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94-506: It was first reported on Friday, January 6, 1956, New York real estate developer William Zeckendorf and his son William Zeckendorf Jr. were in talks to purchase large pieces of land in the Arlington, Texas area. The Zeckendorfs arrived in Texas on the day of the reports, but were refused to confirm the rumors swirling of a large land purchase for an industrial complex. They were greeted at

188-657: A California Voting Rights Act lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union and several residents, the city placed two measures on the November 2014 ballot. Measure L proposed that council members be elected by district instead of at large. Measure M proposed to increase the number of council seats from five to seven. Both measures passed. The current city council consists of: In the United States House of Representatives , Anaheim

282-521: A "dream city" to rival Rockefeller Center , was a 17-acre (69,000 m ) site along the East River between 42nd Street and 48th Street. In a now celebrated transaction in December 1946, the prominent architect Wallace Harrison and Nelson Rockefeller bought the site from him for $ 8.5 million ($ 133 million in 2023) and Nelson's father John D. Rockefeller Jr. subsequently donated this land for

376-451: A $ 100 million from July 1969 to November 1, 1970, as well as committing mail-fraud in an attempt to cover up their actions. Both men were acquitted in 1977, when judge John William Ditter Jr. dismissed the case. In January 1979, Penn Central consolidated and restructured, merging Six Flags into Great Southwest Corp, instead of the former reporting to the latter. The new entity was named GSC/Six Flags Corp , headquartered out of Los Angeles

470-614: A Klansman for their secret membership list, and exposed the Klansmen running in the state primaries, defeating most of the candidates. In 1925, Klan opponents took back local government, and succeeded in a special election in recalling the Klansmen who had been elected in April 1924. The Klan in Anaheim quickly collapsed; its newspaper closed after losing a libel suit, and the minister who led the local Klavern moved to Kansas. Construction of

564-478: A Mexican-era rancho grant , given to Juan Pacífico Ontiveros in 1837 by Juan Bautista Alvarado , then Governor of Alta California . Following the American Conquest of California , the rancho was patented to Ontiveros by Public Land Commission . In 1857, Ontiveros sold 1,160 acres (out of his more than 35,000 acre estate) to 50 German-American families for the founding of Anaheim. The city of Anaheim

658-496: A comment by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram , Zeckendorf Jr said, "we have no moral or legal obligation to the man whatsoever." In his petition, Stern stated he obtained options on some of the land within the limits of the proposed development back on September 15, 1955. The petition stated he received a letter of intention from Zeckendorf Sr. on October 5, 1955. Though they never had a written contract, he considered

752-449: A female householder with no husband present, 7,223 (7.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 6,173 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 733 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 17,448 households (17.8%) were made up of individuals, and 6,396 (6.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.38. There were 74,294 families (75.6% of all households);

846-782: A jury trial was completed in early February 2006, resulting in a victory for the Angels franchise. Anaheim appealed the court decision with the California Court of Appeal in May 2006. The case was tied up in the Appeals Court for over two years. In December 2008, the Appeals Court upheld the February 2006 Decision and ruled in favor of Angels Baseball. In January 2009, the Anaheim City Council voted not to appeal

940-457: A maximum of two terms as a city council member and two terms as the mayor. Up until 2014, all council seats were elected at large. Voters elected the mayor and four other members of the city council to serve four-year staggered terms. Elections for two council seats were held in years divisible by four while elections for the mayor and the two other council seats were elected during the intervening even-numbered years. In response to protests and

1034-407: A political party. Under its city charter , Anaheim operates under a council–manager government . Legislative authority is vested in a city council of seven nonpartisan members, who hire a professional city manager to oversee day-to-day operations. The mayor serves as the presiding officer of the city council in a first among equals role. Under the city's term limits , an individual may serve

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1128-619: A proposed US$ 400,000,000 (equivalent to $ 4,224,221,453 in 2023) Century City . The studio had suffered a string of expensive flops, culminating in the box-office disaster Cleopatra (1963) and was in dire need of money. The project, conceived under the direction of Edmund Herrscher , the studio's director of property development, had been announced the first week of 1958, with construction said to begin in July 1958. However, construction did not start as promised, and rumors, later confirmed, circulated that developer Zeckendorf would take over

