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(Continueil trom Page 78) gxpanse will eventually serve as a core for an 80 square mile iub-metropolitan area embracing its borders. A total population of 615,00O has been predicted for the area it will serve.

Within its perimeter, Warner Ranch q'ill have 16 million square feet of building. Some 68,000 people in basic jobs rvill earn incomes and- more than 15,000 will live in its multi-family dwelling units.

. "Warner Ranch is desigr-red to be a total community, not an industrial city p€r se;" Martin points out. "It is a complex of compatible land uses pro- portioned in size and location to fit into the total pattern of the surroundlng area."

According to the master plan, a ma- jor shopping center of about 80 stores and shops will occupy the northwest section of the north-south oriented Warner Ranch corridor. Immediatelv south and u'est will be two superblocks of apartment houses. In an adjacent area will be a series of corporate office buildings clustered around a landscaped mall.

Other increments include a community cultural center, which contemplates a museum, auditorium and related facilities, and an important transporta- tion terminus for local. inter,citv and

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long distance buses, helicopters and any forthcoming rapid-transit system.

Some 25 acres of landscaped grounds for a luxury hotel have been set aside. Nearby will be a neighborhood shop- ping center, additional multi-family du'ellings, rnotels and restaurants.

Martin's staff superimposed plans for the development on existing transportation arteries which will serve the area. Most significant are the Ventura Freeway, connecting Los Angeles with the coastal section of central California, ancl the San Diego Freeway, leading through Los Angeles to the southern extreme of the state and into Mexico. One of the Southern Pacific's main

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