Rockwell
Rockwell is a designated community area to the Southeast of Greenfield, California. It is located to the Southeast of downtown Greenfield and sits along the Pacific ocean. The region was named after a Greenfield builder who sadly lost his life in 2019.
History
The area of rockwell used to be sand dunes un till 1907 when a couple acres of land were sold on the eastern section of the rockwell dune. More sections of the dune were being developed for residential houses from 1907-1921. The Greenfield streetcar network connected to the area so it was a prime spot of land to start real estate development in the area. A beach resort was built in 1919 but that was burned down by arsonists two years later, this caused development to stop for 3 years after 1921. The park “kyles beach” is on the location that used to be the resort. It is a memorial for the 218 people that died that day due to the toxic smokes coming from the fire. In 1924 the area picked up in development again. Roads were layed down for future real estate. The dunes were slowly being filled with houses. And in 1936 the Rockwell Pier was made, but unfortunately it was destroyed 5 years later in a big storm. The area was further developed untill it came to a full stop in 1940 due to the war. After the war rockwell picked up again and expanded really fast. The rockwell pier was rebuilt and the area expanded. The dunes were now fully tbc
Notable builds
Transit
LRT
-Rockwell/Airport Express
Highway
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