1222-758: A second original park, Six Flags Over Georgia, which is located just outside Atlanta, Georgia In July 1970, Angus G. Wynne, Jr. was promoted to president and chief executive officer, from the role of a chairman. Later that month Great Southwest Corp.'s parent company Penn Central Transportation Company applied to reorganize the company under bankruptcy laws. This resulted in Great Southwest having money difficulties because certain credit facilities have been terminated or suspended, and because other cash-producing operations were forced to cease temporarily. In October 1970 Penn Central selected Victor Palmieri as Wynne's successor as president and chief executive officer. At

1316-536: A sense of civic activism. Upon easily winning the local Anaheim election in April 1924, the Klan representatives promptly fired city employees who were known to be Catholic and replaced them with Klan appointees. The new city council tried to enforce prohibition. After its victory, the Klan chapter held large rallies and initiation ceremonies over the summer. The opposition to the KKK's hold on Anaheim politics organized, bribed

1410-802: A share, the group formed the Anaheim Vineyard Company headed by George Hansen . Their new community was named Annaheim , meaning "home by the Santa Ana River" in German. The name later was altered to Anaheim. To the Spanish-speaking neighbors, the settlement was known as Campo Alemán (English: German Field ). Although grape and wine-making was their primary objective, the majority of the 50 settlers were mechanics, carpenters and craftsmen with no experience in wine-making. The community set aside 40 acres (16 ha) for

1504-584: A spectacular bankruptcy." Zeckendorf was married four times. His first wife was Irma Levy; they had two children: William Zeckendorf Jr. and Susan Zeckendorf Nicholson. They later divorced and she remarried to the music critic and historian Irving Kolodin . His second wife was Marion Griffin who died in 1968. In 1972, he married Alice Odenheimer Bache , widow of Harold L. Bache . They subsequently divorced and he married Louise Betterly Malcolm in 1975. On September 30, 1976, William Zeckendorf died in his residence on 65th Street and Park Avenue after suffering

1598-600: A stroke. Anaheim, California Anaheim ( / ˈ æ n ə h aɪ m / AN -ə-hyme ) is a city in northern Orange County, California , United States, part of the Greater Los Angeles area. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the tenth-most populous city in California , and the 56th-most populous city in

1692-641: A theme park dubbed "Southwestland." During the planning stages of the expansion, Arlington mayor Tom Vandergriff advised that Wynne and his family should visit the recently opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California . This visit inspired Wynne to change his plans, realizing he should build a park that celebrated Texas history . Under the leadership of Wynne, the Great Southwest Corporation hired former Disneyland vice-president Cornelius Vanderbilt Wood 's firm Marco Engineering to help design

1786-507: A thriving rural community before the opening of Disneyland transformed the city. A street along Edison Park is named Baxter Street. Also during this time, Rudolph Boysen served as Anaheim's first Park Superintendent from 1921 to 1950. Boysen created a hybrid berry which Walter Knott later named the boysenberry , after Rudy Boysen. Boysen Park in East Anaheim was also named after him. In 1924, Ku Klux Klan members were elected to

1880-522: A town center and a school was the first building erected there. The first home was built in 1857, the Anaheim Gazette newspaper was established in 1870 and a hotel in 1871. The census of 1870 reported a population of 565 for the Anaheim district. For 25 years, the area was the largest wine producer in California. However, in 1884, a disease infected the grape vines and by the following year

1974-439: Is 30 °F (−1 °C) on February 15, 1990, and January 30, 2002. The 2010 United States Census reported that Anaheim had a population of 336,265. The population density was 6,618.0 inhabitants per square mile (2,555.2/km ). The racial makeup of Anaheim was: There were 177,467 Hispanic or Latino residents, of any race (52.8%); 46.0% of Anaheim's population was of Mexican descent, 1.2% Salvadoran, and 1.0% Guatemalan;

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2068-590: Is a charter city . Anaheim's city limits extend almost the full width of Orange County, from Cypress in the west, twenty miles east to the Riverside County line, encompassing a diverse range of neighborhoods. In the west, mid-20th-century tract houses predominate. Downtown Anaheim has three mixed-use historic districts, the largest of which is the Anaheim Colony. South of downtown, a center of commercial activity of regional importance begins,

2162-469: Is approximately 25 miles (40 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles . The city roughly follows the east-to-west route of the 91 Freeway from the Orange-Riverside county border to Buena Park . To the north, Anaheim is bounded by Yorba Linda , Placentia , Fullerton , and Buena Park (from east to west). The city shares its western border with Buena Park and Cypress . Anaheim is bordered on

