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. [ Ссылка ]
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.
