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ALTO rst choice house against 12 other 12 other against house choice rst nd the right home!” right nd the Tom and Linda Buiocchi Tom Linda and Andrew Olaharski NEIGHBORHOODS 5 ...... 56 Hills University South ...... 12University South ...... Ventura 44 Southgate ...... 28 Adobe Meadow/Meadow38 Park ...... 40 Barron Park ...... 48 Gardens Charleston ...... MeadowsCharleston 42 ...... Terrace College 32 ...... Community Center 20 ...... 10 Park Crescent ...... 8Downtown North ...... Duveneck/St. Francis 18 ...... 54 Esther Park Clark ...... 30Evergreen Park ...... Fairmeadow 42 ...... 54 Greater Miranda ...... Green Acres 52 ...... 50Greendell/Walnut Grove ...... 48The Greenhouse Greenmeadow ...... 50 Manor/EmbarcaderoLeland Oaks/ ...... 22 DriveGarland ...... eld 30 Mayﬁ Midtown ...... 34 ...... 44Monroe Park ...... Old Palo Alto 26 Palo Alto ...... Palo Alto Orchards 52 ...... Palo Verde 38 Professorville ...... 14 INDEX Tom Zahiralis Tom [email protected] Carol Blitzer, Associate Editor Carol Blitzer, Connie Jo Cotton, Neal Fine, Neal Fine, Connie Jo Cotton, Courtesy of J. Robert Taylor, Taylor Taylor Taylor, Robert Courtesy of J. But people continue to flock to Palo But people continue to flock to Palo In addition to the neighborhoods included Alto itself, Palo This publication, like PALO ALTO PALO Vice President Sales and Marketing: and Marketing: Sales President Vice Sales representatives: Rosemary Lewkowitz, Carolyn Oliver, Irene Schwartz Carolyn Oliver, Rosemary Lewkowitz, Home-sales data: Properties with the median single-family home price — home price — with the median single-family $1,710,000 (from December 2011 through 2012). November Alto, taking pride in its environmental utilities, support consciousness, city-owned including of social services and some firsts, Library in 1940 opening a public Children’s an U.S. city to have and becoming the first Internet home page in 1994. at profiles expanded here, you can view www.paloaltoonline.com/neighborhoods/, for South of Midtown including full profiles and St. Claire Gardens. missed your If we’ve is ever-evolving. neighborhood (either here or online), or tidbits about your additional if you have with the to share like neighborhood you’d please let us know. Weekly, Carol Blitzer Additional copies of Palo Alto Neighborhoods, as well as companion publica- Additional copies of Palo Altos Neighborhoods tions — Almanac Neighborhoods and Mountain View/Los for $5 each. All three publications are available at the Weekly — are available online at www.paloaltoonline.com/neighborhoods/. Reproduction @2013 by Embarcadero Media. All rights reserved. Copyright without permission is strictly prohibited. Prochaska and children Camille Prochaska Klein and Laurent Pat On the Cover: Alto in home in Palo Klein play on the swing outside their Adobe Meadow Old Palo Terrace, Photos of College Weber. October 2012. Photo by Veronica On this page: Professorville and Weber. by Veronica Alto and Esther Clark Park Leland Manor by Kimihiro Hoshino. Weber, Charleston Gardens by Veronica Pierre Bienaimé, Carol Blitzer, Lisa Kellman, Lisa Kellman, Carol Blitzer, Pierre Bienaimé, Scott Peterson William S. Johnson William S.

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www.PaloAltoOnline.com N expanded to encompass the area stretching the area stretching to encompass expanded from San Francisquito Creek to the north to San Antonio Road to the south, from the Ridge. It San Francisco Bay to the Skyline is home to nearly 65,000 residents — but during weekdays the population swells to and ebb nearly 140,000 with the daily flow of commuters. What once dramatically. changed Alto have a homogeneous, mostly blue-collar was of Stanford with an enclave community, a diverse, professors, has become University aging, mostly well-to-do, well-educated, but population. $117,127 (estimated by U.S. Census for up challenged to keep are 2008-10), many a diverse community, a mixture of high-tech a mixture of high-tech community, a diverse companies and more than and locally owned 26,000 homes.