2256-635: Is planned to be populated with mixed-use streets and high-rises. Further east, Anaheim Canyon is an industrial district north of the Riverside Freeway (SR 91) and east of the Orange Freeway (SR 57) . The city's eastern third consists of Anaheim Hills , a community built to a master plan, and open land east of the Eastern Transportation Corridor (SR 241 toll road) . Anaheim's name is a blend of Ana , after

2350-561: Is the Anaheim Convention Center, which is home to many important national conferences. Many hotels, especially in the city's Resort district, serve theme park tourists and conventiongoers. Continuous development of commercial, entertainment, and cultural facilities stretches from the Disney area east to the Santa Ana River, south into the cities of Garden Grove, Orange and Santa Ana – collectively, this area has been labeled

2444-632: The Anaheim Resort (the area surrounding Disneyland), Anaheim Canyon (an industrial area north of California State Route 91 and east of California State Route 57 ), and the Platinum Triangle (the area surrounding Angel Stadium). Anaheim Hills also maintains a distinct identity. The contiguous commercial development from the Disney Resort through into the cities of Orange, Garden Grove and Santa Ana has collectively been termed

2538-645: The Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city and is one of the three largest such clusters in Orange County, together with the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city and Irvine Spectrum . The Anaheim Canyon business park makes up 63% of Anaheim's industrial space and is the largest industrial district in Orange County. Anaheim Canyon is also home to the second-largest business park in Orange County. Several notable companies have corporate offices and/or headquarters within Anaheim. According to

2632-510: The Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city , which stretches east and south into the cities of Orange , Santa Ana , and Garden Grove . This edge city includes the Disneyland Resort , with two theme parks, multiple hotels, and its retail district ; Disney is part of the larger Anaheim Resort district with numerous other hotels and retail complexes. The Platinum Triangle , a neo-urban redevelopment district surrounding Angel Stadium , which

2726-422: The Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city . Like many other South Coast cities, Anaheim maintains a borderline hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen BSh ), a little short of a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa ) characterized by warm winters with erratic heavy rainfalls, and hot, essentially rainless summers. The record high temperature in Anaheim is 115 °F (46 °C) on July 6, 2018 and the record low temperature

2820-551: The Disneyland theme park began on July 16, 1954, and it opened to the public on July 17, 1955. It has become one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, with over 650 million visitors since its opening. The location was formerly 160 acres (0.65 km ) of orange and walnut trees. The opening of Disneyland created a tourism boom in the Anaheim area. Walt Disney had originally intended to purchase additional land to build accommodations for Disneyland visitors; however,

2914-733: The Interstate Commerce Commission gave Wynne and the Great Southwest Corp permission to build its railroad. Great Southwest Corporation established Great Southwest Railroad, Inc., for its construction. The new line was built between the Industrial District connected to the Texas and Pacific Railway and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad . Despite the addition of the new railroad,

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3008-674: The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . In the 1990s, while Disneyland was undergoing a significant expansion project surrounding the construction of Disney California Adventure Park , the city of Anaheim rebranded the surrounding area as the Anaheim Resort. The Anaheim Resort district is roughly bounded by the Santa Ana River to the east, Ball Road to the north, Walnut Street to the west, and the Garden Grove city limits to

3102-646: The Pennsylvania Railroad was interested. On June 25, 1964, Stuart Saunders a board member of the Pennsylvania Railroad, announced they had acquired the controlling stake in the company for an estimated $ 11-$ 12 million. PRR replaced Toddie Lee Wynne, Sr., and Toddie Lee Wynne, Jr., on the board with Stuart T. Saunders, as Chairman of the Board, David C. Bevan, as chairman of its finance committee, W. R. Gerstnecker, as treasurer. Following

3196-953: The United States . The second largest city in Orange County in terms of land area, Anaheim is known for being the home of the Disneyland Resort , the Anaheim Convention Center , and two professional sports teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). It also served as the home of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) from 1980 through 1994. Anaheim

3290-418: The landowners who farmed them. One of the landowners was Bennett Payne Baxter, who owned much land in northeast Anaheim that today is the location of Angel Stadium. He came up with many new ideas for irrigating orange groves and shared his ideas with other landowners. He was not only successful, he helped other landowners and businesspeople succeed as well. Ben Baxter and other landowners helped to make Anaheim

