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<br />URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT <br /> <br />Santa Ana's development pattern portrays a predominant concentric ring <br />pattern that radiates from the original core of settlement, extending outward <br />towards the City boundaries. The "urban core" includes the downtown and <br />adjacent neighborhoods as well as the older industrial areas located near <br />early railroads and the former Pacific and Electric right-of-way. Subsequent <br />urbanization then surrounds the core with the most recent development, <br />located in the southwest and northeast corners of the City. <br /> <br />The exception to this concentric pattern is found in the west side. <br />Development in this area is characterized by an eclectic pattern of growth <br />with a strong orientation toward Harbor Boulevard. Santa Ana's urban form, <br />under this arrangement, has a strongly defined downtown center with other <br />major urban components arranged around it. There is a subtle "balance" <br />given to the City center by nodes and gateway-type spaces. For example, <br />Main Place Mall and MacArthur Place, located at opposite ends of the City, <br />are connected by a "spine" or "axis" created by Main Street. This <br />arrangement provides an excellent opportunity to enhance the City's future <br />development pattern and has been targeted as an important goal in <br />strengthening Santa Ana's urban form. <br /> <br /> <br />Revised (April 2007) <br /> <br />A-1 <br /> <br />758-201 <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />In architecture, the creation <br />of spaces where people are <br />present and can observe <br />each other, is a form of <br />mutual protection and <br />promotes a sense of <br />ownership of the street <br />which is essential for urban <br />security. <br /> <br />'OF NT <br />AN A 1['" '"'\l <br />I tlrt~N <br />