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ANAHEIM COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
CHRIS JEPSEN

THE ANAHEIM VISITOR & CONVENTION BUREAU

The recently launched Anaheim Coves along the Santa Ana
River (above) and Pearson Park (below).

" They wanted a community that thrived on agriculture...and
to have a very strong emphasis on the arts, " says eight-year
Community Services Director Terry Lowe. " They were seeking what they defi ned as an 'agricultural utopia.' "
Constructed on 20 acres of an old vineyard, City Park (renamed Pearson Park in 1960 after former Mayor Charles Pearson) would become what Lowe calls the " jewel " of the park
system. The promenade-style park plans included an Olympicsized pool, tennis courts, lagoons, and the crowning achievement-a 2,000-seat outdoor amphitheatre, which is now the
oldest arts facility in Orange County.
According to planning commissioner and local historian
Stephen Faessel, Anaheim would later be known as " the city
with the beautiful park. " He attributes this reputation largely
to a man named Rudy Boysen, who Faessel says " single-handedly did more to beautify [City Park] than anybody before him
and anybody after him. "
A farmer and self-schooled botanist who fi rst propagated
the berries made famous by Knott's Berry Farm (Walter Knott
named them boysenberries after their creator), Boysen is credited for planting the diverse range of trees, California native
plants, and rare cacti that still grow in the park today.
After becoming park superintendent in 1927, Boysen-who
would later have a park named after him-constructed La Palma Park, home to the city's municipal football and baseball stadiums, and a large special event facility. A devastating flood
destroyed the park before its opening in 1938, but the city persevered, and the park was rebuilt.
In the 1950s and 1960s, agricultural costs increased and the
citrus industry declined. Disneyland made its debut and new industries emerged, both of which increased demand for residential development. According to Lowe, the city's leaders began a
concerted effort to acquire unincorporated land, culminating in
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