Los Angeles: The City That Should Not Exist
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About the Event
In Paul Haddad's latest book Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles, the opening sentence is,"Los Angeles is a city that should not exist."
It's an observation shared by scholars and historians. The city boasts no natural features that could sustain its current population of about four million people, let alone 18 million in Greater L.A. And yet it not only exists, it thrives as one of the world's greatest metropolises.
Join Paul Haddad for an engaging visual lecture that traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles from 28 square miles to its current 468 square miles, with special emphasis on the six visionaries who supercharged its growth: Phineas Banning, Harrison Gray Otis, Henry Huntington, Harry Chandler, William Mulholland, and Moses Sherman.
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