3384-555: The Anaheim City Council on a platform of political reform. Up until that point, the city had been controlled by a long-standing business and civic elite that was mostly German American . Given their tradition of moderate social drinking, the German Americans did not strongly support prohibition laws of the day. The mayor himself was a former saloon keeper. Led by the minister of the First Christian Church,

3478-669: The Anaheim Resort). On January 3, 2005, Angels Baseball LP, the ownership group for the Anaheim Angels, announced that it would change the name of the club to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Team spokesmen pointed out that from its inception, the Angels had been granted territorial rights by Major League Baseball to the counties of Los Angeles , Ventura , Riverside , and San Bernardino in addition to Orange County. The new owner, Arturo Moreno , believed

3572-602: The Great Southwest Industrial District in Arlington, to maintain and upkeep the business park. The goal was to make improvements independently, without GSC/Six Flags. Penn Central began talks of merging with Colt Industries, subsequently began looking to sell off subsidiaries including its recreation units. In September 1981, Bally Manufacturing signed a letter of intent to purchase Six Flags for roughly $ 140 million. The purchase resulted in

3666-489: The Industrial Park struggled to succeed in selling retail and warehouse space to prospective businesses. In response Wynne conceived the idea of a nearby sports complex to draw in customers. In April 1958, Great Southwest Corporation, Rockefeller Center, Inc. , and Webb & Knapp presented to the public a large expansion that would feature a sports complex with a rifle range , driving range , bowling alley , and

3760-428: The Klan represented a rising group of politically oriented non-ethnic Germans who denounced the elite as corrupt, undemocratic, and self-serving. The Klansmen aimed to create what they saw as a model, orderly community, one in which prohibition against alcohol would be strictly enforced. At the time, the KKK had about 1,200 members in Orange County. The economic and occupational profile of the pro and anti-Klan groups shows

3854-666: The Mile High Center (now part of Wells Fargo Center ) in downtown Denver , and Place Ville Marie in downtown Montreal . Zeckendorf also partnered with Chicago real estate titan Arthur Rubloff to develop a stretch of Michigan Avenue into what Rubloff dubbed the Magnificent Mile . The Rubloff Company was eventually acquired by Prudential and subsequently has become a division of Berkshire Hathaway . The real estate tycoon and his company, Webb & Knapp, also were involved in theme park investment following

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3948-602: The United States of America. In February 1961, Wynne traveled to Mexico City to invite Mexican participation in the park. Wynne brought in Randall Duell , who had worked at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for 23-years designing and building film sets, Charlie Thompson another Disneyland alumnus, Charlie Meeker the former director of State Fair of Texas , and Joe Lambert who was experienced in Landscape lighting . All of

4042-513: The Wynnes, and Webb & Knapp in developing the industrial park. In November 1956, Wynne was pushing for a Private railway to be constructed for the new development. He said, "We felt that multiple rail service is so desirable for our tenants that, should it become necessary, we should provide it through a privately operated truck line railroad." Construction continued through 1957, and in June 1958

4136-418: The age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.34 and the average family size was 3.75. In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.2% under

4230-444: The age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males. The median income household income was $ 47,122, and the median family income was $ 49,969. Males had a median income of $ 33,870 versus $ 28,837 for females. The per capita income for

4324-587: The airport by Jack Barr, Jr., of the Barr Construction Company, and Toddie Lee Wynne , president of the American Liberty Oil Company. Before the group could board their a private plane to take them to Matagorda Island , they were pushed for answers from the press. Zeckendorf declared any official comment would come from either Angus or Toddie Lee Wynne . On Tuesday, January 10, 1956, it was announced Paul Waggoner

4418-473: The arterial streets in the area into tree-lined boulevards. In 2001, Disney's California Adventure (renamed Disney California Adventure Park in 2010), the most expansive project in Disneyland's history, opened to the public. In 2007, Anaheim celebrated its sesquicentennial . In July 2012, political protests by Hispanic residents occurred following the fatal shooting of two men , the first of whom

4512-658: The average family size was 3.79. The age distribution of the population was as follows: 91,917 people (27.3%) under the age of 18, 36,506 people (10.9%) aged 18 to 24, 101,110 people (30.1%) aged 25 to 44, 75,510 people (22.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 31,222 people (9.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males. There were 104,237 housing units at an average density of 2,051.5 per square mile (792.1/km ), of which 47,677 (48.5%) were owner-occupied, and 50,617 (51.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate

