lOs angeles

Context lOs angeles

Los Angeles is an important geological depression near the San Andreas Fault, and surrounded by mountainous barriers isolating the numerous outlying deserts. Neither a notable port nor a remarkable fluvial setting, this valley is not a strategic site.

The capital of the last century and the cinematic center of the turn of the century, along with oil, petrochemical, and the aeronautic industry all contribute to metamorphosing the countryside and the city that was opened by the gold rush.

From 1,610 inhabitants in 1850, the megalopolis composed of several cities successively passes population thresholds of 100,000 in 1900, and then a million before 1930 to total 1,970,358 in the 50’s.