"They paved paradise to put up a parking lot"

Thanks Bat Outtaheck ... Chinatown is an excellent and interesting film example.  At the heart of the neo-noir mystery, is the environmental flow, the water diversion scheme of The Owens River a true life saga that played out early in the 20th century and became known as the California Water Wars.  

Chinatown portrays the manipulation of a critical municipal resource the Owens River water, by a group of shadowy oligarchs, and their subjugation of environment and public good for selfish and private greed.

So long since I have seen The Fountainhead  I think it is more focused on modern design, cannot remember if that involved ripping down and developing over historically significant architecture?