Professorville Leland Manor Charleston Gardens OUR NEIGHBORHOODS OUR Ravenswood Shopping Center East Palo Alto NEIGHBORHOODMenlo Park FACTS CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS: Piccolo Preschool, 888 Boyce Ave. 2 FIRE STATION: No. 3, 799 Embarcadero Road LIBRARY: Main Library, 1213 Newell Road LOCATION: bounded by San Francisquito Creek, UNIVERSITY AVE. Newell Road, Channing Avenue and Middleﬁ eld MIDDLEFIELD RD. 6 1 Road Downtown Palo Alto 5 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Norman Beamer, 650-327-7071 3 PARKS: Eleanor Pardee Park, 851 Center Drive; Stanford 7 Hopkins Creekside Park, along Palo Alto Avenue Shopping Center 8 POST OFFICES: Hamilton, 380 Hamiliton Ave.; 4 9 Main, 2085 E. Bayshore Road EMBARCADERO RD. PRIVATE SCHOOLS: St. Elizabeth Seton School, 10 1095 Channing Ave. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Duveneck Elementary School, EL CAMINO REAL Palo Alto Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto High School SHOPPING (NEARBY): The Willows Market, 60 Stanford University 11 Middleﬁ17 eld Road, Menlo Park Medical Center 12 MEDIAN 2010 HOME PRICE: $2,400,000 Stanford ($710,000-$4,830,000) University HOMES SOLD:LOMA 30 VERDE AVE. OREGON EXPRESSWAY 18 MEDIAN 2010 CONDO PRICE: $735,000 13 CONDOS SOLD: 1 15 19 ALMA ST. 21

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27 CHARLESTON RD. 23 PAGE MILL RD. 26 PALO ALTO NEIGHBORHOODS 28 25 1. Downtown North 19. St. Claire Gardens 31 24 2. Crescent Park 20. South of Midtown 3. University South 21. Adobe Meadow/ 4. Professorville Meadow Park 5. Community Center 22. Charleston Gardens 30 29 6. Duveneck/St. Francis 23. The Greenhouse 7. Triple El 24. Greendell 32 San Antonio 8. Embarcadero Oaks 25. Greenmeadow Shopping 9. Leland Manor 26. Walnut Grove Center 10. Garland 27. Fairmeadow Mountain 11. Old Palo Alto 28. Charleston Meadows Los Altos View 12. Southgate 29. Monroe Park 13. Evergreen Park 30. Palo Alto Orchards 34 14. College Terrace 31. Barron Park 33

15. Mayﬁ eld 32. Green Acres SAN ANTONIO RD. 16. Ventura 33. Greater Miranda 17. Midtown 34. Esther Clark Park 18. Palo Verde 35. Palo Alto Hills

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8 NEIGHBORHOODS our neighborhood before the traffic-calming our neighborhoodbeforethetraffic-calming improvements. and turnrestrictionsin2005amongrecent He countstheintroductionoftrafficcircles there weremany gainsfortheneighborhood. the news industry, but accordingtoLippert and residentialproperty. Itwas alossto Avenue was developed asbothcommercial out, andthecityblockthatfaced Lytton business intheearly1990s,” Lippertpointed Valley. that have taken placewiththeriseofSilicon the economicanddemographictransitions undergone many changes thatreflectboth at thenorthernmostpartofcity, has he witnessedhow hisneighborhood,situated Hawthorne Avenue. Beginning inthe1980s, in 1983andlatermoved toahouseon moved intoanapartmentwithhiswife Alto’s ArchitecturalReview Board,first duplexes inthisneighborhood,” hesaid. homes, smallgardenapartmentsanddouble forming amixofsmallhouses,arts-and-crafts have witnessedaninfluxoffamilies. resident. SincetheLippertsmoved in,they according toLeeLippert,along-time graduate studentsandprofessionals, A “A lotofcut-throughtrafficwentpast “The PeninsulaTimes Tribune wentoutof Lippert, anarchitectwhoserved onPalo “I have seenmorehousingbeingbuilt, DOWNTOWN NORTH to be populated by mostly single to bepopulatedbymostlysingle University, Downtown Northused stone’s throw away fromStanford

