changed,aphy has not in some cases it has with the river changing course, but on the left we have another map. from 1851. if you glance, it looks like a map, but closer there is a rigid grid. on the lower half there are crop fields that are much better. heritage. these are the fields. trace them back to 1871. when los angeles becomes part of the united states and when california becomes a state, the hascipality of los angeles to give up access. they never had to do that before. this was pretty much a barter economy. how does a municipality raise money for tax? that was not the land system in spain and mexico. they had a different way. the map is simple when you look at it but what you have is to cultural ways of looking at the land. you also have the moment at which los angeles becomes a city that looks like a mexican city , not a mexican city. this is a fascinating man. watching this has visited los angeles, you will see his name all over. a boulevard, and neighborhoods. he is symbolic in many ways transitioned with it from being a spanish public to the united states. he was born the son