Editing El Granada, California (section)

== History ==
El Granada's unusual concentric-circular street layout was designed by the influential architect and city planner [[Daniel Burnham]].  Burnham's other works included overseeing the design for the 1893 [[Columbian Exposition]] in Chicago and designing the 1902 [[Flatiron Building]] in [[New York City]].  Burnham's plan was commissioned by the [[Ocean Shore Railroad]], which developed El Granada as a seaside resort for visitors who would use the railroad to travel between [[San Francisco]] and El Granada.<ref>VanderWerf, Barbara (1992), ''Granada, A Synonym for Paradise: The Ocean Shore Railroad Years.'' El Granada: Gum Tree Lane Press. {{ISBN|0-9632922-0-X}}</ref> The city was originally named "Granada" after the [[Granada, Spain|city in Spain]] but the Post Office mistakenly recorded the name as "El Granada" in 1909.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bright |first1=William |title=1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning |date=1998 |publisher=University of California Press |page=62 |isbn=9780520920545 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tcMnAy6m5doC&dq=%22el+granada%22+&pg=PA62 |access-date=7 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Granada's Burnham Plan |url=https://historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1R8Y_granadas-burnham-plan_El-Granada-CA.html |website=Historical Marker Project |access-date=7 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=VanderWerf |first=Barbara |date= 1992|title= Granada, A Synonym for Paradise |publisher= Gum Tree Lane Books|page= 11|isbn=9780963292209}}</ref> Financial difficulties and the advent of the automobile caused the railroad to abandon the plan, and El Granada subsequently became a residential community.