Historic contexts provide information about the city's history and how it relates to existing properties on the ground, some of which may be of historic interest. Contexts tell us about how different parts of the city have grown and changed over the years and offer a framework for assessing the potential historic significance of individual properties. Glendale is in the middle of an ongoing program of creating Community Plans to guide future development of different portions of the city. Each plan will include a stand-alone historic context as an appendix. As of 2012, the North Glendale Historic Context, along with the Community Plan for the area, has been completed. Planning Division staff is currently working on a South Glendale Community Plan and Historic Context. Documents for other parts of the city will follow in the coming years.

North Glendale Historic Context

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