20th-century Los Angeles

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20th-century Los Angeles was a rapidly expanding, car-centric American metropolis marked by Hollywood’s rise, sprawling suburbs, and stark social and economic inequalities.

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20th-century Los Angeles canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period of a city ⓘ
urban area ⓘ
containsDistrict Downtown Los Angeles ⓘ
Eastside ⓘ
Hollywood ⓘ
San Fernando Valley ⓘ
South Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: South L.A.

Westside ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalFeature Hollywood studio system ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood studios

car-oriented commercial strips ⓘ
drive-in theaters ⓘ
movie palaces ⓘ
shopping malls ⓘ
demographicTrend Asian immigration ⓘ
Mexican and Latin American immigration ⓘ
migration from the American Midwest ⓘ
migration from the American South ⓘ
experiencedEvent Chicano Moratorium ⓘ
Great Depression economic hardship ⓘ
Watts riots of 1965 ⓘ
linked to: Watts riots

World War II defense boom ⓘ
Zoot Suit Riots ⓘ
construction of extensive freeway system ⓘ
decline of streetcar systems ⓘ
post–World War II suburbanization ⓘ
rise of Hollywood film studios ⓘ
governedBy City of Los Angeles government ⓘ
hasCharacteristic aerospace industry presence ⓘ
air pollution problems ⓘ
automobile dependence ⓘ
car-centric urban form ⓘ
defense industry presence ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
entertainment industry dominance ⓘ
ethnic diversity ⓘ
freeway-oriented transportation system ⓘ
housing segregation ⓘ
industrial growth ⓘ
low-density development ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
rapid population growth ⓘ
rapid urban expansion ⓘ
smog ⓘ
suburban sprawl ⓘ
water scarcity concerns ⓘ
zoning for single-family housing ⓘ
knownFor Hollywood ⓘ
car culture ⓘ
film production ⓘ
large-scale water importation projects ⓘ
racially restrictive covenants (early and mid-20th century) ⓘ
redlining practices ⓘ
suburban lifestyle ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
majorIndustry aerospace industry ⓘ
film industry ⓘ
music industry ⓘ
oil industry ⓘ
television industry ⓘ
partOf Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Los Angeles International Airport ⓘ
Los Angeles Railway (streetcars) ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Railway

Los Angeles freeway network ⓘ
Pacific Electric Railway (early 20th century) ⓘ
Port of Los Angeles ⓘ
waterInfrastructure Colorado River Aqueduct ⓘ
Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

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San Angeles → contrastsWith → 20th-century Los Angeles ⓘ