RALPH W SPARGO, GENERAL manager of ...

RALPH W SPARGO, GENERAL manager of Gallery Communities at Standard Pacific family circles was more than just a casual examiner as he watched people tour the patterns at Front Street last March. van Street, a live/work neighborhood that's part of Ladera Ranch's 4,000-acre, master planned community in Orange shire Calif., is--plain and simple--his baby. Each of the 22 beauties he helped conceive features separate, commercially zon office space and pair entrances; one is for residential use while the other is meant for a business. Homeowner can calm hang a sign or brace hire employees, and offer clients a place to park.