taking herkidstothepark. the neighborhoodinNovember 2011,enjoys Jacqueline Damsdale,whojustmoved into Avenue, and,forherkids,JohnsonPark. And of restaurantsandshopsonUniversity 2008, saidshereallyenjoys theproximity who haslived inDowntown Northsince drawn totheconveniences. Trina Currier, consider thisagreatthing.” Park forgas,but, onsecondthought,I station herenow andIneedtogoMenlo only inconvenience isthatthere’s nogas walking orbicycle distance,” hesaid.“The and theSanFrancisquitoCreekareallwithin Connecticut toNew York City. used tocommutework bytrainfrom said. Beforehemoved toPalo Alto,Lippert radius, very easytowalk orbike to,” Lippert my projectswereusuallywithinhalf-a-mile was justa10-minutewalk tomyoffice,and easy accesstoalmosteverything. some, LippertfindsDowntown Northoffers University Avenue remainsaheadachefor and pedestrian-friendly. Though parkingon of Downtown Northbecamemuchquieter restriction measures,theresidentialpart unsafe, especiallyforyoungchildren.” then werelike ahighway anditwas very measure was enforced,” hesaid.“Thestreets The areawhereJohnsonPark isnow used Newcomers totheneighborhoodarealso “Caltrain station,supermarket, restaurant “I moved tothisneighborhoodbecauseit Since theimplementationofthesetraffic-

CONDOS SOLD: ($550,000-$1,400,000) MEDIAN 2012CONDOPRICE: HOMES SOLD: ($1,100,000-$3,225,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: ping Center SHOPPING: School School, JordanMiddleSchool, Palo Alto High PUBLIC SCHOOLS: POST OFFICE: Avenue and Waverley Street Real toMiddleﬁeldRoad; JohnsonPark, Everett side Park, Palo Alto Avenue fromElCamino Alma StreetatElCaminoReal; HopkinsCreek- Park, 100ElCaminoReal; ElPalo Alto Park, tween RamonaandBryant streets; ElCamino PARKS: [email protected] kas, neighborhoodpreparednesscoordinator, [email protected];Rudd, Tricia Ward-Dol- NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Middleﬁeld Road and University Avenue, Alma Streetand LOCATION: LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Waverley St.; FirstSchool, 625Hamilton Ave. Webster St.; DowntownChildren’s Center, 555 Discovery Children’s House—Montessori, 437 CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS(nearby): Veronica Weber Veronica place whereneighborsgettoknow eachother now atthecenterofsociallife.Itbecomesa populated Downtown North.JohnsonPark is area intoapublicopenspaceforthedensely to behouses,but thecityredeveloped the Cogswell Plaza, Lytton Avenue be- here.” Currier said.“It’s anicecamaraderie especially whensomeone’s sick,” and friendly. faces intheneighborhood—feelwarm family —even thoughthey arenew Downtown Northmakes herand to dinners,” Damsdalesaid. Living in “Sometimes, peopleinvite eachother other andjoineachother’s parties. Friday afternoons,neighborsvisiteach brought thecommunityheretogether.” back home.It’s theplacethathas Park, throughthedowntown areaand the dogsinevenings toJohnson full ofkids,seniors,andIusedtowalk community,” Lippertsaid.“It’s always “just bywalking around,” Curriersaid. Downtown branch, 270Forest Ave. “We lookoutforeachother, The tiesamongpeoplearestrong. “It isamajorassetofthe between SanFrancisquito Creek University Avenue, StanfordShop- FACTS Hamilton, 380Hamilton Ave. 10 No. 1, 301 Alma St. 18 Addison Elementary $1,801,250 $919,250 — Yichuan Cao Sally Ann NEIGHBORHOODS 9 &&! "! $% rtola Valley, Woodside, Redwood City and north City and Redwood Woodside, rtola Valley, $ ! # !!# & #!'" "$# )"& has been helping clients on the Peninsula on the Peninsula clients has been helping 465-9160

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“My husband and I could not agree for 7 years, then Jackie came along and she 7 years, “My for agree husband and I could not ackie 10 NEIGHBORHOODS week. gardens areopentothepublicduring vegetables thatareinseason.Bothofthese an ediblegardenthatdisplaysfruitsand regional plantsthatuselittlewater and a “waterwise” gardenthatdemonstrates garden featurestwo distinctareas,one the carefullymanicuredbeds.The dirt pathsthatmake theirway through call “Eleanor”Park, thegardenhas program. Onalotnext towhatthelocals master gardenersfromtheUCExtension demonstration gardenthatisplantedby home,” Salibaadded. neighborhood “asenseofhistory.” “tall andmajestic,” servingtogive her to community. Shedescribedthem as even citingthemasareasonforhermove greatly appreciatesthetreesinarea, Bungalows