Established in the late 19th century as an agricultural community, the city of Tustin, in Orange County, used to feature groves of apricots and walnuts which later were gradually replaced by Valencia oranges. Almost all the orchards are gone; now the surrounding landscape sprouts houses, schools, and shopping centers instead of trees. But Main Street, though sandwiched by elements of progress, will take you back through the years of Tustin's development, revealing, like a tree's rings, its boom years, its lean times, its changing tastes, and its gradual metamorphosis decade by decade.
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Visit The District at Tustin Legacy, the newest shopping and entertainment destination in Orange County. This is a one million square-foot lifestyle center boasting famous shops like HOT TOPIC, Tilly's, Vans, Borders Books & Music, Target, Best Buy, Office Depot, Verison Wireless, ULTA Cosmetics, many specialty retail shops, as well as service and health and beauty focused businesses like Wells Fargo Bank, Legacy Cleaners, Facelogic, and Mode Salon Aveda. Peets Coffe & Tea, Pei Wei Asian Diner, Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que, Bistro West, Marmalade Cafe and The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar are just a few of the great many dining options that can be found here.
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At Tustin Ranch Golf Club you can experience breathtaking scenery, sparkling lakes and cascading falls. This championship 18-hole Ted Robinson designed course is extremely popular. It is a perfect place to experience the grand tradition of golf, with 6,800 yards of classic Ted Robinson design – all grass, boundary to boundary, very walkable and all meticulously maintained. Included on the grounds are a full service clubhouse, restaurant, wedding and banquet facility, pro shop, driving range, golf school, Group Outings Office and more. Tustin Ranch Golf Club offers private caddie service, unique to Orange County and very popular.
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When visiting Tustin, be sure to shop at the Tustin Market Place covering an area of 1.6 million square feet. This Market Place has more than 120 stores, restaurants, cafes and theaters. Designed by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, it consists of monumental but extremely simplified cubic forms, with anchor stores marked by massive towers roughly 70 feet high displaying the store name.
The center is also unique in that all the store signs are displayed in neon. The buildings are arranged in a ring around a large central series of parking lots and fast-food restaurants. The parking lots are shaded under groves of date palms, and there is some extensive rock landscaping around the perimeter of the center. The parking lots are illuminated by arrays of xenon floodlights set inside the peaks of 100-foot-high towers. The buildings themselves are uniformly surfaced in bright orange, purple, and pink stucco.
