Plaster and Roofing in Lakewood California (1950)

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Written By H. Pike Oliver

Plaster and Roofing, Lakewood, California (1950) is the title of this photograph and the photographer was William A. Garnett who made a gelatin silver print (19.5 x 24.3 cm.) It is on exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles as part of the Pacific Standard Time collaboration amongst 60 Southern California museums and cultural institutions. Approximately 17,500 single-family houses were built in Lakewood, California, in just a few years during the early 1950s housing boom that followed World War II.  The community is about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.  For some history, visit this page at the Los Angeles County Public Library website.

H. Pike Oliver

H. Pike Oliver focuses on master-planned communities. He is co-author of Transforming the Irvine Ranch: Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and THE BIG PLAN, published by Routledge in 2022.

Early in his career, Pike worked for public agencies, including the California Governor's Office of Planning and Research, where he was a principal contributor to An Urban Strategy for California. For the next three decades, he was involved in master-planned development on the Irvine Ranch in Southern California, as well as other properties in western North America and abroad.

Beginning in 2009, Pike taught real estate development at Cornell University and directed the undergraduate program in Urban and Regional Studies. He relocated to Seattle in 2013 and, from 2016 to 2020, served as a lecturer in the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington, where he also served as its chair.

Pike graduated from San Francisco State University's urban studies and planning program and received a master's degree in urban planning from UCLA. He is a member of the American Planning Association and the Urban Land Institute and a founder and emeritus member of the California Planning Roundtable.

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