toColonials. designed homes,rangingfromCraftsmanto neighborhood thatboasts1,800individually of EleanorPardee Park andoutintoa families wander throughthegreenexpanses leaves toshadethesidewalks. Runnersand T Crescent Park isalsohometoa “Newer developments don’t feellike Andrea Saliba,aresidentsince1996, their knobbybranchesandmany lined bytall,statelytreesthatspread he widestreetsofCrescentPark are CRESCENT PARK to sayhelloyourneighbors.” Crescent Park NeighborhoodAssociation. armoire. house sitterandanothersellinganantique wanting summerwork, someoneseekinga messages referredtoalostcat,teenager finding agoodfinancialadvisor. Recent about anything fromtakinginadressto for —andreceive —recommendations association. Throughdailyemails,they ask community throughtheirneighborhood restaurants, residentsenjoy asenseof and easyaccesstoUniversity Avenue she said. the creek. appreciates thewildlifethatisfoundaround passionate aboutthecreek. But, despitethefloods,residentsare installed soanotherfloodcanbeprevented. actively togetflood-controlmechanisms Park NeighborhoodAssociationisworking caused propertydamage.TheCrescent pleasure andconcernsincepastfloodshave Francisquito Creek,asourceofboth A new resident,Ken Hawk, whomoved “The associationiswonderful, achance Saliba enjoys participatinginthe But beyond thecreeksidelocation “We draw birdsthatotherareasdon’t,” Cathie Lehrberg, aresidentsince1982, Crescent Park isborderedbySan CONDOS SOLD: MEDIAN 2012CONDOPRICE: HOMES SOLD: ($840,000-$5,445,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Avenue 60 MiddlefieldRoad, MenloPark; University SHOPPING (nearby): School School, JordanMiddleSchool, Palo Alto High PUBLIC SCHOOLS: School, 1095Channing Ave. PRIVATE SCHOOLS: Main, 2085E. BayshoreRoad POST OFFICES: Hopkins CreeksidePark alongPalo Alto Avenue PARKS: Beamer, president, 650-327-7071 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Middlefield Road Creek, NewellRoad, Channing Avenue and LOCATION: LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: dentists tobabysitters. with adetailedlistofcontactsrangingfrom how hisnew neighborsaidedhisarrival welcoming,” headded,commentingon neighbor broughtover acarepackage.” said. “Thefirstdaythatwewerehere,a on how welcomingthecommunitywas. to theneighborhoodin2010,commented “The peopleherearefantastic and “It isagreatsenseofcommunity,” he EleanorPardee Park, 851CenterDrive; MainLibrary, 1213NewellRoad boundedbySanFrancisquito FACTS

No. 3, 799EmbarcaderoRoad Hamilton, 380Hamiliton Ave.; Veronica Weber Veronica 1 DuveneckElementary St. ElizabethSeton The Willows Market, The Willows lovely people.” homes, lovely trees and up simplyas“lovely that itcouldbesummed neighborhood, shesaid the corner,” shesaid. the (new) peoplearound the streethadapartyfor neighbor. a newly moved-in neighborhood welcomed story ofhow her few blockparties.” the fact thatthereare“a Girl Scoutcookies,” and “my daughterselling neighborhood suchas and friendshipinher build community small thingsthathelp appreciative ofthe — AaronGuggenheim And asforthe “The peopleacross Lehrberg toldthe Saliba isespecially $2,447,500 $580,000 Norman NEIGHBORHOODS 11 *No slogan needed 560 Melville Avenue 3610 Ramona Circle 1959 Emerson Street 1131 Lincoln Avenue 1131 Lincoln 470 Santa Rita Avenue SOLD - Buyer Representation SOLD - Buyer SOLD - Seller Representation SOLD - Buyer Representation SOLD - Buyer SOLD - Seller Representation SOLD - Buyer & Seller Representation SOLD - Buyer 925 Forest Avenue 925 Forest 126 Lowell Avenue 126 Lowell 806 Los Robles Avenue 806 Los Over 228 Rinconada Avenue 228 Rinconada 1030 Hamilton Avenue SOLD - Seller Representation DRE 01184883 SOLD - Seller Representation SOLD - Seller Representation SOLD - Buyer & Seller Representation SOLD - Buyer SOLD - Buyer & Seller Representation SOLD - Buyer Averaging 10,000 Visits Per Month Per 10,000 Visits Averaging 650-400-1001 in Palo Alto Sales Alto in Palo $500,000,000 Number One Team