4606-811: The building of the United Nations Headquarters . Zeckendorf also owned New York's famous Chrysler Building and the venerable Hotel Astor in Times Square as well as the Commodore Hotel , the Drake Hotel , Hotel Manhattan and the Chatham Hotel. He purchased Chicago's famous Robie House in 1958, before transferring ownership to the University of Chicago . He developed two of I. M. Pei 's early skyscrapers —

4700-493: The city was $ 18,266. About 10.4% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over. Anaheim's income is based on a tourism economy. In addition to The Walt Disney Company being the city's largest employer, the Disneyland Resort itself contributes about $ 4.7 billion annually to Southern California's economy. It also produces $ 255 million in taxes every year. Another source of tourism

4794-641: The city's 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Larger retail centers include the Downtown Disney shopping area at the Disneyland Resort, the power centers Anaheim Plaza in western Anaheim (347,000 ft ), and Anaheim Town Square in East Anaheim (374,000 ft ), as well as the Anaheim GardenWalk lifestyle center (440,000 ft of retail, dining and entertainment located in

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4888-490: The city. The population density was 6,842.7 inhabitants per square mile (2,642.0 inhabitants/km ). There were 99,719 housing units at an average density of 2,037.5 per square mile (786.7/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 55% White, 3% Black or African American, 0.9% Native American, 12% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 24% from other races, and 5% from two or more races. 46% of the population were Hispanic or Latino. Of Anaheim's 96,969 households, 43.0% had children under

4982-612: The construction on the marshland of the world's largest co-operative housing project known as Co-op City . Zeckendorf's ownership of the land and his role in Freedomland are documented in the book Freedomland U.S.A.: The Definitive History (Theme Park Press, 2019). In December 1958, Zeckendorf entered into a deal with Spyros Skouras , head of 20th Century-Fox , to purchase Fox's project to develop 176 acres (0.71 km ) of its historic backlot in Los Angeles, California , into

5076-570: The court case any further, bringing an end to the four-year legal dispute. Anaheim was, at one point in time, one of the most politically conservative major cities in the United States. However, in recent years it has been moving leftward. According to the California Secretary of State , as of October 22, 2018, Anaheim has 141,549 registered voters. Of those, 58,411 (41.27%) are registered Democrats, 39,885 (28.18%) are registered Republicans, and 37,877 (26.76%) have declined to state

5170-468: The early 1950s. The property was located in The Bronx , a borough of New York City. The park lasted just five years (1960–1964) and it was under various layers of management that included Zeckendorf and his son. According to Zeckendorf in a newspaper article that appeared during 1970, the theme park, unknown to the public at the time, served as a "placeholder" for the land to obtain variances that permitted

5264-452: The embodiment of glamorous real-estate dealmaking, which included developing Roosevelt Airfield , where Charles Lindbergh began his transatlantic flight, and helping to advance and develop Long Island University . From the start of his career Zeckendorf had been able to use his dealmaking skills to acquire or build projects for which he lacked the funds, but in time the under-funding caught up with him, and "his overextended company crashed in

5358-511: The entertainment industry, to come up with a campaign and execute it. Pomerantz turned to a young publicist he had hired, Worley Thorne , the only other publicist in the small firm, for suggestions. Thorne said he'd call friends in the press to assess their attitudes. Thorne learned that there was deep skepticism that the project would ever be built. 20th did not have the money, which is why they brought in Zeckendorf, but apparently Zeckendorf

5452-525: The entire industry was destroyed. Other crops – walnuts, lemons and oranges – soon filled the void. Fruits and vegetables had become viable cash crops when the Los Angeles – Orange County region was connected to the continental railroad network in 1887. Polish actress Helena Modjeska settled in Anaheim with her husband and various friends, among them Henryk Sienkiewicz , Julian Sypniewski and Łucjan Paprocki. While living in Anaheim, Helena Modjeska became good friends with Clementine Langenberger,

5546-407: The largest Tongva villages throughout Tovaangar . Native plants like oak trees and sage bushes were an important food source, as well as rabbit and mule deer for meat. The village had deep trade connections with coastal villages and those further inland. The area that makes up modern-day Anaheim, along with Placentia and Fullerton , were part of the Rancho San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana ,

