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ChineseMetroMovies: L.A. in the 70’s
[tags]metro movies, los angeles, 70’s, reyner banham, urban planning[/tags]
[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1524953392810656786&hl=en[/googlevideo]
I found this gem over at the SkyscraperCity forum. It’s not directly related to public transit, but it offers an interesting perspective on Los Angeles from over 30 years ago. It’s interesting to see how the world has always been acutely aware of L.A.’s shortcomings, merits, and potential. One particular bit in regards to potential that got my attention happens about 16 minutes in, when Reyner Banham, the narrator, speaks of the future of Los Angeles:
“So come the day when the smog of doom finally descends, when the traffic grinds to a halt, and the private car is banned from the streets, quite a lot of craftly placed citizens will be able to switch over to being pedestrians and feel no pain.”
It seems that 35 years later we are nearing that day, and many of us have already made that painless transition to living car-free in a city where it has long been thought to be impossible. It simply takes the ability to remove those car-culture tinted glasses to realize that Los Angeles is the perfect city to be car free, better than any other!
I <3 L.A.
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Frederick, what a great find! Why don’t you dust off your digital video camera and do an update travelogue from the “metroriderla” viewpoint?