ing tracts were required. Since the old town center area had been developed, newer homes would have to be constructed across what was the Coast Highway (Carpinteria Avenue) and today’s Highway 101. Prior to the early 1960s when the current-day 101 was constructed, Carpinteria Avenue and the Coast High- way shared the same path.


The construction of the 101 and the first few neighborhoods occurred at the same time in the late 1960s. Carpinteria Avenue was still easy to navigate and, while it divided the city street grid, as does the 101 today, it was not the barrier presented between Carpinteria’s old town and the side of town abut- ting the Santa Ynez mountain range. The street grid continued across Carpinteria Avenue. From this point west, new streets were added, each slightly different than the previous. The street grids are not aligned with the old city street grids, suggesting that there was no conscious effort to extend the old part of the city into this new area. For the most part, the relationship of residential development and the layout of these neighbor- hood streets took on a typical design used in many Southern California cities, in that the house-to-street orientation focused on the car and not the pedestrian. Therefore the streets are generally uninviting and uncomfortable to walk.


But residents make up for the poor planning of these streets by their friendly interaction with those


TOP AND CENTER, Seacoast Village, one of Carpinteria’s newest tract developments, has open green spaces and cul-de-sacs enabling more of a community feeling.


LEFT, a white picket fence in the El Carro neighborhood is traditional Americana.


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