5640-481: The letter of intent binding. After 12 days of arguments Judge Paul Peurifoy rejected the $ 300 Million lawsuit, though held that Texas Industrial Ventures was entitled to repurchase within 60-days from Webb & Knapp six tracks of land involved for $ 18,000. Construction on the first warehouse to make up the Great Southwest Industrial District commenced in 1956. In July, it was announced Nelson , Laurance , David , Winthrop , and John D. Rockefeller III would join

5734-453: The mayors of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills , and Santa Monica , plus politicians and other dignitaries, invited, as well as all the Southern California press. He and Pomerantz would find a star to "launch" the project by breaking a bottle of champagne on the shack prior to its being demolished. Later, they secured Mary Pickford for that task. It was all purely symbolic, since construction did not actually begin, but no one stated that openly, it

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5828-428: The men were hired to ensure the park met Wynne's expectations. When Six Flags Over Texas opened on August 5, 1961, it was a massive success bringing in 8,374 visitors opening day. In 1962 Great Southwest posted its first profit since its inception in 1956, proving Wynne's gamble paid off. In June 1964, it was announced Toddie Lee Wynne intended on selling his stake of the Great Southwest Corporation, rumors reported

5922-517: The mid-1960s, the city's explosive growth would attract a Major League Baseball team, with the California Angels relocating from Los Angeles to Anaheim in 1966, where they have remained since. In 1980, the National Football League 's Los Angeles Rams relocated from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to the Angels' home field, Anaheim Stadium , playing there until their relocation to St. Louis in 1995. In 1993, Anaheim gained its own National Hockey League team when The Walt Disney Company founded

6016-453: The money they were given, and won. In 1975, Great Southwest Corp completed a $ 154 million debt restructuring to prevent filing for bankruptcy following the bankruptcy of its parent company Penn Central Transportation. In September 1974, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged David C. Bevan, William R. Gerstnecker, and three others with fraud. Bevan and Gerstnecker were charged with misappropriating and illegally diverting part of

6110-493: The name reverting back to the Six Flags alone, and Great Southwest Corp continued selling off the properties in Arlington's industrial district. When the last available parcel of land was sold in January 1986, GSC was closed. On July 20, 1977, the company established GSC/Six Flags Productions with the intention of producing films. In 1978, the company co-created two films, The Kid From Not-So-Big which starred Veronica Cartwright and Barnaby and Me . The Kid From Not-So-Big

6204-420: The name would help him market the team to the entire Southern California region rather than just Orange County. The "of Anaheim" was included in the official name to comply with a provision of the team's lease at Angel Stadium which requires that "Anaheim" be included in the team's name. Mayor Curt Pringle and other city officials countered that the name change violated the spirit of the lease clause, even if it

6298-408: The nearby Santa Ana River , and German -heim meaning "home", which is also a common Germanic place name compound (compare Trondheim in Norway and many place names in Germany). Tongva people are indigenous to Anaheim's region of Southern California. Evidence suggests their presence since 3500 BCE . The Tongva village at Anaheim was called Hutuukuga . The village has been noted as one of

6392-411: The new company oversaw the theme parks, wax museums, and real estate properties. Bruce C. Juell who was president of Great Southwest Corp. was elected chairman and chief executive officer. Ned DeWitt II, vice president of Great Southwest, and president of Six Flags, was elected president of the new company. With the future uncertain, in 1980 the Great Southwest Association was formed by those inhabiting

6486-510: The park's construction drained his financial resources and he was unable to acquire more land. Entrepreneurs eager to capitalize on Disney's success moved in and built hotels, restaurants, and shops around Disneyland and eventually boxed in the Disney property, and turned the area surrounding Disneyland into the boulevards of colorful neon signs that Walt Disney had tried to avoid. The city of Anaheim, eager for tax revenue these hotels would generate, did little to obstruct their construction. By

6580-448: The park. In January 1960, Great Southwest announced its intention to issue $ 11,500,000 in stocks and debentures to finance the construction. By April, the new complex was under a news and advertising blackout after it was advised the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules stated, "a publicity silence must be observed on ventures offering stock to the public." At the same time it was revealed very little progress had been made at

6674-417: The plan. Thorne called Herrscher and asked if there was some small building they could demolish with a bulldozer, to begin to "break ground" for the Becket building. Herrscher said there was a tin shack that was expendable and he'd make it available, as well as the bulldozer. McCrary and William Zeckendorf, Jr. , vice-president of Webb & Knapp, also approved. Thorne said that it should be a large affair with

