About this map · 1890–2010
How did Los Angeles build out, one decade at a time?
Using public records, we map how Los Angeles built out over the decades — each color is the decade its buildings went up.
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SourcesLA County Office of the Assessor · LARIAC (Los Angeles Region Imagery Acquisition Consortium)
Built by SLABScott Mahoy, Temi Omotinugbon, Duo Bao, Julia Harten, Jonathan Crisman, Sihan Mao
Financial supportAmerican Council of Learned Societies · USC Provost · USC Price School · USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
