Publication Date

Spring 1997

Degree Type

Master's Project

Degree Name

Master of Urban Planning (MUP)

Department

Urban and Regional Planning

First Advisor

Scott Lefaver

Abstract

The purpose of this research paper Is to trace the evolution, changes events, and trends which have occurred within the City of Santa Clara’s Agnews Village neighborhood during the last century. Reviewed are the neighborhood’s housing submarket, population characteristics, services, future policy considerations, as well as proposed and future development in the surrounding areas. Unlike most neighborhoods, which are inextricably connected to the events, policies, and problems of a city, Agnew Village was linked to an institution (and at that, an insane asylum). The Village has experienced considerable change in its own unique way.

During the research of this topic, it was discovered that Census Tract housing and population data was unavailable for the neighborhood during the 1940s through the 1960s; as such, extrapolations from subsequent Census data, mainly the Polk City Directories (for 1896-97, 1911, 1923, 1935 and 1947) and other sources were used to supplement unavailable neighborhood Census data for these decades. Unfortunately, for some odd reason, Agnew Village was included with the State Hospital, which was not included In Census data. Most likely this occurred because Agnew never had any services, i.e. fire or police, but instead relied on the State Hospital for those services until it was annexed by the City of Santa Clara during the 1960s.

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