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Ya • <br /> S <br /> - Fit <br /> r . <br /> N,: . . Variety of <br /> Architectural <br /> Styles <br /> • The Spring Street and Ray Street neighborhood was developed generally <br /> between 1920 and 1940. The building designs range from bungalow cottages on Ray <br /> Street to Mission Revival architecture on Spring Street. These groupings of small <br /> residential buildings share consistent scale, height, setbacks, and massing <br /> characteristics that further their unique character. - - = •-2 -- -- :- =_ __= <br /> considered to be the City's first "modern subdivision tract." <br /> • The Downtown Commercial Center consists of a variety of architectural styles <br /> with many buildings retaining a high degree of integrity. It possesses a series of <br /> commercial storefront buildings running nearly the entire length of Main Street, with <br /> only a few modern buildings dispersed within. The side streets in this area generally <br /> have a more modest scale but also contribute to the historic character of the Center. <br /> The historic character of Downtown Pleasanton is further enhanced by the <br /> "Pleasanton Sign,"which caused Pleasanton to receive the nickname "P-Town" during <br /> World War II when all of the lighted sign letters except the "P"were turned off in the <br /> event of air raids. The Main Street portion of the Downtown is one of the best <br /> preserved of its type in the East Bay, thus heightening its regional significance as a <br /> center for tourism. <br /> Page 5 of 12 <br />