Glenview

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.

Glenview

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