Editing Orange, California (section)

===Cityscape===
[[Old Towne, Orange Historic District]], a one square mile around the [[Plaza Park (Orange, California)|original plaza]], contains many of the original structures built in the period after the city's incorporation. It is a vibrant commercial district containing Orange County's oldest operating bank and many dining and retail amenities. The Historic District was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1997,<ref name="rhp2">{{cite web|title=CALIFORNIA – Orange County, part2|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CA/Orange/state2.html|access-date=May 10, 2009|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|archive-date=March 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306075800/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CA/Orange/state2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and is the largest National Register District in California. The Old Towne Preservation Association is a non-profit organization that maintains the district.

Orange is unique among the region and the state because it has the second largest concentration of historic buildings.<ref>According to State Historic Resource Surveys.</ref> A list of all of the buildings and sites in Orange appears in the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="rhp2" /><ref>{{cite web|title=CALIFORNIA – Orange County, part1|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CA/Orange/state1.html|access-date=May 10, 2009|publisher=National Register of Historic Places}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CALIFORNIA – Orange County, part3|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CA/Orange/state3.html|access-date=May 10, 2009|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|archive-date=March 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309062537/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CA/Orange/state3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Civic Center was designed by [[Welton Becket]] in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/architect-biographies/welton-becket/|title=Welton Becket|website=LA Conservancy|access-date=July 16, 2024|archive-date=March 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303022556/http://www.laconservancy.org/learn/architect-biographies/welton-becket/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Though Orange is now a fully developed city, there are still several unincorporated portions of land within the city that have not yet been annexed, including El Modena and North El Modena, [[Orange Park Acres]], and Olive.