Transforming the Irvine Ranch: Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and the Big Plan (American Real Estate Society) by Stockstill, C. Michael; Oliver, H. Pike - 2022-06-24

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Paperback / softback. New. From citrus trees to spring breakers Transforming the Irvine Ranch tells the story of Orange County's metamorphosis from 93,000 acres of failing farmland into an iconic Southern California landscape of beaches and modernist architecture. Drawing on decades of archival research and their own years at the famed Irvine Company, the authors bring a rogue's gallery of colorful characters responsible for the transformation to life, including: Ray Watson, whose nearly century-long life took him from a Seattle boarding house to the Irvine and Walt Disney Company boardrooms; Joan Irvine Smith, a much-married heiress who waged war against the US government and the Irvine Company's reactionary board and won; and William Pereira, the visionary architect whose work became synonymous with the LA cityscape. Spanning the history of modern California from its goldrush past to high tech present, Transforming the Irvine Ranch chronicles a storied… Read More

Routledge, 2022. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

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Routledge, 2022. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

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Routledge, 2022. Paperback. New.

Routledge, 2022. Paperback. New.