley were annexed to the city in 1915, almost tripling its size. Over the next twenty years dozens of new annexations brought the city's area to 450 square miles. Presently, it is about 470 square miles.

During World War II, Los Angeles developed as a center for production of war materials and munitions. Many African Americans and white Southerners relocated to the area to fill factory positions.

By 1950, Los Angeles was an industrial and financial colossus created by war production and migration. The city made more cars than any city other than Detroit, made more tires than any city but Akron, and stitched more clothes than any location except New York. Additionally, it was the national capital for the production of motion pictures, radio programs and television shows. Building and construction boomed as tract houses were built in suburban areas financed by the FHA.

The city continued to expand, particularly with the annexation of the San Fernando Valley and the building of the freeway system in the 1940s. When the local streetcar system went bankrupt, Los Angeles became a locale entirely built around the automobile.

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Matt Paolini is a architectural specialist for CityBook, the family-safe Los Angeles yellow pages online, which carries an extensive directory on Los Angeles solar energy systems, services and retail.

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