It's Not a Mirage, I Promise Traditional Cache
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It's Not a Mirage, I Promise
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Well cano'd cache in the heart of Carroll Park. This random bunch of small neighborhoods, feels like they have been sprinkled with a bit of nostalgic magic to create such an intimate yet playful area.
John Carroll, who envisioned the development, settled in Long Beach in 1902 after a series of visits. By the end of that year, he was selling homes.
The curving streets were meant to slow horse-drawn carriages and discourage automobiles in the neighborhood.
In another explanation of the street plan, the story is that Carroll, who had lived in Shanghai for years, drew on Chinese philosophy for the pattern. Whatever the truth, today's Carroll Park residents enjoy winding, tree-lined streets with little traffic through this neighborhood.
The homes in Carroll Park range from large to small. Many of them, like this bungalow style home, have been carefully restored in recent years.
John Carroll, the developer who founded the Carroll Park neighborhood in the early 1900s, laid out the streets in a curving, almost circular pattern to stop farmers from driving their loaded farm wagons through the neighborhood on their way to the market in downtown Long Beach -- or so the story goes. In another explanation of the street plan, the story is that Carroll, who had lived in Shanghai for years, drew on Chinese philosophy for the pattern. Whatever the truth, today's Carroll Park residents enjoy winding, tree-lined streets with little traffic through this neighborhood.
While many of the homes initially built in Carroll Park were large and impressive, over the last century smaller homes and more modern homes have been added to the mix in the neighborhood. Only a few of the original Victorian style homes remain. Carroll's own home has been replaced with a church at Fourth and Junipero.
Yes, there is a park in Carroll Park, but it is not at the center of this quiet neighborhood. John Carroll designed the central circle for homes and placed the parks-- and originally there were 4 of them -- at the corners.
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