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URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT Courthouse (on Santa Ana Boulevard in Downtown) and the Water Tower located on Penn Way near the Santa Ana freeway. Other landmarks in the City are new places that have established a reputation and recognition as landmarks in the City. These include: the *� x Xerox Center Tower, Main Place Mall, the Regional Transportation Center (RTC), Hotel Terrace, Mutton Center/MacArthur Place, the Federal Courthouse (Centrepointe site), and the Discovery Science Center. The City has no other citywide or regionally recognized landmarks, even though at the local level, neighborhoods do have reference points that act as local landmarks in their communities, often these are school sites, church buildings, or a well established corner store. Gateways Gateways located at the City's northern and eastern borders are clearly defined. The spaces in these areas have characteristics that create a sense of arrival by means of changes in the character and appearance. For example a sudden change in building height, generously landscaped yards, or other changes in amenities and/or design, announce a different kind of place. In arriving to the City from the south, a sense of arrival does not occur until well into the South Main Street district, when the homogeneity of the urban form begins to define the district. Gateways located within the west side of the City, along Harbor Boulevard, exist because of the immediate loss of continuity and the variety of activities and development specifically, there are a number of gateways found in the City which are identified by posted signs, landscaped medians, or monument signs situated at major intersections within the City limits. Some posted entry points to the City do not meet the definition of a "gateway" because they did not convey a sense of arrival to the City. On the other hand, there were several points of entry where the "arrival at a special place" is more clearly defined. For example, the northern part of the City has distinctive gateways at Bristol Street, Main Street, and at the Santa Ana Freeway. There are also recognizable gateways to the east, at Seventeenth Street, the Santa Ana Freeway, and Edinger Avenue. Incidentally, the lack of gateways in many places coincides with those areas where districts have gradually expanded outside the City as they merged with the surrounding communities. In many instances, these districts are perceived to be part of the neighboring cities. For example, the corners of Bristol Street and Sunflower Avenue, Dyer Road and Red Hill Avenue, First and Euclid Streets, and Harbor Boulevard and Seventeenth Street. Page 7 of 7