Los Angeles is Full of Fake Buildings… Why?
Did you know that Los Angeles is home to numerous fake buildings that conceal a surprising secret? Discover the hidden world of oil drilling operations cleverly disguised as everyday structures throughout the city. From nondescript office buildings to entire islands, these camouflaged facilities blend seamlessly into the urban landscape, masking the true nature of their activities. Join me as we unveil the fascinating story behind these deceptive facades and explore how they impact the city. Don’t miss out on this eye-opening journey into the secretive side of LA!
— VIDEO CHAPTERS —
00:00 Intro
02:42 Black Gold: Brief History of Oil in LA
04:20 Edward Doheny – First Oil Man
06:15 1930s – Booming LA
07:34 Hollywood Meets Oil Industry
09:04 Industry in Decline
10:05 Fallout
12:10 Where Are The Oil Wells Now?
14:19 Venice Beach Oil Field
16:08 Astronaut Island
18:49 Outro – Tower Of Hope
27 Comments
nobody does fake better than USA… just ask Donnie Duckintime
What is stopping the neighbors from drilling wells??
Bro how do you only have 1k subs?!?! This production is top notch 🫶
Thank you
Outstanding and long overdue documentary.
Great and informative documentary! Sadly, nothing I learned surprised me even remotely :/
Put together very nicely 👍🏼 good watch
Oh how nice of them to put a veterans memorial park right across from a fucken oil field.
THTS funny i just watched somthing about oil in l.a the biggest oil lake is 4 miles long
might sound dumb but how much oil can you need, like who was buying most the oil
Oil wells! People think I'm crazy when i tell them that.. LOL
Fascinating stuff. Looking forward to seeing your future releases matey.
Such a high quality video!! Thank you for sharing!
I'm a 62 year old native and this is just common knowledge for my generation.
A city full of fake people whose major industry is telling fictional stories, has fake buildings too? Stunning.
And the last time I went to LB, they had the beach blocked with Giant 20' nets… Is this why?????
Interesting!
In states such as Pennsylvania, after 100 years a lot of orphaned wells are starting to leak. Heat from the earth is pushing up oil that couldn't be reached back then. Many so-called dry wells aren't dry.
I think the best answer ever is that you remind me of a pilot. Take me off from a carrier with an f-18 growler call son who you should have kept going to San Diego😂
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Oil field, i worked there and the one behind the beverly center and Inglewood oil fields and EVEN the Montebello fields before they sold them out. Its a NASTY place.
You have a good voice for documentaries. It's not too harsh and you don't bore either.
Wow! Well done video! I lived in LA since the early 70s, and I remember as a little boy seeing more oil wells all around Los Angeles.
People think Beverly Hills was just glitz and glamor, big mansions, movie stars, and palm trees, etc. But people and tourists don't know it was full of oil wells back in the day. I lived near the Doheny oil well on Olympic blvd. Only a few blocks away and we knew what it was as a little kids.
And oil goes under many houses in B.H. so people own the mineral rights and get a check every few months for drilling under their houses. My parents sold their house but kept the mineral rights when we moved in the 80's. So I still get a check every few months from the oil company, which is less than $200.00 at times, which means the well is not going last long in the decades to come. Thanks again for the video, and keep the good work!
At first glance, I’m thinking oil rigs hidden in plain sight.
So that’s what’s wrong with people from California, combined with the toxic waste being dumped off shore. Top notch video, very educational
if you listen to it, it's silent, right? that's because it's a gas turbine generator, it only switches on to augment the grid during peak power draw. When on, you will see heat haze from the exhausts at the top. Notice the high voltage lines running adjacent the buildings… those aren't oil pipelines, they connect the generator to the local grid.
Gawd this is depressing. I mean…what isn’t but, uuugh.