The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space

Claiming Women’s History in the Urban Landscape
21.1 | The Power of Place, itinerary of historic places in downtown Los Angeles.
economic development of the city, the tour looked at some of the working
landscapes various industries had shaped over the previous two centuries. It
highlighted the city’s history of production, defining its core and emphasizing
the skill and energy that workers have expended to feed, clothe, and
house the population. These workers included women, men, and sometimes
children of every ethnic group employed in citrus groves, flower fields,
flower markets, produce markets, oil fields, and prefabricated housing factories,
as well as garment workers, midwives, nurses, and firefighters. The