Annexations In Early 1900s Aided Los Angeles Building And Construction

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 districts of Highland Park and Garvanza to its 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 absorb the Harbor Gateway, a narrow strip of land leading from Los Angeles to the port. San Pedro and Wilmington were incorporated 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 establishment of the Los Angeles Aqueduct provided the city with 4 times as much water as it required, and the availability of water service became an effective lure for nearby communities. Los Angeles administrators locked in clients 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, nearly tripling its area. 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.

In World War II, Los Angeles developed as a locus for production of war supplies and ammunition. Thousands of African Americans and white Southerners relocated to the city to fill factory positions.

By the middle of the century, Los Angeles was an industrial and financial giant due to war production and migration. Los Angeles made more cars than any city other than Detroit, made more tires than any city but Akron, and stitched more clothes than any city except New York. Additionally, it was the national capital for the production of films, radio broadcasts and television shows. Building and construction greatly expanded as tract houses were built in suburban areas financed by the FHA.

Los Angeles continued to spread out, especially with the annexation of the San Fernando Valley and the building of the freeway system in the 1940s. When the local streetcar line went out of business, Los Angeles became a city built around the motorcar.

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