Chapter 7 –
Industry and Commerce in
The most obvious sign of
industry in
As the two following pictures
show, land was once plentiful, but being a non-renewable
resource, new building sites became more and more rare. Developers looked to the hillsides
but residents fought to limit construction to the valley
floor; their victory was brief.
1950s photograph of
Community Center Area and
(Source:
Published
by the
The above aerial photograph
taken in the late 1950s shows what much of
looked like in well into the late seventies and early
eighties. The buildings adjacent to the
athletic field are part of the original
in the early sixties.
Remnants of the original site still remain and are used for adult
education.
1996 photograph of
Community Center Area and
(Source:
Published
by the
This more recent photograph
shows that much of the valley’s open space has been covered
by housing.
During early building booms in the valley, developer were required to
build
parks and schools within the major housing develops. Today, developers pay fees in lieu
of actually adding to the infrastructure of the city,
and therefore new school buildings are rare.
Many of the valley’s schools
have relieved overcrowding with temporary, mobile buildings.
Valley and drove to jobs in
nearby
influences as other suburbs and has attracted business to the
city, contributing to the new
pattern in which people travel from suburban homes to
suburban workplaces. The above
photograph shows the
Industrial parks are situated
around the valley unobtrusively, and several well-known
companies have located Their manufacturing facilities in
most people still work somewhere else.
Prior to the
shopping center, shoppers had to go to
the
Oaks to shop in a mall. The open air mall
has over 100 restaurants and
shops.