out of 79,000 Keller Williams agents Williams out of 79,000 Keller Team Number One Miles McCormick HomesOfPaloAlto.com 249 Lowell Avenue Avenue 249 Lowell 938 Boyce Avenue 938 Boyce 630 Lincoln Avenue 630 Lincoln 220 Rinconada Avenue 220 Rinconada 251 Washington Street 251 Washington SOLD - Buyer Representation SOLD - Buyer SOLD - Buyer Representation SOLD - Buyer SOLD - Seller Representation SOLD - Seller Representation SOLD - Seller Representation 12 NEIGHBORHOODS under $900,000,” shesaid. for $10millionandanothersoldalittle up to200residentsduringthepotluck. boxes. Verwillow saidthepartyusuallygets the blockparty;they wereinneedofjuice toward thecoolerswhenthey arrived at there was afirst-aidkitattheready. an inflatable-rubbersurface. Verwillow said kids flew down theslideandbouncedonto of delightpouredoutinevery direction.The and orangebouncy slidefortheolderkids. for theyoungchildrenanda20-foot-tallblue gasp,” shesaid. after schoolstarts.“Itislike summer’s last whole neighborhoodonthefirstSaturday Kingsley Avenue hostsablockpartyforthe neighborhood, too.Eachyearherblockon the senseofcommunityisstrongin location.” from Stanford,” shesaid.“Itistheperfect of amilefromdowntown andeightblocks neighborhood. N But, locationisthemainattractiontothis “On thisblocktherewas ahousesold Two younggirlsdraggedtheirfather When thekidswereonslide,squeals This yearthepartyhadabouncy house Verwillow, aresidentsince2003,said “The neighborhoodisonlythree-fourths raves aboutthelocationofher exciting places,KathrynVerwillow estled inbetweenPalo Alto’s most UNIVERSITY SOUTH UNIVERSITY When Stanfordopenedin1891,therewas — whichissurroundedbyUniversity South. for theStanfordprofessorswholived there historic districtofProfessorville—named ensure aparkingspotisavailable. each otherbyplaying“musicalcars”to parking. Now, hesaidthatneighborshelp 1978 andsaidthatthereusedtobeample times justtoputaway hergroceries.” a woman walk ablockbackandforthseveral from theirhouses,” Hodossaid.“Ioncesaw run anerrandandhave toparkblocksaway influx ofcarshascreatedabigparkingissue. to long-timeresidentMichaelHodos,this accommodate downtown workers. According streets attheedgeofneighborhoodto continued expansion ofPalo Alto. South hasbroughtsomeproblemswiththe walking distance.” communities,” hesaid.“Everything isin neighborhood isthebestaspect. everyday andalsosaidthelocationof said heenjoys ridinghisbike towork lived inUniversity Southsince1998.He more than100-year-old community. The parkingproblemsspillintothe Hodos haslived intheneighborhoodsince “Residents withoutdriveways willgoto The citydesignatedtwo-hour parking However, thegreatlocationofUniversity “It isthemosturbanofsuburban Eric Nee,ajournalistatStanford,has CONDOS SOLD: ($550,000-$2,700,000) MEDIAN 2012CONDOPRICE: HOMES SOLD: ($1,350,000-$4,257,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Country Village SHOPPING: School School, JordanMiddleSchool, Palo Alto High PUBLIC SCHOOLS: POST OFFICE: Avenue and Waverley Street ning Avenue; Palo Alto HeritagePark, Homer PARKS: Meyer, 650-325-8057 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Street, EmbarcaderoandMiddlefieldroads LOCATION: LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Kingsley Ave. 625 Hamilton Ave.; The LearningCenter, 459 Care Center, 848RamonaSt.; FirstSchool, Creative LearningCenterDowntownChild Kids’ Club, 650 Addison Ave.; Children’s PRESCHOOLS: CHILDCARE AND South was theoriginalPalo Altobecauseit said. without talkingaboutPalo Alto,” Staiger city surroundingit. 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The areathatisnow calledUniversity “You can’t tellthestoryofStanford Veronica Weber Veronica ScottPark, ScottStreetandChan- Downtownbranch, 270Forest Ave. boundedbyHomer Avenue, Alma University Avenue, & Town FACTS said. museum asearly2012,Staiger Alto’s originalclinic. Avenue, whichusedtohousePalo in theRothBuildingonHomer The new museumwillbehoused the neighborhood’s boundaries. Palo AltoHistoryMuseumwithin tradition ofhistorybyopeningthe continue University South’s through. with muchlessredtapetocut renovations onhomescanbedone historic bordersofProfessorville, neighborhood liesoutsidethe than 100yearsold.Butsincethe South hashomesthataremore Staiger. to theuniversity, accordingto was theclosestwalking distance Hamilton, 380Hamilton Ave. 19 No. 1, 301 Alma St. 27 Construction couldstartonthe Staiger saidhehopesto Because ofthis,University Addison Elementary $2,345,000 $1,100,000 Addison Elaine — RyanDeto NEIGHBORHOODS 13 UYER UYER UYER B B B THE THE THE

