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Cedar Hills is a census-designated place and neighborhood in Washington County, Oregon, south of U.S. Route 26 and west of Oregon Route 217 and within the Portland metropolitan area. Constructed starting in 1946, Cedar Hills was the largest single housing tract development in the western United States at the time of its completion in 1961. Originally located in unincorporated Washington County, part of the neighborhood has since been annexed by the city of Beaverton, and in a plan agreed to by the county and Beaverton the remainder is scheduled for annexation in the future. The formal Cedar Hills neighborhood currently includes 2,114 homes,〔(Homes Association of Cedar Hills ) Retrieved May 6, 2013.〕 whose owners are subject to the rules and covenants enforced by the area's homeowners' association, the Homes Association of Cedar Hills.〔(About Us ). Homes Association of Cedar Hills. Retrieved May 6, 2013.〕 The population was 8,949 at the 2000 census. ==History== Plans to build the large new neighborhood were announced by the project's developers in April 1946, and construction of the first 50 homes had begun by then.〔"2000-Home Community Rising Here; Two Firms Launch $25,000,000 Town In Beaverton Area" (April 28, 1946). ''The Sunday Oregonian'', p. 1; also section 2, p. 1.〕 Along with roads and utilities, the plans included a shopping center, schools, parks and churches,〔 in a neighborhood of around 2,000 homes on about .〔Shoemaker, Mervin G. (September 29, 1946). "Cedar Hills: Something New in Building". ''The Sunday Oregonian'', Sunday magazine section, p. 2.〕 A writer for ''The Oregonian'' newspaper at the time called it "the most ambitious surburban housing development ever attempted in the Northwest".〔 Construction of the planned shopping center began in 1954.〔"$1,000,000 Cedar Hills Shopping Project Started; Second Phase of Big Center to House 27 Shops" (June 20, 1954). ''The Sunday Oregonian'', section 2, p. 8.〕 Located immediately south of the Sunset Highway, at the northern end of the neighborhood, Cedar Hills Shopping Center opened in April 1955.〔"Cedar Hills Shop Center Opening" (April 3, 1955). ''The Sunday Oregonian'', section 2, p. 7.〕 It originally included a Safeway supermarket (opened in August 1954, months earlier than the remainder of the center),〔"Outlet Added By Safeway: $250,000 Store Opens in Cedar Hills" (August 22, 1954). ''The Sunday Oregonian'', p. 48.〕 a Rodgers five-and-dime, a Sears catalog store, and several other shops, along with a bank and a gas station. The center's tall neon sign became a local landmark. In 1979, TriMet opened a bus transit center on Wilshire Street, behind the shopping center.〔Bodine, Harry (June 19, 1979). "Tri-Met west side transfers pass muster". ''The Oregonian'', p. B4.〕 Cedar Hills Transit Center remained in operation for almost 20 years, until replaced by the Sunset Transit Center – located immediately across the Sunset Highway (US 26) freeway from Cedar Hills Shopping Center – in 1998, with the opening of the Westside MAX line. The Sunset TC's construction included a long pedestrian bridge over the freeway, to provide access between the TriMet bus and MAX station and the Cedar Hills neighborhood. In 2009, the Oregon Department of Transportation opened a new Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division (DMV) office in the Cedar Hills Shopping Center, serving as the DMV's Beaverton office, replacing one located on Allen Blvd. in Beaverton proper. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cedar Hills, Oregon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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