Caitlin Hernández is LAist's LA Explained writer.
We all know LAX is a necessary evil, but can that ever change? Here’s your guide to the airport’s hacks, history and future.
How on earth did we get here? Let’s dig into what makes LAX the way it is and how best to experience it.People examine a plane powered by a Wright J-5 engine at Mines Field in Westchester during the 1928 National Air Races.Back in 1837, when California was under Mexican rule, the governor gave a huge area of land to a ranchero named Antonio Ygnacio Avila. That swath became Rancho Sausal Redondo. It included today’s LAX, Playa del Rey — and yes, Redondo Beach.
But the big dogs of commercial flying were still tied to Burbank’s airport, which opened in 1930. L.A. enviously stood by as its rival, Lockheed Air Terminal, raked in the cash — public air travel at that point was a luxurious. That changed when Burbank manufactured fighter planes during World War II, chipping away at airliners’ ability to expand their services. Most public carriers defected to L.A.’s growing airport in 1946.. More money flowed into the airport to accommodate jet airliners.
Those calls were answered with the use of eminent domain. L.A. officials excised Surfridge from the map. They forcefully bought and tore down residents’ homes in the ‘60s and early ‘70s, rather than let the buildings become dilapidated. That “X” doesn’t have any special meaning, according to LAWA. The Theme Building — that futuristic structure in the middle of LAX — is kind of like Area 51. It exists, but rumors tend to cloud public understanding. So…One of those is right.
The airport is in the midst of a $14 billion capital investment program that’s aimed at modernization . They may not be overly exciting, but over the past few years awill also connect
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