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Pereira's Vision Shaped Irvine Ranch and City Growth
The article profiles architect William L. Pereira and his Irvine Ranch plan guiding 16 villages with distinct boundaries, a school, park, church or synagogue and a shopping center. It highlights Watson and Pereira’s early 1960s innovations like zero-lot-lines and back kitchen/family rooms, and notes Pereira's influence on Southern California urban design and Irvine’s development.
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Pereira
Eastbluff
Newport Beach
Irvine
Watson
Barry Berkus
Turtle Rock
William Pereira
California
Bill
Dave Klages
Hollywood
Charles Luckman
Los Angeles
Steele
William L. Pereira
Irvine Co
United States