Orange County Almanac
Fashion Island in Newport Beach is one of Orange County’s most upscale retail and office complexes. It contains a shopping center along with several hotels and office towers.
But designers of the complex had much more ambitious plans when Newport Center was conceived in the 1960s.
The planners wanted a much larger development with several skyscrapers surrounded by a network of freeways.
Residents opposed the plan, however, and the freeways were dropped. Drawing the most fire was a proposal to convert Coast Highway into a freeway.
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Artists, inventors and writers can learn about copyright protection methods during a free seminar titled “Using the Law to Protect Your Work.”
Carol A. Davis, a teacher of copyright and patent law, will discuss protection for new products, trademarks, clever names and slogans.
The program begins at 7 p.m. in the Friends meeting room of the library, 1000 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach. Information: (714) 717-3800.
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