Turtle Rock, Irvine, California
Concordia University, Irvine
.Turtle Rock is a neighborhood in the south part of
Culver Drive. Turtle Rock is one of the five "villages" originally forming Irvine;[1] its 1967 founding is commemorated by a sculpture of a turtle in Turtle Rock Community Park, at the corner of Turtle Rock and Sunnyhill Drives.[2]
A two-lane internal loop road, Turtle Rock Drive, encircles the village and carries traffic between housing developments and the city's main streets.
Geographically, Turtle Rock lies in the
It is often locally considered to be the origin of the name "Turtle Rock".Schools within Turtle Rock include
Concordia University
.
Planning and housing issues within Turtle Rock have been discussed regularly in Southern California newspapers.[9] Henry Irving[10] uses Turtle Rock as one of several test cases for analysis of urban communication.
Parks
Turtle Rock features two community parks
Bonita Canyon Elementary School
and is a small open area with play structures and a small, paved trail.
References
- ^ City of Irvine Website – History of the city Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ 1967: Turtle Rock village opens. Platial: The People's Atlas.
- ^ "Chaparral Park Hill Naming".
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: French Hill
- Orange County Register, Oct. 31, 1989.
- ^ Irvine's Turtle Rock, Irvine Housing Blog.
- ^ Parsons, Dana (January 23, 2002). "Will Irvine Co.'s Sacred Heritage Trump Native Americans'?". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Borgatta, Tina (January 3, 2002). "Irvine Co., Indians Divided by a Wall Carving". Los Angeles Times.
- Orange County Register, Aug. 25, 1999.
- JSTOR 2577559.