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ScottStreetMiniPark, ScottStreet Veronica Weber Veronica Downtownbranch, 270Forest Ave. boundedbyKingsleyand Addison University Avenue;& Town FACTS Hamilton, 380Hamilton Ave. 4 No. 1, 301 Alma St., andNo. Letts explained. sugar, borrowing theegg,” Barton said. children, pets,sharemeals,” community isstillstrongtoday. and Bartonagreedthatthe 18-story healthcenter. Letts in the1970sfromaproposed to unifysave Professorville motivated Palo Altoresidents said. “Notwo housesarealike.” the integrity ofthehouses,” she people thatcomeinandkeep Professorville, Lettssaid. the traditionallookandfeelof support theefforts tomaintain permit process,mostresidents Avenue home. Addison Elementary Addison “It’s theoldborrowing the “We take careofeachother’s It was thisprotectiveness that “We reallyappreciatethe Despite theheadachesof Castilleja $2,402,000 — CaseyMoore

NEIGHBORHOODS 15 SOLD SOLD dreyfusproperties www.dreyfusproperties.com 868 Lincoln Avenue 868 Lincoln www.868LincolnSt.com Offered at $2,495,000 869 Partridge Avenue www.869Partridge.com Offered at $1,680,000 465/475 Oxford Avenue www.475oxford.com Offered at $1,795,000 01891857 | 650.701.3263 01891857 01917593 | 650.427.9211 01917593 Summer Brill, Sales Associate DRE [email protected] DRE Noelle Queen, Sales Associate [email protected] SOLD SOLD 2255 Ramona Street Ramona 2255 www.2255Ramona.com Offered at $2,080,000 1040 Emerson Street www.1040Emerson.com Offered at $1,998,000 Street Guinda 744 www.744Guinda.com Offered at $3,195,000 Sand Hill Road Sand 2100 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park 650.847.1141 SOLD SOLD Downtown Palo Alto 728 Emerson St, Palo Alto 650.644.3474 1326 Emerson Street 1326 www.1326Emerson.com Offered at $3,495,000 2302 Santa Ana Street www.2302SantaAna.com Offered at $2,295,000 Lowell Avenue 129 www.129Lowell.com Offered at $2,195,000 01121795 | 650.485.3476 01121795 Michael’s Sales Team includes includes SalesMichael’s Team Summer Brill Noelle and Queen [email protected] Michael Dreyfus, Broker DRE Palo Alto Listings & Sales in 2012 in & Sales Listings Alto Palo SOLD 650.400.6364 Co-listed Mary w/ Jo McCarthy 552 Kellogg552 Avenue www.552Kellogg.com Offered $3,850,000 at 195 Santa Rita Avenue 195 www.195SantaRita.com Offered at $2,295,000 355 Channing Avenue Channing 355 www.355Channing.com Offered at $2,695,000 16 NEIGHBORHOODS 6HQLRUV5HDO(VWDWH6SHFLDOLVW 65(6 WREHVWUHSUHVHQWVHQLR 'HGLFDWHG5HVRXUFH7HDPRIKRPHLPSURYHPHQWVSHFLDOLVWV 5HQRZQHGLQQRYDWLYHPDUNHWLQJ 6XFFHVVIXOO\UHSUHVHQWLQJVRPHRIWKHPRVWGLVWLQFWLYHKRPHV QHDUO\VWUHVVIUHH6KHZDVWKHUHWRJXLGHPHHYHU\VWHSRIWKH JHQXLQHDQGSDWLHQWSHUVRQZKRPDGHDPDMRUOLIHGHFLVLRQ H[WUHPHO\NQRZOHGJHDEOHDQGUHVRXUFHIXOEXWDOVRDYHU\ µ+RZIRUWXQDWH,DPWRKDYHIRXQG(O\VH%DUFD6KHLVQRWRQO\ RWKHUV:KDWFOLQFKHGWKHGHFLVLRQZDV(O\VH·VUHSXWDWLRQµ VXSHUERUJDQL]DWLRQDQGDWWHQWLRQWRGHWDLOSXWKHUDERYHWKH ´:HLQWHUYLHZHGVHYHUDODJHQWVEXW(O\VH·VFRPPXQLFDWLRQVNLOO 6WURQJQHJRWLDWLQJDQGOLVWHQLQJVNLOOV RXUPRVWVLJQLÀFDQWDVVHWV+HUUHVRXUFHWHDPLVDPD]LQJµ ´:HKDYHWKHSHDFHRIPLQGWKDW(O\VHZLOODOZD\VDGGYDOXHWR LQIRUPDWLRQDQGRXUWKHUDSLVWGXULQJWKHWUDQVLWLRQµ ZKHQZHQHHGHGHQFRXUDJHPHQWRXUOLEUDU\ZKHQZHQHHGHG DQGVKHGHÀ ´,Q(O\VHZHIRXQGDJROGPLQH6KHLVVKDUSDQGFRPSDVVLRQDWH LQ6LOLFRQ9DOOH\VLQFH LQRXUFRPPXQLW\ DSUFRP_0(1/23$5.