Interruptions in the Coachella Valley Array

The dry seabed that is Coachella Valley provides a very flat surface for construction; as a result, modern constructions mostly fall on whatever pattern/array is convenient to the developers. In a few places, however, interruptions in those arrays stand out in an aerial view.

The palms on this golf course, for example, are on a clear grid, with the fairways and greens cut into it. Was this a palm plantation before the course was build?

Golf Course Amid the Palm Grid

Here, the green lawn of a larger home stands out, covering multiple grid positions, while neighboring homes cluster into smaller, more regularly arrayed lots.

Walled Keep

Though this subdivision isn’t itself on a grid, the clubhouse nonetheless interrupts the pattern.

Trilogy Clubhouse

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