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Baby Boomers Tribute "Get Together" 1910-2010 San Fernando Valley So Cal
The San Fernando Valley is considered the child city of metropolitan Los Angeles; a child that gradually grew and matured. From the development of farming and agriculture to the subdividing of land and finally to the market boom in commercialization and industrialization, the Valley has taken on its own course in history thus invented its own acclamation. In fact, Charles A. Bearchell noted, "If the Valley were a separately incorporated city, it would rank among the top six cities in the nation." To understand the maturation of the Valley, one must note the population growth, specifically between the years 1910 to 1960, when the largest population increases were recorded in Valley history. Indeed, the population of the San Fernando Valley increasingly doubled or even tripled every decade from 1910 to 1960. This population growth is not the net result of a single factor. Three elements - access, development, and advertisement - between the years 1910 to 1960 created the perfect foundation for population growth in the San Fernando Valley.
In 1910, the San Fernando Valley population was at 3,300. A decade later the population grew to over 21,000. In 1930 the population figures were exact with meticulous census data. The April 1st 1930 census was 78,497. Subsequently between 1930 and 1945 a population increase of 159% was recorded bringing the population total at the end of World War II to 228,734 inhabitants. By 1950, the swift increase in growth continued when the April 1st census recorded over 402,538 residents; likewise in growth when the April 1st census of 1960 doubled again with a staggering populace of 840,531 inhabiting the San Fernando Valley. It was only until the early 1970s which the population did not double nor triple itself, but only grew by about 100,000. This slower growth may be correlated to the 6.6 magnitude 1971 Sylmar earthquake, among others, as Kevin Roderick of the Los Angeles Times noted in his text, America's Suburb, "The San Fernando Valley serves, in fact, as the nation's favorite symbol of suburbia run rampant. It is the butt of jokes for its profligate sprawl, kooky architecture, unhip telephone area code, and home grown porno industry, as well as for a mythical tribe of nasal-toned, IQ challenged teenage girls who like to shop." However, the ill portrayed description of the recent San Fernando Valley by Kevin Roderick was not valid prior to the 1970s; hence the decades between 1910 leading up to the 1960s was an extremely pivotal period with respect to the vast population growth heightening the foundation of the Valley. Conclusively, the three key elements - access, development, and advertising - contributed simultaneously with each other (at one point or another) triggering an influx in population growth for the Valley.
The first fundamental theme in the immense growth of the San Fernando Valley is the means of access throughout the land. Access is both the physical means of entering and exiting the area via roads, highways and railways, and the accessibility of resources (water) to its inhabitants. To understand how highways, railways, and water escalated access throughout the land from the turn of the century up to the 1960s, one must examine the physical aspects of the land. Access to the San Fernando Valley is grouped into three noteworthy pass areas. The San Fernando Pass (also known as the Newhall Pass) at the northern tip of the Valley on the east side, the Santa Susana Pass at the northeastern portion of the Valley, and the strategically accessible southern artery to Los Angeles, the famous Cahuenga Pass.
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Baby Boomers Tribute "Get Together" 1910-2010 San Fernando Valley So Cal
The San Fernando Valley is considered the child city of metropolitan Los Angeles; a child that gradually grew and matured. From the development of farming and agriculture to the subdividing of land and finally to the market boom in commercialization and industrialization, the Valley has taken on its own course in history thus invented its own acclamation. In fact, Charles A. Bearchell noted, "If the Valley were a separately incorporated city, it would rank among the top six cities in the nation." To understand the maturation of the Valley, one must note the population growth, specifically between the years 1910 to 1960, when the largest population increases were recorded in Valley history. Indeed, the population of the San Fernando Valley increasingly doubled or even tripled every decade from 1910 to 1960. This population growth is not the net result of a single factor. Three elements - access, development, and advertisement - between the years 1910 to 1960 created the perfect foundation for population growth in the San Fernando Valley.
In 1910, the San Fernando Valley population was at 3,300. A decade later the population grew to over 21,000. In 1930 the population figures were exact with meticulous census data. The April 1st 1930 census was 78,497. Subsequently between 1930 and 1945 a population increase of 159% was recorded bringing the population total at the end of World War II to 228,734 inhabitants. By 1950, the swift increase in growth continued when the April 1st census recorded over 402,538 residents; likewise in growth when the April 1st census of 1960 doubled again with a staggering populace of 840,531 inhabiting the San Fernando Valley. It was only until the early 1970s which the population did not double nor triple itself, but only grew by about 100,000. This slower growth may be correlated to the 6.6 magnitude 1971 Sylmar earthquake, among others, as Kevin Roderick of the Los Angeles Times noted in his text, America's Suburb, "The San Fernando Valley serves, in fact, as the nation's favorite symbol of suburbia run rampant. It is the butt of jokes for its profligate sprawl, kooky architecture, unhip telephone area code, and home grown porno industry, as well as for a mythical tribe of nasal-toned, IQ challenged teenage girls who like to shop." However, the ill portrayed description of the recent San Fernando Valley by Kevin Roderick was not valid prior to the 1970s; hence the decades between 1910 leading up to the 1960s was an extremely pivotal period with respect to the vast population growth heightening the foundation of the Valley. Conclusively, the three key elements - access, development, and advertising - contributed simultaneously with each other (at one point or another) triggering an influx in population growth for the Valley.
The first fundamental theme in the immense growth of the San Fernando Valley is the means of access throughout the land. Access is both the physical means of entering and exiting the area via roads, highways and railways, and the accessibility of resources (water) to its inhabitants. To understand how highways, railways, and water escalated access throughout the land from the turn of the century up to the 1960s, one must examine the physical aspects of the land. Access to the San Fernando Valley is grouped into three noteworthy pass areas. The San Fernando Pass (also known as the Newhall Pass) at the northern tip of the Valley on the east side, the Santa Susana Pass at the northeastern portion of the Valley, and the strategically accessible southern artery to Los Angeles, the famous Cahuenga Pass.
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