(O&DPLQR5HDO6XLWH_ ² QLWHO\NQRZVKHUEXVLQHVV6KHZDVRXUFKHHUOHDGHU 'LVFRYHUWKH'LIIHUHQFH (/<6(%$5&$ ů ϲϱϬ ǇƐĞΛ ů ǇƐĞĂƌĐĂ͘ĐŽ Zη ͘ϳϰ ů ǇƐĞĂƌĐĂ͘ĐŽŵ Ϭ &&²0HQOR3DUN ϭ ϯ ϬϬϲϬϮϳ 0%²3DOR$OWR -+:RRGVLGH 0.²$WKHUWRQ ͘ Ϭ ² ϳ ŵ ϯϰ ZD\µ V UV NEIGHBORHOODS 17 18 NEIGHBORHOODS Lockwood-Stein said. be hangingoutwiththegrown-ups,” and thekidswillallbeplaying,we’ll active socialhub. minimal trafficmakes theirstreetasafe, and well-kept, Lockwood-Stein said,and of theneighborhoodare“reallyattractive” families. ThehousesintheSteins’corner and sidewalks isvery importanttoboth together. shared experiences thatbringitsresidents insight intodailylifeinDuveneck andthe Stein said. before, soIknew Margot would love it,” Lockwood-Stein said. “great schoolsalltheway ‘tilhighschool,” neighborhood gives theirchildrenaccessto Walter HaysDrive andappreciatehow the trees thatsurroundedtheireventual homeon outside. They wereattractedtothecanopy of children BenandKatherinecouldsafelyplay in searchofaneighborhoodwheretheir Tom SteincametoDuveneck in2008 Green Gables. on MadisonWay, inwhatwas thencalled memories later, they stilllive intheirhome home.” remembers thinking,“Thisisit....This and afteronevisittoPalo Altoin1970,she B DUVENECK/ST. FRANCIS The Steinsalsoenjoy wandering slightly “We’ll take awalk aroundtheloop Socializing onDuveneck’s streets These two families’ experiences provide “We hadbidonasimilar(house)year Margot Lockwood-Stein andherhusband Forty-plus years,threeremodelsandmany around thecountryformany years, wanted tosettledown aftermoving arbara Wolfe andherhusbandElliott said thatsheandherclassmateswereseated attending GreenGablesasafirstgrader, hanging loose,” shesaid. are morecolorful. Duveneck Elementarywas calleduntil1982, beneficial thatcouldbe,” hesaid. kids throughhighschool,andweknew how Elementary astheirson. children inthesamegradeatDuveneck are thankfulthatfive oftheirneighborshave Lockwood-Stein said.Sheandherhusband because ofitsexcellent schoolsystem, Duveneck’s closestcommercialdistricts. and Town &Countryshoppingcenter— take weeklywalks toUniversity Avenue their own pets.Sheandherfriendsalso enjoys meetingpeoplewhoareoutwith added. convenience oflocalwalk-to shopping,” she neighbors togetherandaddtothe visit tothecity, shesaid. Duveneck —impressedherduringfirst of whicharewithinwalking distancefrom Theatre andtheJuniorMuseum&Zoo,all Children’s Library, Palo AltoChildren’s of child-friendlyfacilities —includingthe special “delight.” Palo Alto’s abundance proximity tothecourtsatRinconadaPark. avid tennisplayer, appreciatesDuveneck’s time atEleanorPardee Park, andStein,an further afield.Theirchildrenspendalotof

Wolfe’s daughterLaura,whostarted “In the‘70s,everything was, youknow, Wolfe’s memoriesofGreenGables,as “Both ofusgrew upinthesamegroupof The Steinswanted tomove toPalo Alto For now, shewalks herdogdailyand “Edgewood Plazawould helpbring Wolfe described“Eleanor”Park asa Veronica Weber Veronica HOMES SOLD: ($1,100,000-$2,450,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: be renovated); University Avenue SHOPPING: School School, JordanMiddleSchool, Palo Alto High PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Elizabeth Seton, 1095Channing Ave. School ofthePeninsula, 151Laura Lane; St. PRIVATE SCHOOLS(nearby): POST OFFICE: dero Road Center Drive; RinconadaPark, 777Embarca- PARKS (nearby): global.net White, 650-494-7026, KarenWhite4@sbc- NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: cadero RoadandNewell Creek, OregonExpressway, GreerRoad, Embar- LOCATION: LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Kids’ Club, 705 Alester Ave. PRESCHOOLS: CHILDCARE AND of thePeninsula,” shesaid. town environment inthelarger environment bonds (and)friendlyneighbors,” shesaid. quiet neighborhoodwith“tightcommunity worth it,” Steinsaid. Mateo housethey lived inbeforehand. house issignificantlysmallerthantheSan big financialdecision”andthattheircurrent real estatepricesmake living there“avery Lockwood-Stein saidthatDuveneck’s high involvement,” shesaid. There areteacher’s