Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026)

	Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026)(lax-skyline.parcelscope.net)
	335 points by rustywasm 2 days ago \| 180 comments
	tl;dr: An interactive visualization plots every building currently standing in LA County as a box, appearing in the year it was constructed, spanning 1880 to 2026. Because demolished structures are excluded, the animation depicts the surviving building stock rather than a true historical record of the county's development.
	HN Discussion: •LA's inefficient land use and sprawl reflects car-centric planning and restrictive zoning ↑Explicitly reinforces the article's caveat that this shows surviving buildings, not true historical development •LA's lost public transit network and historical context adds background to the visualization •Shares related visualization or data projects inspired by similar techniques •Personal appreciation for LA's scale and character based on lived experience