The East Evergreen Historic District was largely developed as a Streetcar Subdivision (1887-1925). In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, land owners beyond the city limits enticed streetcar companies to build lines to their new additions in an effort to promote sales. Developers typically subdivided their land in a grid pattern of perpendicular streets [...]
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The tiny but tremendous East Evergreen Historic District spans just two blocks of Willetta and Lynwood, snugged in by the I-10 on the south, busy 7th Street on the east, and a commercial strip of McDowell to the north. That may not sound appealing at first, but don’t stop reading yet. East Evergreen is an [...]
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