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== '''Glenview''' is a designated community area on the north side of Greenfield, California. It is located north of [[Ashfield Central|Ashfield]] and [[Downtown|Downtown Greenfield]] history ==
Glenview is a designated community north of [[Ashfield]] and [[Downtown|Downtown Greenfield]].
Glenview was founded as ashfield in 1792. It never saw any growth untill the early 1920s after the port of Greenfield was built. The port brought in a huge population boom throughout the 1920s. Ashfield was quickly built up and grew into glenview, it started in the western section with the grand santa cabeza library on the former main road into ashfield. Some larger apartment buildings and stores were built around it and so the growth began. The former streetcar line was built into the eastern section and a few bigger apartments and shops were built along the road. The waterfront became a large park for all the rich residents in the area.  


In 1942 the city of Ashfield was incoorpirated to the city of Greenfield, and now glenview was apart of Greenfield. People started calling the area glenview after a major activist Alexis Glendale, who stopped the area from being completely rebuilt into a big social housing development.
== History ==
In the early 1910s, a plan for the northern section of Ashfield was proposed in the Ashfield city hall, the plan was to have a lower density area for the richer people of the rapidly growing Ashfield and more apartments for the workers in the fishing port of Del Rey. Therefore, in 1912, construction started on the roads, the Prieta Highway was turned into a larger 4 lane road and 2 new avenues were added to promote northern growth. As the area of Glenview grew through the 1910s and 20s, multiple apartment buildings were built along the major roads as Ashfield couldn't support the large amounts of immigrants moving into the city. The Santa Cabeza church was built in the east and became a major landmark in the area.  


The area saw major growth throughout the 50s and 60s with a bunch of brand new bigger apartment buildings replacing the older smaller duplexes. However after the waterfront park was replaced by an interstate the area started a fast decline of people moving from the city to the brand new suburbs. The southern section was also cut off by an interstate and completely disconnected from ashfield. Many of the apartments and stores were abandoned and/or destroyed. Ashfield got a huge sum of money during the 60s, but glenview was barely touched apart from a new major road cutting off the eastern and western section, with the first office building being built on it, the former main road was cut off and now a smaller road, all the traffic now went onto the new road and many businesses went out of business after that.
The area grew in population through the 1930-40s and 50s but came to a halt in the 1960s when interstate (NUMBER) was built right in between Del Rey and Glenview, and later Us-route (something) was put in between Ashfield East and Glenview. This halted the growth of Glenview and many of the richer white residents moved out into the suburbs. The 1960s saw a housing crisis in Greenfield and California, since Ashfield wouldn't be able to handle the growth on its own a lot of the southern area of glenview was demolished and 2 story dingbats returned, they also raised the height limits a long the major roads with hopes it would see more housing development. Because of the new housing developments Glenview quickly grew with poor working class citizens. With them came higher crime rates and homelessness. The Santa Cabeza church closed in 1969 and soon followed a lot of the stores in the area.


During the 70s and 80s a lot of older, almost empty apartments were replaced by big new office buildings and stores along the main roads with the addition of a subway line near the main road and the highway. older wall to wall stores were replaced by fast food joints and strip malls to make the area car-friendly. The area nexto the interstate was rebuilt into warehouses and office buildings. These decades were the worst for the town with many of the buildings being almost completely empty,
In the early 1970s the first subway line in Greenfield ran throughout the highway and a stop serviced both Del Rey and Glenview.  


The 2000s saw a turnaround point for both ashfield and glenview. As millenials started moving back into the city, many empty lots were redeveloped into smaller apartment buildings and eventually larger apartment complexes towards the main roads. With the growth of young rich people many of the older stores were replaced with fancy new coffee shops, book shops and record stores. In the 2010s a huge part of empty land near the railway track was built into a large bullseye with many well-known businesses moving into the complex. To this day many new apartment buildings were built, like The Salvatore and The Paragon.
In 1978 the Glenview Galleria opened and was a vital shopping center in the area, as it wouldn't have seen the amount of branded stores otherwise.


While the new redevelopment is nice older residents of the area stopped new projects like a new bike path connecting the library to the waterfront, or a big apartment complex replacing the warehouses near the freeway. Though, even with these activists the area is still one of the most progressive and developing areas in Greenfield, with the new 5 over 1s, bike lanes and transit now going into the area.
In the 1980s the zoning along the Ashfield Avenue was changed and a lot of larger offices were built a long the avenue, as long as the replacement of older stores with large parking lots.


