 Today, the area is dominated by suburban homes, many of which were built from the 1960s to the early 1980s.Stands of native Ponderosa Pine cover the hills and flatlands surrounding this neighborhood.Originally named in honor of two elementary schools (historic Emerson was razed in 1981; the site is now Emerson Park), the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood is a predominantly residential area consisting largely of early 20th century Craftsman-style homes.