6768-477: The project by purchasing 20th's interest in the project for US$ 53 million . The following March it was announced that construction would begin that month on the new headquarters for architect Welton Becket , chief architect on the project That did not occur either. Zeckendorf hired New York public relations executive Tex McCrary to lend new life and visibility to the project. McCrary, in turn contracted with Los Angeles publicist Charles A. Pomerantz , well known in

6862-519: The remainder of the Hispanic population came from smaller ancestral groups. The census reported that 332,708 people (98.9% of the population) lived in households, 2,020 (0.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1,537 (0.5%) were institutionalized. There were 98,294 households, out of which 44,045 (44.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 52,518 (53.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 14,553 (14.8%) had

6956-598: The sale, O.P. Corley, and George Thompson Jr both resigned from the Board of Directors. In 1965, Wynne revealed the Great Southwest Corporation created a new wholly owned subsidiary the Great Southwest Atlanta Corporation. The new company had bought 3,000 acres of land for more than $ 3 million in the Atlanta area for a new theme park location, which would go on to be Six Flags Over Georgia . Wynne subsequently expanded Six Flags in 1967 with

7050-529: The same time, Angus G. Wynne, Sr. and five other directors resigned from the Board of directors . A new board was established with Wynne, Jr., Palmieri, among others. Wynne, Jr. along with three other executives were deposed from their positions with Great Southwest Corp. In November 1970 the company filed a suit in the Orange County, California Superior Court alleging the employees were overcompensated. It

7144-503: The second wife of August Langenberger. Helena Street and Clementine Street are named after these two ladies, and the streets are located adjacent to each other as a symbol of the strong friendship which Helena Modjeska and Clementine Lagenberger shared. Modjeska Park in West Anaheim, is also named after Helena Modjeska. During the first half of the 20th century, Anaheim was a massive rural community dominated by orange groves and

7238-668: The site aside from construction of the 32-lane bowling alley which was announced to be the first planned structure to be built. Construction on the park, and the rest of the Great Southwest Sports Complex, began in August 1960. Wynne first intended to name the park "Texas Under Six Flags" until his wife notified him that "Texas ain't under nothing." The 'six flags ' originally represented the six countries that have governed Texas: France, Spain, Mexico, The Republic of Texas , The Confederate States of America , and

7332-525: The south at Chapman Avenue, and Orangewood Avenue to the southwest. Attractions within the Resort District include the Disneyland Resort , the Anaheim Convention Center , the Honda Center , Anaheim/Orange County Walk of Stars, and Angel Stadium of Anaheim . Part of the project included removing the colorful neon signs and replacing them with shorter, more modest signs, as well as widening

7426-522: The south by Stanton , Garden Grove , and Orange (from west to east). Various unincorporated areas of Orange County also abut the city, including Anaheim Island . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 50.8 square miles (132 km ), 49.8 square miles (129 km ) of which is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km ) of which (1.92%) is water. The city recognizes several districts, including

7520-454: The studio's conception of Century City as "a city within a city" with the arc-shaped, 19-story Century Plaza Hotel to be the centerpiece. This joint-venture marked an increasing interest by large corporations with land "surplus" in order to create housing communities, industrial parks and office buildings; marking the first movement from traditional industry into real estate investing . Before his company's bankruptcy in 1965, Zeckendorf became

7614-596: The successful debut of Disneyland. Zeckendorf came to know C.V. Wood , who first helped build Disneyland as a Disney employee and then developed theme parks in Colorado, Massachusetts, New York (on Zeckendorf's property) and Texas under his own Marco Engineering company. Zeckendorf and his company enjoyed various connections to the Marco Engineering parks. In New York, Wood created and built Freedomland U.S.A. on marshland that had been owned by Zeckendorf since

7708-407: The two were similar and about equally prosperous. Klan members were Protestants, as were the majority of their opponents; however, the opposition to the Klan also included many Catholic Germans . Individuals who joined the Klan had earlier demonstrated a much higher rate of voting and civic activism than did their opponents, and many of the individuals in Orange County who joined the Klan did so out of

7802-452: Was 1.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.2%. 160,843 people (47.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 171,865 people (51.1%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, Anaheim had a median household income of $ 59,627, with 15.6% of the population living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 328,014 people, 96,969 households, and 73,502 families residing in

