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The College Neighborhoods area was grazing area for livestock The SDSU President lives in Alradardo Estates The idea for Alvarado Estates was Lloyd Ruocco's There was an airport in Alvarado Estates Notable architecture in Alvarado Estates by Richard Neutra, Henry Hester, and Lloyd Ruocco. College View Estates is developer Leonard Drogin’s “high end” tract College View Estates has home designs by Charles & Arthur Scriebner of Chicago, Henry Hester, Palmer and Krisel, & Robert Ferris. College View Estates has one of the first earth-integrated homes. The Life Magazine’s Best Designed Home award was won by homes in College View Estates Developer Leonard Drogin lived in College View Estates. The current SDSU site was chosen over Balboa Park, Encanto, Pacific Beach, La Mesa, Rolando, & Fletcher Hills. A lakeside resort with golf and polo fields was planned in Alvarado Canyon next to SDSU. SDSU opened in the Great Depression Dorothy Dr features modernist architect Craig Ellwood’s only San Diego project. Catoctin St dates back to the 1887 and follows its original route 63rd St originally was Adobe Falls Road that led to the Falls Montezuma Elementary School opened in 1951 Reservoir Drive ran across Alvarado Canyon and to La Mesa Dam (now Lake Murray Dam) Rockford Dr. features a Sim Bruce Richards Organic style buildings & several “New Orleans Revival” homes by Arthur McKee. La Mesa Colony was owned by the San Diego Flume Company that planned to bring water from the Cuyamaca Mountains to the “La Mesa Reservoir” (now Lake Murray) in a wooden flume The Colony’s “La Mesa” Townsite was plotted along the “Cajon Road” from 67th St to 73rd St; and from Saranac St to Amherst St La Mesa School was established 1890 to serve citrus & poultry farmers La Mesa Heights was a poultry farming area The street names of La Mesa changed in 1928 The Harriet Tubman Charter School was named the La Mesa Heights school and then renamed John Muir Elementary I-8 opened in 1950; it used to be called US Highway 80 & later Alvarado Highway Baja Canyon was popular area to ride horses Leonard Drogin’s homes on Baja Drive were designed by Palmer & Krisel In the 1960s, homes on Campanile Dr & College Valley ushered in 2-story & split level contemporary style homes Homes on Campanile Dr & Ashby St are based on an award-winning “Dream Home” model The original Jack-In-The-Box restaurant was established in 1951 on El Cajon Blvd at 63rd St. |