Northwood, Irvine, California
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Northwood is a community encompassing the northern portions of the city of
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. It covers the area enclosed by the
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, Portola Parkway and Jeffrey Roa


History

Northwood, which began construction in the early 1970s, is the only community in Irvine that was developed independently of the
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. Therefore, it's the only community that is not completely governed by any homeowners' association. Neighborhoods like Park Paseo, Park Place, and Woodside do have homeowners' associations, as well as community pools and jacuzzis. Park Place and Park Paseo share a clubhouse as well. The area that is now Northwood started off as part of the Irvine Ranch. The Irvine family gave or sold parcels of the area as bonuses and gifts to ranch foremen and other employees. Some 23 chunks of land were held by different owners, who were organized by a single developer who named the area Northwood. More than 60 percent of the homes in Northwood were built between 1977 and 1979 - at one point there were 66 models across 18 tracts on sale simultaneously. Another community called Northwood Pointe was developed in the late 1990s by The Irvine Company as a companion neighborhood to Northwood. Like most of Irvine's villages, Northwood is known for certain unique characteristics, the most prominent of which are the
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s that enclose neighborhoods and line main thoroughfares, and include many of the trees that were planted when the land was farmed, as crop protection against fierce
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. These windrows are more frequent and closer together in the Northwood area than in other parts of Irvine. Also characteristic of the village are views of the
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to the north and a preponderance of single-family dwellings often situated on somewhat larger lots. The "Northwood Loop" pre-dates the "Yale Loop" in the village of Woodbridge and serves as a two-lane neighborhood road through the older part of Northwood, with four segments Northwood, Southwood, Eastwood, and Westwood, bisected North-South and East-West by Yale and Bryan Avenues, respectively.


Demographics


Parks

Following are the parks located in Northwood: * Blue Gum Park *
Brywood Park Brywood Park is located in the Northwood community in the city of Irvine in Orange County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total ...
* Carrotwood Park * Coralwood Park * Meadowood Park *
Northwood Community Park Northwood Community Park is located in the Northwood community on the corner of Bryan and Yale in the city of Irvine in Orange County, California. The park, built in 1980 on the site of a former citrus packing facility, is also known as "Castle ...
**
Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial The Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial is a memorial in Irvine, California, to American troops who died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The names on the memorial come from US DoD casualty records for Operation Enduring Freedom, Operati ...
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Pepperwood Park Pepperwood may refer to: *''Pepperwood'', an artist working in Switzerland *'' Pepperwood Resorts'', different exclusive Private Resorts in Thailand e.g. Pepperwood Garden, Pepperwood Palms and Pepperwood Orchid *''Zanthoxylum clava-herculis'', Amer ...
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Pinewood Park Pinewood may refer to: * Pine wood, the wood from pine trees Places Canada * Pinewood (North Bay), a neighborhood in North Bay, Ontario, Canada * Pinewood, Ontario, a township in Ontario, Canada England * Pinewood, Berkshire * Pinewood, ...
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Settlers Park A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. A settler who migrates to an area previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited may be described as a pioneer. Settle ...
* Silkwood Park *
Sycamore Park Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the ancient Greek ' (''sūkomoros'') meaning "fig-mulberry". Species of trees known as sycamore: * ''Acer pseudoplata ...
Because the schools in Irvine are not gated, Elementary Schools serve as parks for neighborhoods as well.


Education

Northwood is within the
Irvine Unified School District Irvine Unified School District is a school district in Irvine, California, United States, that serves the city of Irvine. Established on June 6, 1972, IUSD serves approximately 34,000 K-12 students at twenty-six elementary schools, ten middle ...
. Santiago Hills Elementary School, Canyon View Elementary School, Brywood Elementary School, and Northwood Elementary School are all successful elementary schools in Northwood. On the 2007 Academic Performance Index Base Report, the primary schools received scores ranging from 889 to 951, out of a possible 1,000. Northwood Elementary was named a
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for 2008. Sierra Vista Middle School serves as the Middle School in Northwood. It scored 922 in the 2007 Academic Performance Index Base Report.
Northwood High School Northwood High School may refer to: * Northwood High School (Irvine, California) * Northwood High School (Louisiana) * Northwood High School (Montgomery County, Maryland) * NorthWood High School, Nappanee, Indiana * Northwood High School (North C ...
was included in Newsweek's list of top high schools and has won several Grammy Signature awards, including the Gold School Award. Most students living north of Trabuco Road and west of Jeffrey Road attend Northwood High School, which scored 863.


Shopping Center

The following shopping centers are located in the community: * Northwood Town Center * Cypress Village Shopping Center (formerly Trabuco Plaza) *
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Northpark Plaza Shopping Center North Park (or NorthPark or Northpark) may refer to: Shopping malls United States * Northpark Plaza Shopping Center, a shopping center in the Northwood community of Irvine, California * North Park Mall (Indiana), now known as Five Points Mall ...


References

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