Transportation in the San Fernando Valley started with dirt trails used by the Native Americans in the Pre-Columbian era. These trails, such as the El Camino Real (currently the U.S. 101) were used from the 1600’s to mid 1800’s by the Spanish who set up missions, pueblos and presidios. The influx of the Anglos in [...]
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Early Transportation in the San Fernando Valley
Posted in Transportation, tagged Transportation on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Transportation: what comes next?
Posted in Transportation, tagged rail road, road, Transportation on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Early modes of transportation into and out of this area began with the Native Americans traveling through the Cahuenga Pass. The Native Americans took the first Spanish Colonials through this pass in to what is now known as Encino. From here the pass developed into what was called the “King’s Highway.” This early highway ran [...]
Concrete Veins
Posted in Transportation, tagged Freeway, Interstate Highways, San Fernando Valley, Suburbanization, Transportation on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Kenneth T. Jackson’s book Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States, he discusses the importance of interstate highways and how they affected America and suburbanization. During the early 1940’s political lobbyists came together to form ARBA, the American Road Builders Association. Among these groups were large automobile companies like General Motors, and companies [...]
Boom of the 1880’s: Transportation and Real Estate Industries Work Hand in Hand to Promote the San Fernando Valley
Posted in Housing, Transportation, tagged Fogelson, Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company, Maclay, railroad, San Fernando, Southern Pacific, Stanford, subdivision on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Robert M. Fogelson’s book, The Fragmented Metropolis, relates the evolution of Los Angeles between 1880 and 1930 through the themes of transportation, water, and real estate. In particular, this text shows how the development of railroads and the construction of the aqueduct from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles made possible the expansion of real [...]
