Neighbourhoods & Aerials

The sprawl from above and street by street. The San Fernando Valley, the Westside and the Eastside, the hillside streets, and the aerial photography that shows how far it goes.

Part of Los Angeles

49 moments in this segment.

1. 1877 - View of Los Angeles from the east. Brooklyn Hights in the foreground; Pacific Ocean and …. Los Angeles, 1877. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
2. 1882 - Los Angeles from hill. Los Angeles, 1882. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
3. 1884 - Los Angeles in 1884. The town in 1884, on the cusp of the great real-estate boom.
4. 1886 - Confidence Engine Co 1886. Bernard Cohn was also a member of the volunteer fire department – Confidence Engine Company No. 2.
5. 1887 - LA-aerialphoto-baloon-06-27-1887. This is an aerial photo of Los Angeles, taken from a balloon on June 27, 1887. The town's population was a little over 20,000 at this time. North is to the left. The circular form of the Plaza is visible to the center left. The then-unpredictable Los Angeles River crosses.
6. 1887 - BanningHouse-on-FortMooreHill-1887. The Banning House (of Phineas Banning) on Fort Moore Hill, site of the old Fort Moore. The structure was built by Jacob Philippi as a beer hall, but Banning purchased and transformed it into a home. Part of the trenches of old Fort Moore, built in 1846-1847, are visible in the upper left.
7. 1887 - AtwaterVillageLosAngelesMinneapolisTract18871128. 1887 advertisement for Minneapolis subdivision in what is now Atwater Village.
8. 1888 - looking SE from N side of Bellvue at intersection with Upper Main (now North Spring). JW…. 1888 looking SE from N side of Bellvue at intersection with Upper Main (now North Spring). JW Robinson house on hill in background. This site is now under the widened Cesar Chavez Ave.
9. 1890 - Downtown Los Angeles, late 19th century. A view of the growing downtown in the late 1800s.
10. 1891 - Haas, Baruch & Co. (successor to Haas, Hellman & Co.), 218-224 N. Los Angeles St. c.1890s. Los Angeles, 1891. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
11. 1893 - Main, SE corner of Winston, US Government Bldg 1893. Los Angeles, 1893. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
12. 1895 - Artistic Wrought Iron Works Advertisement - 1895 - U.S. City Directory Los Angeles. This is an advertisement for the Fruhling Bros. Artistic Wrought Iron Works company in the 1895 U.S. City Directory for Los Angeles. Fruhling Bros.
13. 1897 - Pages from 1897 maybe LOC Los Angeles, California, the city and county (1) page 1. Los Angeles, 1897. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
14. 1900 - Downtown-LA-1900. Photograph of downtown Los Angeles in 1900, looking northeast from Pershing Square at the Bunker Hill neighborhood.
15. 1901 - Downtown Los Angeles (c.1901). William Henry Jackson’s panorama of the business district at the turn of the century.
16. 1902 - "For Sale - Lots" The Los Angeles Times, September 27, 1902. Los Angeles, 1902. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
17. 1903 - Los Angeles-1903-Panorama Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1903. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
18. 1903 - The central business district (1903). Downtown LA in 1903, growing fast on oil and citrus money.
19. 1903 - Los Angeles-1903-A Residence in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, 1903. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
20. 1905 - Sawtelle-1905-Residence Street. Los Angeles, 1905. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
21. 1905 - Sawtelle-1905-Fourth st. Sawtelle. Los Angeles, 1905. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
22. 1915 - Behr-0020. Los Angeles, 1915. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
23. 1915 - Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the session of the Legislature of…. Identifier: appendixtojourna19151cali (find matches) Title: Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California Year: 1853 (1850s) Authors: California.
24. 1918 - Coulters 7th LAEx. Coulter's new department store on Seventh Street, sketch from November 1918.
25. 1918 - Ville de Paris 7th LAEx. New Ville de Paris department store on Seventh Street, sketch from November 1918.
26. 1920 - Wilshire & Fairfax from the air (1920). Open land where the Miracle Mile would soon rise.
27. 1922 - Aerial photograph showing intersection of Wilshire and San Vicente boulevards. Los Angeles, 1922. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
28. 1922 - Expo model. Model of the American Historical Revue and Motion Picture Industry Exposition, Los Angeles, 1923.
29. 1923 - "Country Homes in Girard" Los Angeles Evening Express, November 17, 1923
30. 1935 - Photos 10307 large HE box 4995-W.P.A. HE-001-947 4x5 Herald Examiner LAPL 00028113. Los Angeles, 1935. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
31. 1936 - Untitled - Large Letters. Los Angeles, 1936. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
32. 1941 - from FWP's American Guide Los Angeles a guide to the city and its environs 17. Writers' Program (U.S.) California. (1941). Los Angeles: a guide to the city and its environs. New York: Hastings house.
33. 1941 - FWP American Guide Series city 1941 California Los Angeles a guide to the city and its e…. Los Angeles, 1941. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
34. 1944 - Snow at First & Spring (1944). A rare snowfall dusts the streets below City Hall.
35. 1946 - Los Angeles in 1946. The postwar city.
36. 1946 - Rodger Young Village 2. Los Angeles, 1946. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
37. 1950 - Meyercard. Los Angeles, 1950. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
38. 1950 - The sprawling lights of LA from Mount Lowe (c.1950). The horizontal city at night, seen from the San Gabriels.
39. 1956 - Uclalat 1429 b257 95950CK-1 Know Your City No.66 Walkway and steel girder of the 6th Str…. Los Angeles, 1956. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
40. 1965 - The Miracle Mile (1960s). Wilshire’s Miracle Mile, the linear downtown built for the car.
41. 1982 - The Chasan Villa - Top View. Los Angeles, 1982. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
42. 1984 - Los Angeles in 1984. The city in its Olympic year.
43. 2005 - Behr-0020 close crop east side. West side of Broadway from 6th to 7th, c.1915. Bullocks at left. H. Jevne Building at right.
44. 2005 - Behr-0020 crop east side. West side of Broadway from 6th to 7th, c.1915. Bullocks at left. H. Jevne Building at right.
45. 2007 - census Moisant.gif. Los Angeles, 2007. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
46. 2007 - census Turpin.gif. Los Angeles, 2007. From the Wikimedia Commons historical-photo collections.
47. 2013 - Los Angeles from the air. The endless horizontal megacity of today.
48. 2013 - The downtown skyline (2013). The towers that finally rose downtown in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
49. 2022 - Los Angeles street tours (modern). Los Angeles, 2022.