Web publishing of “The Lakewood Story: History, Traditions, Values,” a recently published large-format book with 218 pages and many photographs, is the latest addition to a broad collection of community resources about Lakewood.
See the Lakewood Story book’s homepage:
http://www.lakewoodcity.org/onlinebook
(Links to chapters are at the bottom of the page.)
Online publishing of the book in Acrobat “PDF” format compliments Lakewood Online’s extensive collection of anniversary information, history pages, photographic and document archives, and streaming media clips. Also available is a DVD documentary collection.
Published by chapters in coming weeks, the unique paperback contains many historical photographs and was written through a grant from the Weingart Foundation. It is an account of Lakewood’s history, its community traditions, and the neighborhood values that sustain the city’s quality of life today.
The book may be purchased at city hall for $5.00 per copy or $9.46 if ordered online. $4.96 postage and handling fee is charged for online orders.
Order online:
http://www.lakewoodcity.org/book
Lakewood history via streaming Web media
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.
Clips are drawn from several CityTV Channel 31 documentaries. Many are currently cablecasting and give insightful looks at Lakewood's past, present, and future. This is especially true of the new documentary series: "The City as New as Tomorrow" which is also for sale online in DVD format at the Club Lakewood store.
See the streaming media collection:
http://www.lakewoodcity.org/info/50_new/video.asp
The City as New as Tomorrow DVD
Lakewood’s rich history is explored in this series of CityTV documentaries, complete with historical photographs, film and video footage, and interviews with Lakewood residents. The full three-part series is on DVD and available for purchase at the Club Lakewood Online Store for $5.00 during our anniversary year of 2004.
The “City as New as Tomorrow” is a three-part program on the history of Lakewood. Chapter One, “The Early Years,” profiles the transformation of farmland into the nation's largest post-WWII planned community, the birth of tomorrow's city, and the development of the innovative Lakewood Plan of contracting for services. It highlights the city’s first decade from 1949 to 1959.
Chapter Two, "Growth and Change," covers the growth and change of Lakewood through the end of the 20th century. The final chapter, Chapter 3, "The City as New as Tomorrow," is about the enduring values and traditions of Lakewood, which continue today.
Order online:
https://www22.ssldomain.com/lakewoodcity/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CLCOLCE&Product_Code=dvdhistory1&Category_Code=VID
Documentary programming on CityTV 31
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary, CityTV is showing a number of its classic historic documentaries, like Dateline Lakewood and Lakewood Stories, along with very current programming like the State of the City 2004 event outlining the challenges the community faces in the coming year. See the Lakewood of yesterday and today on CityTV Channel 31 on cable 24 hours a day.
Viewers can also see today's Lakewood up close by watching Community Digest, the city's news magazine, or tuning in to city council meetings live. Lakewood Youth Sports coverage is common, as are special programs like "Economic Forecast" coverage of the recent Business Forecast 2004: Economic Forecast and Opportunities Luncheon.
See the CityTV homepage for programming schedule:
http://www.lakewoodcity.org/citytv
Lakewood Online: Special 50th Anniversary Section
Lakewood's 50th anniversary has ignited new interest in the people, events, and stories that connect the city’s history to its traditions and values.
To bring our stories to life, Lakewood Online has added new features and expanded existing collections, including never-before-published historical photographs, student and community member essays from The Write Stuff and Take Your Place in History projects, and actual documents that propelled the incorporation movement in 1953-1954.
See the special section homepage:
http://www.lakewoodcity.org/50th
More than dusty history: Lakewood's Anniversary Essay Projects
The “Take Your Place in History" and "Write Stuff" student essay programs tell of Lakewood’s past and present. Residents – new and old – have wonderful stories to tell about their life in our community . . . stories about moving to Lakewood when the neighborhoods were new . . . stories about the achievements that came with a maturing city . . . stories about the men and women, boys and girls, and grandparents who struggled to make a new community without a guidebook.
With the generous help of the Macerich Company (owners of Lakewood Center), we collected many of these stories during the city’s “49 and Counting” pre-anniversary celebrations in 2003.
The authors of these essays come from all walks of life. Some are original homeowners. Some only recently moved to Lakewood. Some are kids in school. We hope that sharing their unedited, heartfelt stories will remind you of the reasons why Lakewood is your hometown.
You can find them online at:
http://www.lakewoodcity.org/essays
Expanded image archives
Expanded image archives and special document collections help illustrate 50 years of Lakewood’s history. You can click your way through a gallery of historic photographs, including Lakewood's parks and recreation programs, and the builders of Lakewood, founders S. Mark Taper, Ben Weingart, and Louis Boyar, who combined their vision and business skills to build the new community of Lakewood.
Lakewood's beginnings, from fields to booming suburb, are captured in “New City Born." These photos illustrate Lakewood from 1950 to 1954.
Another photo gallery features photos of the Sky Knight helicopter patrol program. Click here to view images of the chopper’s early years. Since 1996, Sky Knight has proven itself daily as one of the most effective multi-jurisdictional aerial law enforcement units in the nation.
