The L.A. River: Nature Tamed (Modern Architecture in Los Angeles)
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2013
- In 1938, following a series of devastating floods, the United States Army Corps of Engineers embarked on a twenty-two-year effort to convert the Los Angeles River into a fifty-one-mile concrete storm channel. After enduring decades of criticism and countless Hollywood car-chase scenes, the L.A. River is now a civic and environmental priority.
Special thanks to: Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives; Terri Garst, the Los Angeles Public Library; Bill Jepson, Director, Zachary Rynew, David Sartoris, Lisa Snyder, Modelers, UCLA Urban Simulation Team.
Photos and video: Courtesy of Prelinger Archives; Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection; UCLA Urban Simulation Team.
© J. Paul Getty Trust
Learn more about the exhibition, "Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990," co-organized by the Getty Research Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum, at the National Building Museum October 20, 2013 through March 10, 2014. www.nbm.org/exhibitions-collec...
Co-organized by the Getty Research Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum, "Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940--1990" was part of the initiative Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A., which celebrated Southern California's lasting impact on modern architecture through exhibitions and programs organized by seventeen area cultural institutions from April through July 2013.
1:28 is where the Terminator jumped off.
1:25 I was expecting to see the terminator jump off that whole riding a harley
People in L.A. have forgotten why the river is concrete transformed... this flood. yea have some areas of the rivers, two or three miles here and there... but do not dismantle the project. This flood was why it was built.
Nature tamed, resource drained.
Exactly. Too bad they couldn't find another great river to understand the value of Mother Nature's flooding cycles. Oh wait -- they could have -- maybe the Nile? Too bad they didn't think to find the native Tongva people of the area and ask for input. Their people only lived here for thousands of years. It looks like an impressive project, but in reality, now it's going to cost billions to restore it.
@@MelindaAugustina It will never truly be restored. The worst idea ever to build this. Destroyed so much of LA
is this video supposed to have sound?
A gift to the MX people from 1930s Americans. 😊
Been to Seoul Korea? My favorite place to ride my bike was along a similar concrete river/storm channel. But they were smart enough to build a FREEWAY directly over that. And along the 'river' are walking and bike paths and fitness centers free for the public every KM or so. When a storm was predicted alarms go off and entrances are closed before the storm arrives. LA? what are you waiting for? go... see... learn and copy.
LA? Aqueducts all over, LA River? Cut in half in many places. Can you 👁️?
Where's the sound?
Why has there ever been a drought when the water empties into the ocean at 207 million gallons of fresh water per day?
The water that would run into the ocean can be rerouted somewhere to make up for the drought.
Tizoc Alonzo You’re not the only one ever thought of that. There are dams in the foothills that were built in the early 1900s and they’re not at full capacity. People use more water than you thought har. And the river is almost empty for more than half of the year so it’s not enough to make up for the drought.
There's a drought precisely because the water empties into the ocean, instead of flooding and seeping into the ground.
i'm no expert but I'd imagine the river is fairly toxic with a lot of it's water coming from urban run off. A guy washes his car or drains his pool and it ends up in the river. Not all water is usable.
@@spring983 yeah it's illegal to wash your own car in your driveway in Germany that's why they have the world's largest car wash
Cool!
No sound!!
No sound.
2:41 хорошее сооружение которое спасает жизни
Its ugly but it works.
I’d like to think that a more enlightened solution would be found nowadays. This destroyed a beautiful river, full of fish and life, and turned into a hideous sterile concrete channel.
Also protected hundreds of thousands of people from flooding.
This kind of floods will destroy what you described too. You are selfish.
I know city leaders are trying to find a way to restore the wildlife while retaining its flood control capabilities. If the River lost its flood control capabilities, the San Fernando, San Gabriel valleys, and the LA Basin would flood every El Niño year which would affect millions of people.
People want to live close to a floodplain than there’s their fault. Same situation in Houston
@@johnrobinson927 flooding is a natural process that happens in every place with rains and rivers. Unfortunately people are too stupid, and want to live along it.
2:47 до начала канала размещены ручейки
No Sound??
Learn How to Read!
Had to be a HOOT drag racing there during the Golden age of the automobile...Built in bleachers to boot 😎
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