Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and the second most populous city in the United States, after New York. It is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of the West Coast.Los Angeles is in a large basin bounded by the Pacific Ocean on one side and by mountains as high as 10,000 feet (3,000 m) on the others. The city proper, which covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km2), is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country. Los Angeles is also the principal city of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second largest in the United States after that of New York City.Street scenes of Los Angeles in the 1970sLos Angeles is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States, with a diverse economy in a broad range of professional and cultural fields. It is also famous as the home of Hollywood, a major center of the world entertainment industry.These fascinating photos from Flickr’s members that show what Los Angeles looked like in the 1970s.Los Angeles street scenes, 1970The demolition of L. A. High after the earthquake of February 1971Morrison Hotel, Los Angeles, May 1972Western Avenue looking south toward Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1972The Broadway, Los Angeles, 1973Viewed from the roving restaurant in Los Angeles, 1973 Gelson’s market, Century City, Los Angeles, 1974Hollywood and Vine, Los Angeles, 1974Union Station, Los Angeles, June 1974Wilshire Blvd, the ‘Miracle Mile’, between Crescent Heights Blvd and La Jolla Ave, 1974A Trans World Airlines (TWA) Lockheed L-1011 TriStar turning on to the runway for takeoff at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in November 1976KPOL radio station on Sunset Blvd, 1976Sunset and La Brea, Hollywood, 1976Sunset Blvd and Fairfax Ave, Hollywood, 1976Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, 19766th Street, Los Angeles, 19777th Street, Los Angeles, 1977Broadway and 7th st, Los Angeles, 1977Brown Derby Restaurant, Wilshire Blvd, 1977CBS building and entrance Los Angeles, 1977Downtown sidewalk, Los Angeles, August 1977Figueroa Street, Downtown Los Angeles, 1977Gravman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood Blvd, 1977Hollywood and Vine with Drug King Building, 1977Hollywood Blvd Japanese restaurants, 1977Looking across Broadway, Los Angeles, 1977Olivera Street, Los Angeles, 1977Park Square near City Hall with artwork in center, 1977Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1977War Gas Prices, Los Angeles, 19777th and Hill St looking towards the May Com, Los Angeles, 1977Couple on the street, Los Angeles, June 1978Hollywood Blvd at Highland Ave, Hollywood, 1978Sunset and Highland, Hollywood, 1978View from Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, 1978Los Angeles street scenes, 1979The Sunset Strip with billboards for Cher, Eddie Money and Judy Collins, Los Angeles, 1979Vermont Avenue looking south from 1st Street, Los Angeles, 1972Wilshire Boulevard, downtown LA, Feb. 19793rd St at Broadway, downtown Los Angeles, Jan. 1979