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Mountain Brook is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, and a suburb of Birmingham. According to the 2010 census, the population is 20,413. It is known to be the state's most affluent place.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=al.com: Special Report )〕 In a list compiled in 2008 by Stephen Higley, Ph.D., it's the ninth wealthiest community in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mountain Brook one of wealthiest communities in U.S. )〕 Notable residents include actors Courteney Cox, Kate Jackson, and Wayne Rogers, and former Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr. ==History== The city was originally developed in 1929 by real estate businessman Robert Jemison, Jr., as an extensive residential subdivision along the ridges known as Red Mountain and Shades Mountain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Birmingham Public Library - Archives: Robert Jemison, Jr. )〕 It was incorporated on May 24, 1942. The plans, by Boston-based landscape architect Warren H. Manning, called for estate-sized lots along winding scenic roads and denser commercial development centering on three picturesque "villages" known as English Village, Mountain Brook Village and Crestline Village. The densely forested residential sections (such as Cherokee Bend, Brookwood Forest, Overton, and Crestline) featured homes in real nature preserves that have protected the area from urban encroachment, and bridle paths created a recreational network within the area.〔 It's the home of the nation's first office park, built in 1955.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historical marker in Mountain Brook planned to recognize nation's first office park )〕 It featured the then novel concepts of ample free parking and low-profile office buildings surrounded by waterspouts and landscaped grounds. A new city hall, which included a fire and police station, was completed in 2013. In Crestline Village, the beloved Piggly Wiggly at the corner of Church Street and Euclid Avenue was recently demolished and replaced with a CVS; they are rebuilding Piggly Wiggly near Crestline Elementary School and the Mountain Brook Board of Education building. Most of Mountain Brooks developement preserved the existing trees: 92.03% is under tree cover, one of the highest ratios in the nation.〔http://www.aces.edu/ucf/documents/MtnBrookArborist.pdf〕 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「Mountain Brook, Alabama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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