Rose Park is a neighborhood located in the northwest area of Salt Lake City, Utah and is among the most ethnically diverse areas in Utah. Its name comes from the area's original developer, who arranged part of the area's streets in the shape of several roses, with one of its main streets, American Beauty Drive, acting as a long rose stem. This area's original roof shingles were red or green and its street names all feature rose varieties. Rose Park residents enjoy a very short commute (less than 5 minutes) to downtown and many recreational amenities. Boundaries Rose Park is defined as west of I-15, north of 600 North, and east of Redwood Road. The neighborhood's boundaries extend north to the city limits and the shared county line of Salt Lake and Davis Counties. Four original stone markers define Rose Park's major streets, as the original boundaries of the historic Rose Park development were between 900 West to the East, the Jordan River to the West and between 600 North AND 1000 North. The area is also identifiable by its generally Post-war or Mid-century modern style architecture. Rose Park lies north of the Fairpark and Glendale neighborhoods and west of the northwest slope of Capitol Hill. The neighborhood is often thought of as encompassing the entire urban area north and west of interstates 15 and 80, though its actual boundaries are relatively small. The entire neighborhood falls within the boundary of West High School, the state's oldest and among its largest high schools. Education The Rose Park neighborhood lies within the Salt Lake City School District and contains four elementary schools: Rose Park Elementary, Escalante Elementary, Backman Elementary, and Newman Elementary. The Salt Lake Center for Science Education, a charter school within the Salt Lake City School District, occupies the building and grounds of the former Northwest Middle School which moved to a new, larger location outside of the neighborhood in 2006. The Guadelupe School is also based in Rose Park, which is a nonprofit charter organization consisting of five main academic programs for various age groups. History In the 1940s and 50s, Rose Park was marketed as a reasonably priced subdivision with larger plots than older Salt Lake City neighborhoods, like The Avenues. Developer Alan E. Brockbank intended to create affordable brick homes for GI's returning from World War II. The declaration of subdivision for Rose Park, typical of