Lakewood's past, present, and future is explored in a series of CityTV documentaries below. The collection was created in conjunction with the city's fiftieth anniversary on Friday, April 16, 2004.
Clips are drawn from several CityTV cable channel 31 documentaries. They blend historical photography, film and video footage, and interviews with Lakewood residents. Below are clips from those documentaries.
Streaming media helps bring Lakewood's past, present, and future to light, as Lakewood Online highlights a series of CityTV documentaries. The CityTV programs blend historical photography, film and video footage, and interviews with Lakewood residents. Streaming Web video clips give Web users insight into Lakewood's historic annexation battle, the first city council and into many topics covering what is special about Lakewood.
Many historic programs cablecast on CityTV and give insightful looks at Lakewood's past, present, and future. This is especially true of the documentary series: "The City as New as Tomorrow" which is also for sale online in DVD format at the Club Lakewood store.
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The First City Council - Lakewood is known as "Tomorrow’s City Today," because the first City Council implemented a highly innovative Contract Plan. Municipal contracting is a unique concept of providing basic public services while keeping both taxes and city expenses low through a series of contracts with county agencies and private enterprise.
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The First City Council - High resolution for cable/DSL
The First City Council - Low resolution for 28.8 modem
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The First City Council - High resolution for cable/DSL
The First City Council - Low resolution for 28.8 modem
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The First City Council - High resolution for cable/DSL
The First City Council - Low resolution for 28.8 modem
John S. Todd, father of the ‘Lakewood Plan’ - John Todd’s vision of contracting city services as a cost-effective and flexible form of municipal government would become known as “The Lakewood Plan.” The experiment was so successful that it was copied by almost every new city in Los Angeles County for the next fifty years.
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John S. Todd - High resolution for cable/DSL
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John S. Todd - High resolution for cable/DSL
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John S. Todd - High resolution for cable/DSL
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S. Mark Taper, Lakewood’s visionary developer - S. Mark Taper was a partner with Ben Weingart and Louis Boyar in the development of Lakewood. He also built homes in the Long Beach and Norwalk areas.
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S. Mark Taper - High resolution for cable/DSL
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Louis Boyar, planner of a new kind of city - Louis Boyar was named president of the development corporation. He was in charge of overseeing all of the construction. He was also a homebuilder in the Los Angeles area before World War ll.
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Louis Boyar - High resolution for cable/DSL
Louis Boyar - Low resolution for 28.8 modem
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Louis Boyar - High resolution for cable/DSL
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Louis Boyar - High resolution for cable/DSL
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Ben Weingart, and the building of Lakewood - The third founder of Lakewood, secured the millions of dollars needed to build the new community. His long association with and affection for the city can be seen today in many public facilities made possible by the Weingart Foundation: The Centre at Sycamore Plaza, the William Burns community services center, the Weingart-Lakewood Family YMCA and the Weingart senior center.
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Ben Weingart - High resolution for cable/DSL
Ben Weingart - Low resolution for 28.8 modem
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Ben Weingart - High resolution for cable/DSL
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Ben Weingart - High resolution for cable/DSL
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CityTV Video Clips
(See larger versions of this sections images in special history galleries.)
Lakewood's past, present, and future will be explored in a series of CityTV documentaries that blend historical photography, film and video footage, and interviews with Lakewood residents.
Annexation
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Annexation
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Annexation
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Annexation
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High Speed- High resolution for cable/DSL
Annexation
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Annexation
Bean Fields
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Bean Fields
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Bean Fields
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Bean Fields
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Bean Fields
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Bean Fields
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Bean Fields
City Born
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City Born
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City Born
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City Born
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City Born
City of Children
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City of Children
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City of Children
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City of Children
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City of Children
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City of Children
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City of Children
Hometown
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Hometown
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Hometown
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Hometown
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Hometown
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Hometown
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Hometown
