Oil and Urbanization on the Pacific Coast : Ralph Bramel Lloyd and the Shaping of the Urban West

Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Role of the Independent Oil Operator; 1. Developing the Ventura Avenue Field; 2. Local Elites, Outside Companies, and Ventura's Oil Boom; 3. Making Portland a Wonderful City; 4. False Start: Ralph Lloyd's East Side Dream Falls Short; 5. The Lloyd Corporation Becomes an Independent Operator; 6. Depression-Era Commercial Real Estate Development and Management; 7. Public Capital and the Development of Portland's East Side; 8. The Suburbanization of Urban Space: The Lloyd Center; Conclusion.