The Balance of Controlling and Recovering the River

The Balance of Controlling and Recovering the River<Tab/><Tab/> <Tab/>The Los Angeles River stands as a relic of the physical, economic and intellectual landscape of Los Angeles' history. The Los Angeles River is indeed an integral part of L.A. and it is crucial to remember that the "L.A. River is where L.A. was founded" (Price, "In the Beginning"). …

…and William Mulholland concurs by seeing that "water is power" (Cadillac Desert 1). From Mulholland's success, we can see that his vision was right, an area which had power, water, or wealth, are strong attractive forces for different people: "An area of land, a bounded hydrologic system, within which all living things are inextricably linked by their common water course and where, as humans settled, simple logic demanded that they become part of a community" (Loomis).