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L.A. could have been a lot shorter.
Up until 1957, the city enforced a strict height limit on buildings — they couldn't be taller than 13 stories.
(Above: Hollywood in 1925.)
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There could have been a highway-beach.
This plan proposed building a man-made beach off the Santa Monica coast with a highway.
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Dodgers Stadium could have been a lake.
In 1958, Assemblyman Don Anderson countered the Dodgers Stadium proposal with this idea — a public lake, which he said "would give people needed recreational facilities and help beautify downtown section."
Via: Courtesy USC Libraries Special Collections
Los Feliz, Silver Lake, and Echo Park could have been the movie studio hub.
In the 1910s, these east side neighborhoods were known together as Edendale, and this was the first home to Keystone Films and several major movie companies. Now it's home to hipsters and rich people.
Source: underthehollywoodsign.files.wordpress.com
