Oil And Urbanization On The Pacific Coast : Ralph Bramel Lloyd And The Shaping Of The Urban West - 9781946684431

Introduction: the role of the independent oil operator -- Developing the Ventura Avenue field -- Local elites, outside companies, and Ventura's oil boom -- Making Portland a wonderful city -- False start: Ralph Lloyd's East Side dream falls short -- The Lloyd Corporation becomes an independent operator -- Depression-era commercial real estate development and management -- Public capital and the development of Portland's East Side -- The suburbanization of urban space: the Lloyd Center -- Conclusion

• | Author: Michael R. Adamson
• | Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1946684430
• | ISBN-13: 9781946684431