7896-510: Was born to a Jewish family in Paris, Illinois , the son of a hardware store manager. His family moved to New York City when he was three years old. He attended New York University but dropped out to work at the real estate company of his uncle, Sam Borchard. He soon left his uncle's firm to work for Webb & Knapp , a small New York building manager and brokerage. Zeckendorf's most notable property acquisition, and potential development of

7990-404: Was claimed Wynne had been over paid by $ 3 million as part of a "cash incentive program." According to the suit, the contract establishing the incentive program wasn't valid. Wynne, Jr. was also accused of being too aggressive and expansionistic at a time when the company was suffering from liquidity problems. Wynne, Jr. and the other officers countersued the company alleging they were rightfully owed

8084-485: Was dramatic, and very successful. The Los Angeles Times devoted almost three full pages to its coverage of the event. Still lacking sufficient money, Zeckendorf was forced to make US$ 1,000 per day penalty payments to Fox. In 1960, Zeckendorf solved his problem by partnering with Alcoa in a joint-venture relationship to finally build Century City, which by now had escalated to a US$ 500,000,000 (equivalent to $ 5,149,606,299 in 2023) project. The new owners embraced

8178-555: Was filmed in Los Angeles, California . William Zeckendorf William Zeckendorf Sr. (June 30, 1905 – September 30, 1976) was a prominent American real estate developer . Through his development company Webb and Knapp — for which he began working in 1938 and which he purchased in 1949 — he developed a significant portion of the New York City urban landscape. Architects I. M. Pei and Le Corbusier designed structures for Zeckendorf's development projects. Zeckendorf

8272-592: Was founded by fifty German families in 1857 and incorporated as the second city in Los Angeles County on March 18, 1876; Orange County was split off from Los Angeles County in 1889. Anaheim remained largely an agricultural community until Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955. This led to the construction of several hotels and motels around the area, and residential districts in Anaheim soon followed. The city also developed into an industrial center, producing electronics, aircraft parts and canned fruit. Anaheim

8366-560: Was founded in 1857 by 50 German-Americans who were residents of San Francisco and whose families had originated in Rothenburg ob der Tauber , Franconia in Bavaria . After traveling through the state looking for a suitable area to grow grapes, the group decided to purchase a 1,165 acres (4.71 km ) parcel from Juan Pacífico Ontiveros' large Rancho San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana in present-day Orange County for $ 2 per acre. For $ 750

8460-586: Was in technical compliance. They argued that a name change was a major bargaining chip in negotiations between the city and Disney Baseball Enterprises, Inc., then the ownership group for the Angels. They further argued that the city would never have agreed to the new lease without the name change, because the new lease required that the city partially fund the stadium's renovation, but provided very little revenue for Anaheim. Anaheim sued Angels Baseball LP in Orange County Superior Court , and

8554-413: Was presented to Waggoner with Angus Wynne's signature on the cashier's check . The industrial park was expected to employ 100,000 people. On January 11, Milton L. Stern of Toronto, Canada, filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order against the development. Stern claimed to have to have come up with the initial idea of the industrial park, and was forced out by Barr and Zeckendorf. When asked for

8648-484: Was selling 2,500-acres of his portion of the Waggoner Ranch for $ 6 million to the newly created Great Southwest Corporation. The land was purchased for the rumored industrial park, and it was confirmed Zackendorf's firm Webb and Knapp and the Wynnes' American Home Realty Company would be associated with running the new corporation, with Angus G. Wynne Jr being named as the president. The first payment of $ 500,000

8742-407: Was unable to deliver even the $ 53-million purchase price, let alone $ 400 million. The California papers had already given a lot of publicity to Century City and, for them, any more coverage would just be re-hash in which they were not interested. Thorne reported to Pomerantz his opinion that the only way to restore credibility to the project was to actually "begin" construction, and Pomerantz went for

8836-515: Was unarmed. Protesting occurred in the area between State College and East Street, and was motivated by concerns over police brutality, gang activity, domination of the city by commercial interests, and a perceived lack of political representation of Hispanic residents in the city government. The protests were accompanied by looting of businesses and homes. Anaheim is located at 33°50′10″N 117°53′23″W  /  33.836165°N 117.889769°W  / 33.836165; -117.889769 and

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