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Article: GLENDALE APPROACHES ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF CITYHOOD.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- January 16, 2006
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Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer
GLENDALE - One hundred years ago, Glendale rolled toward cityhood with a streetcar line that passed through open ranch land and stretched to its northern end at a bucolic tourist destination called Casa Verdugo.
Now, the Jewel City of Glendale has more than 200,000 residents and is headquarters for some major corporations. Also home to Southern California's largest Armenian-American community, it has become one of the most diverse cities in the United States.
The area was mostly undeveloped ranch land when capitalist Leslie Brand and city father Edgar Goode worked to bring a Pacific Electric streetcar line ...