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During the first post war decade, 1946 to 1956, the APEf <br />undervaent mayor development. The decade saw tht, construction of <br />Abater Dei High School, two (2) churches and seven (7) tract homes. <br />In addition, Santa Ana Community College became operational during the <br />early part of this decade to meet the educational needs of the returning <br />servicemen. Originally, Santa Ana Community College utilized buildings <br />which had been purchased from the Santa Ana Army Air Fuse and <br />moved to the college site, None of these buildings survived to the <br />present day. <br />South of Seventeenth Street, many small commercial establish- <br />ments, such as gasoline stations, restaurants and general offices, were <br />erected. In addition, many of the existing residential structures were <br />converted to commercial office use. <br />The development north of Seventeenth Street was somewhat <br />different, This had been largely devoted to citrus groves with only a <br />Few scattered structures. All of these structures were removed and the <br />bulk of the area was devoted to tract duplex housing, Horner <br />Shoppinq Plaza to the northwest of the intersection of 8risto4 and <br />Seventeenth was built, as was Santiago Elementary School east of <br />Bristol. The bridge spanning Santiago Creek was installed in 1947. <br />75C� -620 <br />