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and Kilborn Avenue in 1939. Gloucester Township Council passed a by-law on May 3, 1937, permitting its construction. The stretch from Kilborn to Randall was built in 1940; the stretch north of Smyth in 1942 (to what is now Terminal Avenue) and south of Randall to Bank Street (then called "Metcalfe
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For the most part, Alta Vista runs through residential areas, and it is a two to four-lane minor arterial road, with a speed limit of 50 km/h (31 mph). The area consists mostly of single-home houses, with the exception of three apartment-style, low-rent buildings named the "Alta Vista
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was re-aligned in 1986. Furthermore, in the 1990s, Alta Vista gained bicycle lanes along its entire stretch. Alta Vista is so named for its general height, as the neighbourhoods it runs through are generally higher than the rest of the city (the name means "a view from above" or "high view" in
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Towers" located in the north near Industrial Avenue and the Alta Vista Plaza. Alta Vista Drive consists of mixed housing, ranging from small modest houses in the northern parts, to more expensive, small Colonial-style houses and bungalows in the area immediately south to
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Spanish and Portuguese). The name was first applied to the area in 1913, for a small subdivision built on the north side of Randall Avenue which had a good view of
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train track running parallel between Alta Vista Drive and Riverside Drive from Industrial Avenue to Smyth Road.
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Alta Vista was created as the result of major residential developments (notably the
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located south from Smyth Road. The area is home to the Anglican Church
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The road is characterized by large trees along both sides and the
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Alta Vista originally ran past Industrial and connected with the
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Alta Vista
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Bank Street
Industrial Avenue
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World War II
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Gloucester Township
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Riverside Drive

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