Résumé en anglais
Culver City is a city in Western Los Angeles County. It became a center for film studios which were at the time the main employers. The first studio was built by Thomas Ince in 1918, followed by Hal Roach and Metro Goldwin Mayer, in the 1920's.This article introduces the various causes of the decline of Culver City, as unemployment, poverty, tension, bad reputation, loss of inhabitants. on the other hand the article presents the evolution of this city by discussing the question of the restoration and conversion of old industrial buildings and its contribution to socio-economic development of Culver city.