Such an amazing interviewer, really makes people comfy and come out of their shells, her ability to not take herself too seriously is a wonderful quality
These monsters can crawl through your window screen when they are babies. They often come through the window screen dozens at a time all at once and set up webs all around it. Super annoying. Not sure how to stop them, they are taking over Orange County, California.
I saw the Rampart St. sign. When I see Rampart I always think of the original Tommy's Burgers on Beverly & Rampart. I still go there today for a great chili burger. I grew up in Pico (it later became Pico Rivera) during the 50's and 60's. The city of Pico and Pico Blvd were named after Pio Pico (which was discussed), the last Mexican governor of California and also served in the State legislature after California became a state. I remember riding on the yellow streetcars downtown on Broadway when my mom would go shopping at all the department stores. We also went to Sears & Roebuck on Soto St. where the first thing you smelled when entering the store was the fresh popcorn popping. What memories! I remember when all the freeways were built. We would go to my uncle house in Gardena and take the Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110) but it ended at Santa Barbara & Figueroa so we had to take Figueroa south all the way to Gardena. I even saw Dodger Stadium being built up in Elysian Park back in the late 50'-early 60's when I went with my friend and his dad who was in the LADP. He had to go to the police academy up there for target practice and we would sit on the hill and watch the stadium being built.
Americans maintained a system of legal segregation from 1776 until the 1960's and 1970's, but this narrative doesn't mention that. The narrative would be much more interesting if the writers had included that information in their narrative. Missing in this history is the eviction of working class Latino families from Chavez Ravine in order to construct Dodger Stadium, the 1871 Chinese Massacre, the destruction of the 'old' Chinatown on Alameda to build Union Station, and the abysmal treatment of immigrants and people of color in general during the time period when they were naming streets. It would have been nice to have also heard about the renaming of Santa Barbara Ave. to MLK Jr. Ave. in the 1980's. They renamed the street in 1982, and by 1992 you had the Rodney King beating... The narrators make it seem like everyone agreed on that change, and that the change wasn't that big of a deal. Dear Natural History Museum, don't whitewash the history!
Los Angeles is a beautiful city, I grew up in Happy Valley next to Lincoln Heights. I remember in the late 1960s when I was in grade school (Glen Alta Elementary) I stood on top of Flat Top Hill (At top of Thomas Street near Lincoln High School) with my buddies flying our kites. Yes it was very smoggy like it is today. But on a clear day the skies looked beautiful, I could see Sears building on Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles City Hall on Spring Street always seemed to be the tallest building, but there were others. Towards Elysian Park I can see the ballpark field lights on at Dodgers Stadium, at night the field lights were powerfully bright like it is today. I grew-up on Gillig Ave, moved out November of '76. Of course it looks different, but I still refer to it as home. I'm a U.S. Marine veteran to give a shout-out to our brave U.S. Armed Forces stationed around the world. Stay safe, you're always in my thoughts. Come home soon, God Bless You All!
TIL about Macy Street/Brooklyn Ave. I'd thought prior to renaming Chavez was just Sunset Boulevard all the way to where it meets Atlantic in Montebello.
As soon as I saw the pathetic preamble to this video, about how the city recognizes (apologies) that it sits on “stolen” Indian lands, I stopped watching this video. Quit apologizing. The Indians fought amongst each other over and this land long before the Spaniards, Mexicans, and other settlers arrived here. They are not apologizing for those wars and occupations. Neither should we in the present day. “To the conquerors go the spoils”. If you don’t fight to keep what you have, then you will lose it. This is true in nature as it is in civilized society. If we are lead by losers (see California leadership), then you become losers. That’s why I left California and moved to the free State of Idaho. California has become a sh!thole.
It's sad that the only thing left of LA history ARE the street names, everything else has either been torn down or destroyed. I have been in this town since 1959 mainly growing up in the Hollywood area. LA has completely lost all it's identity and charm. I remember there used to be an orgainization in the 70's called NYNY ( Not Yet New York) that tried in vain to prevent LA from looking like NYC .Now when I see our subway system and areas of downtown with huge electronic billboards that look just like Times Square, I know we lost our identity. I moved out of LA to the Inland Empire in '93 and have no desire to go back, not even for a visit, it's too ugly and depressing.
as the Democrats said, "too many Japanese in California. Steal their property and send them to concentration camps. " And that's exactly what they did.
@@XxMayhem88 My point was the only reason there are so many Mexicans here is because of American jobs and welfare. If this were still part of Mexico those jobs and that welfare would not be here. As to back then only the Spanish elite had money and the people were poor peasants.
