Lakewood Center: The Core of a Community (Modern Architecture in Los Angeles)

Lakewood Center was designed by A.C. Martin and Associates in 1951. Surrounded by acres of parking lots, this shopping center was the architectural and economic anchor of the master-planned suburban city of Lakewood. Special thanks to: D. J. Waldie; City of Lakewood; David C. Martin. Photos and videos: © and courtesy of the City of Lakewood, California. © J. Paul Getty Trust This video is part of Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A., a Getty initiative that brings together local cultural institutions for a wide-ranging look at the postwar built environment of Los Angeles, from its famous residential architecture to its vast freeway network, revealing the city's development and ongoing global impact in new ways. Learn more about the exhibition, Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940--1990, co-organized by the Getty Research Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum. http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/... Learn more about the initiative, Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A.: http://www.pacificstandardtimepresent...