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Los Angeles City Building And Safety

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The city of Los Angeles stayed within its initial 30 square-mile area until the 1890s. The first significant enlargements to the city were the districts of Highland Park and Garvanza to the north, and the South Los Angeles area. In 1906, the approval of the Port of Los Angeles and an adjustment in state law allowed the city to annex the Harbor Gateway, a thin strip of land leading from Los Angeles towards 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 was Colegrove and Cahuenga, as well as part of Los Feliz.

The opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct gave the city with four times as much water as it needed, and the availability of water service became a powerful lure for nearby communities. Los Angeles administrators locked in clients through annexation by declining to supply other communities. By referendum of the residents, 170 square miles of the San Fernando Valley were annexed to the city in 1915, almost tripling its area. Over the next twenty years dozens of new additions brought the city's area to 450 square miles. Currently, it is approximately 470 square miles.

In the Second World War, Los Angeles grew as a center for production of war supplies and munitions. Thousands of African Americans and white Southerners migrated to the area to fill factory jobs.

By the middle of the century, L.A. was an industrial and financial colossus created by war production and migration. Los Angeles assembled more cars than any place other than Detroit, produced more tires than anywhere but Akron, and stitched more clothes than any city except New York. Additionally, it was the national center for the creation of films, radio programs and television shows. Building and construction boomed as tract houses were built in suburban communities financed by the Federal Housing Administration.

Los Angeles continued to spread out, particularly with the development of the San Fernando Valley and the construction of the freeway system in the 1940s. When the local streetcar line went out of business, L.A. became a locale entirely built around the motorcar.

Los Angeles City Building And Safety

Union Station, situated in the City of Los Angeles, which opened in mid-1939, has been called the very last of the 'Great Railway Stations' built in the United States. Though it possesses a huge and ornate waiting room and adjacent ticket concourse, it is considered tiny in comparison with other union stations. It was formerly designated the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, but its present owner has officially modified the name to Los Angeles Union Station.

The edifice served as a part for the 1950 film 'Union Station', starring Bill Holden and Nancy Olson. Many TV shows and films have incorporated the station as a prop, including Speed, Pearl Harbor, Blade Runner and Star Trek. The Station is located opposite Los Angeles' famed Olvera Street.

Union Station was partly designed by the father and son team of John and Donald Parkinson, helped by other architects, including the famous Jan van der Linden. The Parkinsons were also the architects of the Los Angeles City Hall. Their company designed a number of landmark Los Angeles structures from the late 19th century onward. The structure combines Dutch style architecture and streamline Modern style, with architectural details such as 8-pointed stars.

Encased garden patios are on either side of the waiting room, and travelers coming out of the trains were originally funneled through the southern garden. The lower part of the interior walls is adorned with travertine marble, and the upper portion is covered with an old-style form of acoustical tile.

Attached to the main building is a small station restaurant designed by architect Mary Colter. As with many Los Angeles locations, it has only survived by serving as an occasional filming location. The influential science fiction film Blade Runner used shots of the noted area as the futuristic police department.

The station currently has fourteen train tracks, and approximately 80 train departures on weekdays. Metro services Union Station in the form of three rail lines and various bus routes. It is headquartered in nearby Gateway Plaza. Amtrak and Metrolink provide service to the station as well. Los Angeles World Airports just opened a FlyAway express bus service to Los Angeles International Airport, similar to the route already being utilized for Van Nuys.

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