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Tustin’s population boom reshaped a quiet town
Longtime resident Lovret recalls Tustin’s postwar transformation from citrus groves to a growing city. Development brought shopping centers, banks, hospitals, new schools, churches, and a modern infrastructure. Old landmarks vanished as new offices, homes, and a planned Marine Air Station site emerged. Contact Lovret at Lovret aol.com.
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el Toro
Tustin Marine Air Station
Old Town
Jamestown Village
Saddleback Square
D Street
Irvine
Red Hill
Tustin
Seventeenth
Yorba
Tustin Hospital
Saddleback Chapel
John Prescott
Seventeenth Street
Newport
Prospect
First Street
First Advent Christian
Tustin Presbyterian
Mildred Morrow
Dodge
Foothill High School
Pieper
Brewster
Gilmore Gas Station
Adams and Helm
Redhill
Marine Air Station