Glenview
Glenview is a designated community area on the north side of Greenfield, California. It is located north of Ashfield and Downtown Greenfield
History
Glenview used to be named Santa Cabeza after a teacher that lived in the area at the time. Santa Cabeza was found right after ashfield in 1796, but stayed a small farming town. Ashfield was a small port town right nexto the fast-growing Greenfield and Hunterspoint. This was the case untill 1921 when the ashfield train station and streetcar line were built. Greenfield saw massive population growth at the time so ashfield did too. Ashfield quickly outgrew its limits and santa cabeza was built in, first came the streetcar line, going through both the eastern and western portion of the town. Large mansions were built on the waterfront and bigger and fancier houses were built in the east, but mostly smaller bungalows were built like what was popular at the time. The Santa Cabeza Library was built in 1924 after the teacher had died and stayed a staple of glenview. during the 40s, 50s many new apartment buildings were built too take in lots of new residents that were moving into the greenfield area. in 1962 an interstate was built right onto the waterfront and around 129 residents and businesses were displaced. Another new freeway was built between ashfield and glenview in 1971, further disconnecting the area from Ashfield. The city was in a state of disrespair as many white urbanites moved out to the suburbs, leaving the poor behind. The area, with the rest of Greenfield grew a lot of crime through the 70s and many businesses closed down.
The only growth happened during the 1980s in office buildings, Ashfield was bankrupt so many businesses moved into Santa Cabeza instead.
However the 2000s changed things around, as housing prices grew in the Greenfield area, many young residents moved into Santa Cabeza and opened new businesses. The city was renamed to Glenview around this time. Unfortunately many residents that originally lived in the city had to move out due to rising rent and housing prices. A new Anti-gentrification group was formed in the library, and they stopped many new luxury apartment buildings to be built in the western portion of Glenview, however they did not manage to stop them all and large new apartment and condo buildings were built around the main boulevard, and are to this day still being built in the area. Many new fancy bookstores and music shops replaced family-owned businesses, just like the rest of greenfield.
Ashfield, including glenview is today one of the most progressive cities in the central california region, with new bike lanes and tramlines being built in the city. Large new transit-oriented apartment buildings being built in both the cities.
Notable buil
-Santa Cabeza Library
Transit
Highway
-Name Highway connections