20th-century Los Angeles

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historical period of a city urban area

20th-century Los Angeles was a rapidly expanding, car-centric American metropolis marked by Hollywood’s rise, sprawling suburbs, and stark social and economic inequalities.

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Label	Occurrences
20th-century Los Angeles canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period of a city ⓘ urban area ⓘ
containsDistrict	Downtown Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastside NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ San Fernando Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ South Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ Westside NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalFeature	Hollywood studio system NERFINISHED ⓘ car-oriented commercial strips ⓘ drive-in theaters ⓘ movie palaces ⓘ shopping malls ⓘ
demographicTrend	Asian immigration ⓘ Mexican and Latin American immigration ⓘ migration from the American Midwest ⓘ migration from the American South ⓘ
experiencedEvent	Chicano Moratorium NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Depression economic hardship ⓘ Watts riots of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II defense boom NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoot Suit Riots NERFINISHED ⓘ construction of extensive freeway system ⓘ decline of streetcar systems ⓘ post–World War II suburbanization ⓘ rise of Hollywood film studios ⓘ
governedBy	City of Los Angeles government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	aerospace industry presence ⓘ air pollution problems ⓘ automobile dependence ⓘ car-centric urban form ⓘ defense industry presence ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ entertainment industry dominance ⓘ ethnic diversity ⓘ freeway-oriented transportation system ⓘ housing segregation ⓘ industrial growth ⓘ low-density development ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ rapid population growth ⓘ rapid urban expansion ⓘ smog ⓘ suburban sprawl ⓘ water scarcity concerns ⓘ zoning for single-family housing ⓘ
knownFor	Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ car culture ⓘ film production ⓘ large-scale water importation projects ⓘ racially restrictive covenants (early and mid-20th century) ⓘ redlining practices ⓘ suburban lifestyle ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Southern California ⓘ
majorIndustry	aerospace industry ⓘ film industry ⓘ music industry ⓘ oil industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ
partOf	Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	Los Angeles International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Railway (streetcars) NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles freeway network ⓘ Pacific Electric Railway (early 20th century) NERFINISHED ⓘ Port of Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterInfrastructure	Colorado River Aqueduct NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Aqueduct NERFINISHED ⓘ

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San Angeles → contrastsWith → 20th-century Los Angeles ⓘ