El Dorado Park Estates, Long Beach, California Explained

El Dorado Park Estates is a neighborhood in Long Beach, California.

It was developed by S&S Construction, later known as Shapell Industries,^[1] beginning in 1962.^[2] The company was co-founded by David Shapell, Nathan Shapell, and Max Webb in 1955.^[3] It was the first large neighborhood to be developed by the company. Douglas A. Newcomb Academy opened to 300 students in September, 1963.^[4]

Appearances in media

El Dorado Park Estates appears in the 1967 romantic comedy Luv (film).^[5]

See also

• Neighborhoods of Long Beach, California
• El Dorado Regional Park, Long Beach, California

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toll Brothers Announces Closing of Purchase of Shapell Industries, LLC and Related Financings . investors.tollbrothers.com . en.
2. Web site: Fadler . Joseph . Developers on location with plans for recently built "Eldorado Park Estates" featuring underground service of electric and phone service wires. . hdl.huntington.org . Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Library.
3. Web site: Shapell Nathan . California Homebuilding Foundation.
4. Web site: El Dorado Park Estates . https://web.archive.org/web/20230320090438/http://www.haywardteam.com/neighborhoods/el-dorado-park/ . 2023-03-20 . The Hayward Team . 2023-11-07 . bot: unknown .
5. Book: Grobaty . Tim . Location Filming in Long Beach . 20 November 2012 . Arcadia Publishing . 978-1-61423-775-4 . en.