On the 100th anniversary of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which brought water to give us sprawling green lawns, swimming pools, and the lazy river at Raging Waters, Boom Magazine remembers how it all started in this short video. With all the anti-city, anti-infrastructure, anti-government crazy talk from certain members of society, will we ever see anything so grand built again?
· Boom magazine takes on the Los Angeles Aqueduct [YouTube]
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LA Aqueduct: "The Beginning of the Modern American West"
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