== Notable builds ==
in 1994 the area was [[Earthquake|hit with a 7.5 earthquake]], flattening buildings and parts of the infrastructure in the area completely; most of these would stay collapsed or became abandoned buildings, while they only fixed the necessary parts of the infrastructure.
-[[Martin Van Buren High School]]


-Santa Cabeza Library
The early 2000s saw a change in demographic as rich people started moving back into the city, they bought up old abandoned houses and fixed them up, with them came newer, expensive shops and higher rents. With the new housing crisis Greenfield started to see in the 2010s large new apartment buildings started to be built along the major avenue's and some of the older apartments or houses were replaced by newer modern buildings. With the growth of people and interest in the area they reopened the church as the brand new Santa Cabeza library. Then, two new bike lanes were built in 2015 to support the growing demand for bikers.
 
The growth of the housing crisis hasn't stopped and recently city planners decided to change the zoning codes and up the density in the upper area and along the major avenues, this means that apartment buildings up to 12 stories are allowed to be built along the avenues and buildings up to 4 stories tall are allowed to be built everywhere else. The first apartment tower has already been built, with many proposed or under construction. However residents weren't that happy about these changes. the Glenview<3Galleria movement has recently started to get traction to stop the redevelopment of the galleria, which has been in decline since two of its anchors closed in the past few years to move to the newer malls in Del Rey and Downtown. This movement along with many others wont stop the development though. The city is focused on growing its density and lowering the prices of rents and housing around its downtown.
 
== Major buildings and attractions ==
 
*[[Martin Van Buren High School]]
*Santa Cabeza Library
*Glenview Galleria


== Transit ==
== Transit ==

Latest revision as of 16:47, 28 January 2024

Glenview is a designated community north of Ashfield and Downtown Greenfield.

History

In the early 1910s, a plan for the northern section of Ashfield was proposed in the Ashfield city hall, the plan was to have a lower density area for the richer people of the rapidly growing Ashfield and more apartments for the workers in the fishing port of Del Rey. Therefore, in 1912, construction started on the roads, the Prieta Highway was turned into a larger 4 lane road and 2 new avenues were added to promote northern growth. As the area of Glenview grew through the 1910s and 20s, multiple apartment buildings were built along the major roads as Ashfield couldn't support the large amounts of immigrants moving into the city. The Santa Cabeza church was built in the east and became a major landmark in the area.

The area grew in population through the 1930-40s and 50s but came to a halt in the 1960s when interstate (NUMBER) was built right in between Del Rey and Glenview, and later Us-route (something) was put in between Ashfield East and Glenview. This halted the growth of Glenview and many of the richer white residents moved out into the suburbs. The 1960s saw a housing crisis in Greenfield and California, since Ashfield wouldn't be able to handle the growth on its own a lot of the southern area of glenview was demolished and 2 story dingbats returned, they also raised the height limits a long the major roads with hopes it would see more housing development. Because of the new housing developments Glenview quickly grew with poor working class citizens. With them came higher crime rates and homelessness. The Santa Cabeza church closed in 1969 and soon followed a lot of the stores in the area.

In the early 1970s the first subway line in Greenfield ran throughout the highway and a stop serviced both Del Rey and Glenview.

In 1978 the Glenview Galleria opened and was a vital shopping center in the area, as it wouldn't have seen the amount of branded stores otherwise.

In the 1980s the zoning along the Ashfield Avenue was changed and a lot of larger offices were built a long the avenue, as long as the replacement of older stores with large parking lots.

in 1994 the area was hit with a 7.5 earthquake, flattening buildings and parts of the infrastructure in the area completely; most of these would stay collapsed or became abandoned buildings, while they only fixed the necessary parts of the infrastructure.

The early 2000s saw a change in demographic as rich people started moving back into the city, they bought up old abandoned houses and fixed them up, with them came newer, expensive shops and higher rents. With the new housing crisis Greenfield started to see in the 2010s large new apartment buildings started to be built along the major avenue's and some of the older apartments or houses were replaced by newer modern buildings. With the growth of people and interest in the area they reopened the church as the brand new Santa Cabeza library. Then, two new bike lanes were built in 2015 to support the growing demand for bikers.

The growth of the housing crisis hasn't stopped and recently city planners decided to change the zoning codes and up the density in the upper area and along the major avenues, this means that apartment buildings up to 12 stories are allowed to be built along the avenues and buildings up to 4 stories tall are allowed to be built everywhere else. The first apartment tower has already been built, with many proposed or under construction. However residents weren't that happy about these changes. the Glenview<3Galleria movement has recently started to get traction to stop the redevelopment of the galleria, which has been in decline since two of its anchors closed in the past few years to move to the newer malls in Del Rey and Downtown. This movement along with many others wont stop the development though. The city is focused on growing its density and lowering the prices of rents and housing around its downtown.

Major buildings and attractions

Transit

Highway

-Name Highway connections

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