How Has Las Angeles Changed Over Time Essay

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Las Angeles, California- The City Over Time Las Angeles, California has drastically grown and changed over history and is currently the home to more than four million people. Many people move here every year for many reasons such as the laid back and sunny lifestyle, career advancement in television, music, and gaming (the arts), scrumptious food, pleasant weather, interesting culture, and diversity. This grand city is also known as the "entrepreneurial capital of the world." Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula," which translated from Spanish, means "The Village of Our Lady” and “The Queen of the Angels of the river of Porziuncola." The name to this extravagant city was bestowed by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve; this man wanted a town to provide food for southern California. This city has become much more than that over …show more content…

In 1903, the Pacific Electric Railroad line was built as public transportation to connect Las Angeles to all of the new cities and countries developing at the time. Los Angeles’ success drained natural resources by this time, the turn of the century, and the need for water was important as it always has been. Water was simply running low and a solution had to be assembled; this problem was solved by the making of an aqueduct in 1913. The plans for the replenishment were to use this aqueduct to bring water from the Owen’s Valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which is over 230 miles away. This was great for booming business and residents, and agribusiness, groups of industries dealing with agricultural produce and services, made it at this time. Las Angeles turned out to be the largest agricultural producer in America. Las Angeles, California has had a steady growth in population from this point in history to current

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