It also encompasses portions of Santa Ana and Costa Mesa. The result is “Transforming the Irvine Ranch: Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson and The Big Plan.” Presented in chronological order, this book tells how 93,000 acres of agriculture and ranch land that stretches 9 miles along the coast and 22 miles inland in Orange County became one of the largest master-planned communities in the United States.Īccording to the Irvine Co., it spans the city of Irvine and parts of Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Tustin, Orange and Anaheim. Pike Oliver that someday he would write a book about the Irvine Ranch.Īs the Covid-19 pandemic upended everyday life, Stockstill who goes by “Mike” emailed “Pike” a proposal: “Remember that book that I was going to work on? How would you like to be a co-author?” Michael Stockstill used to tell his friend and former Irvine Company colleague H.
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