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Reshaping L.A.

Reshaping L.A.

Season 1 Episode 3
28:32
Pio Pico

Borderlands

Season 2 Episode 1
26:50
Calle de los Negros, Los Angeles, 1871

Wild West

Season 2 Episode 2
26:12
Steel frame of building being erected

Building the Metropolis

Season 2 Episode 3
25:32
press image for lost la season 2

Dream Factory

Season 2 Episode 4
23:50
coded geographies

Coded Geographies

Season 2 Episode 5
25:06
pacific rim

Pacific Rim

Season 2 Episode 6
26:50
descanso gardens

Special: Descanso Gardens

Season 2 Episode 7
51:47
Explorers in Yosemite National Park | Public Domain

Yosemite

Season 3 Episode 1
26:40
bombay beach

Desert Fantasy

Season 3 Episode 2
26:40
Four surfers stand in front of their boards- black and white

Beach Culture

Season 3 Episode 3
26:39
Bodie

Ghost Towns

Season 3 Episode 4
26:40
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Lost LA

Before The Dodgers

Season 1 Episode 2

Long before Sandy Koufax threw Dodger Stadium's first pitch, and even before the first residents moved into Chavez Ravine, there were the Elysian Hills. Raised up by tectonic forces, and carved into deep ravines by the ancient precursor of the Los Angeles River, these hills have meant many things to many people. They were a refuge from floods for the region's native Tongva Indians, and then a source of quarried stone soon after the city fell under American sovereignty. In this episode, "Lost LA" explores the various ways Southern California's inhabitants have used the hills around Dodger Stadium. The program looks at an old lithographic view of L.A. as drawn from an Elysian hilltop, the vanished neighborhood of Chavez Ravine, and a massive construction project that reshaped the land into a modern baseball palace.

Lesson Plan: What happens to a place across time?

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Tiki Bars and Their Hollywood Origins
26:40
Tiki culture isn’t a Polynesian import — it’s a Hollywood creation.
Tuberculosis: The Forgotten Plague
26:49
Archives reveal the “forgotten plague” that shaped Southern California: tuberculosis.
Eternal City: Los Angeles Cemeteries
26:50
Visit Hollywood Forever, Evergreen and Forest Lawn, where L.A. reinvented the cemetery.
Hiking Trailblazers
26:40
The hiker-activists who led Angelenos into their hills and onto the trails.
Historic Filipinotown
26:39
How Filipino Americans in Southern California are making their heritage more visible.
Fast Food and Car Culture
26:47
Iconic fast-food chains from McDonald’s to Taco Bell were born in SoCal.
From Little Tokyo to Crenshaw
26:37
After internment camps, Japanese Americans made L.A.'s Crenshaw neighborhood their home.
German Exiles
26:04
During WWII, L.A. became a sanctuary for Europe’s accomplished artists and intellectuals.
Prehistoric Landscapes
26:46
Dig deep into Southern California’s past to reveal lessons for our climate-changed future.
Winemaking
26:41
Explore a forgotten age when winemaking was Southern California’s principal industry.
Who Killed the Red Car?
26:46
Why did Los Angeles dismantle one of the greatest rail transit systems in the nation?
Shindana Dolls | Still from "Lost LA" S4 E6: Shindana Toy Company
26:40
Explore the lasting impact of the Shindana Toy Company, created out of the need for community empowerment following the 1965 Watts uprising, whose ethnically correct black dolls forever changed the American doll industry.
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