Huntington's LA: The History of Pacific Electric

This video describes the rise and fall of Pacific Electric, Los Angeles' famous former streetcar system that shaped the city's present built environment.

00:00-01:05 Introduction
01:06-11:06 The Rise and Fall of Pacific Electric
11:07-14:17 Present Impacts and Conclusion

Source links:
www.straightdope.com/columns/read/551/did-general-motors-destroy-the-la-mass-transit-system/
doi.org/10.1177/004208169102700104
la.curbed.com/2015/7/30/9935072/red-car-air-line-expo-line-history
www.railswest.com/histpe.html
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/09/23/long-dead-streetcars-still-shape-l-a-neighborhoods/chronicles/who-we-were/
www.jstor.org/stable/41171454?seq=1page_scan_tab_contents

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