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Author Oliver, H. Pike

Title Transforming the Irvine Ranch Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and the Big Plan
Published Milton : CRC Press LLC, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (339 p.)
Series The American Real Estate Society (ARES) Real Estate Thought Leadership Collection
The American Real Estate Society (ARES) Real Estate Thought Leadership Collection
Contents Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the American Real Estate Society -- ARES Publications -- Conference -- Membership -- Acknowledgments -- Indigenous Peoples -- Libraries and Librarians -- Individuals -- Special Research and Editing Assistance -- Maps and Illustrations -- Special Thanks to Jim Sleeper -- Notes to Readers -- The Irvine Family -- Key Organizations and Associated Individuals -- Persons Referenced -- Chronology of Key Events -- Additional Resources -- Preface -- Introduction: The Land
1. A Decade of Determination -- Irvine Ranch Assemblage in 1899 -- 2. A Planner's Path: Early Life, Education, and Real Work -- Location of the Irvine Ranch in Southern California -- 3. Ray Arrives at a Company on the Brink of Change -- 4. "We are not Gods" -- 5. Athalie -- 6. Joan -- 7. The Birth of UC Irvine -- 8. Inclusions, Exclusions, and the Campus that Never Was -- Evolution of the UCI Campus Land Holding in the Early 1960s -- 9. Pipes and Plans -- 10. Defending the Borders -- "Strip" Annexation Attempt by the City of Santa Ana -- 11. The Campaign for Cityhood
12. The New City: Partners or Antagonists, or a Little of Both? -- 13. The Magic of Planning -- 14. From Plans to Reality: Eastbluff and Newport Center -- 15. The Tax Reform Act of 1969 -- 16. Acceleration -- Location of Initial Villages-Eastbluff and University Park -- Promise and Progress During the 1960s -- 17. Conflicting Visions of the Upper Newport Bay -- 18. Politics and Media -- 19. Low-Cost Housing: "A Problem from Day One" -- 20. The Jewel in the Crown -- 21. The Best of All Possible Coasts -- 22. Town and Gown -- 23. Joan Redux -- 24. Buying Time -- 25. Schout's Honor
26. Wise (and Rich) Men from the East -- 27. Going All In -- 28. Ray Departs -- 29. Villains No More -- 30. The Big Plans of William Pereira -- 31. Reasons for Success -- Development on the Irvine Ranch in 1977 -- Epilog: Follow the Money -- Bibliography -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
Author Stockstill, C. Michael
ISBN 9781000552119
100055211X