aidesandmoreparent live withtheirdaughtersEmmaandClara. from BarbaraWolfe’s —wherethey now up onIrisWay —astreetaboutfive blocks bid onmany Palo Altohousesbut ended leaving forcollege yearsbefore.Thecouple with herhusbandDanielCherin1998after Laura said. passing students. horns mountedonthehood—togreet his car—alarge convertible withasteer’s the neighborhoodandoftensatoutsidein principles ofgroupmeditation. heads pressedtogether”—andtaughtthe in acirclebytheirteacher—“withallthe “The beautyiswehave createdasmall- Barbara Wolfe isjustglad tohave founda But “theneighborhoodissogreat,itwas Moving toDuveneck canbedifficult. “The schoolisbettersinceIwas here.... Laura Wolfe moved backtoDuveneck “It was nicetogoover thereandsayhi,” She alsorecalledateacherwholived in Main Library, 1213NewellRoad bounded bySanFrancisquito Edgewood ShoppingCenter(to FACTS Main, 2085E. BayshoreRoad 31 No. 3, 799EmbarcaderoRoad EleanorPardee Park, 851 Duveneck Elementary International $1,685,000 — MartinSanchez Duveneck Karen NEIGHBORHOODS 19

LOS ALTOS REPRESENTING to achieve their to achieve real estate goals Buyers and Sellers Buyers ce ﬁ DRE# 01139489 PALO ALTO PALO PALO ALTO PALO MOUNTAIN VIEW MOUNTAIN MENLO PARK MENLO PARK (408) 221-3175 - cell (650) 566-5348- of PALO ALTO PALO MENLO PARK MENLO PARK www.vanrandall.com [email protected] 20 NEIGHBORHOODS conveniences forraisingchildren,” she there 10yearsago. Neuman andherfamily whenthey moved want.” will getyoutoany shoppingareayou block radius,andthenafive-minute drive conceivable publicservicewithinatwo- place tobe,” hesaid.“You have every could. Iwould sayit’s stillthesame,great has remainedmuchthesameasitpossibly today. “Theoddthingis,theareaitself initially drew Leetotheareastillexist just driving theirkidsfromplacetoplace.” Mothers don’t have tospendalltheirtime because thekidscanbike everywhere. “It’s sonicetobeatthecenterofallthis Park, andofcourse,theschools,” hesaid. museum andlibrary, theaters, Eleanor blocks —swimmingpools,thechildren’s him exactly that. Community Centerneighborhoodgave wide arrayoffamily attractions,the location toraisehistwo kids.With its W “We picked thisareabecauseofallthe These featuresalsoappealedtoKaren After 45years,theamenitiesthat “It haseverything withinacoupleof COMMUNITY CENTER Lee wanted tofind theperfect 1965, college professorMarvin hen hemoved totheBayAreain new homes.” 6 milliondollars.They wererecentlybuilt two homesonmyblockeachsoldfor5to are buying allthehousesinsight.Thelast industry employees. seen intheareaisinfluxoftech years.” of theirage.But,ithappenedwithin10 change withinthenext 30yearsbecause here, Ididthinkthey would have to “When wewerefirst lookingathouses upgraded tonewer homes,” shesaid. houses themselves. everywhere.” money sinceourkidscanwalk justabout scooter sometimes.Itsaves theparentsgas “My daughterwalks toschoolorridesher feels like ahomelycommunity,” shesaid. anywhere else. and saw noreasontomove herfamily sports programs.” center classes,junior-museum classesand activities. ...We’ve beentotonsofart- said. “We’ve beenabletowalk tosomany “They have discovered Palo Altoand Lee saidthemostrecentchangehe’s “A lotoftheolderhomeshave been Neuman saidwhathave changedarethe “The areaissoyouthorientedandit Julie O’Gradygrew upinPalo Alto HOMES SOLD: ($800,000-$5,550,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: SHOPPING: School, Palo Alto HighSchool Duveneck elementaryschools, JordanMiddle PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 1095 Channing Ave. PRIVATE SCHOOL: Hamilton, 380Hamilton Ave. POST OFFICE: Road PARK: Ferguson, 650-327-3222, [email protected] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: dero Road Channing Avenue, NewellRoadandEmbarca- LOCATION: Children’s Library, 1276HarrietSt. LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Hays Kids’Club, 1525MiddleﬁeldRoad PRESCHOOLS: CHILDCARE AND place morelivelier,” hesaid. families moving in.Itmakes thewhole been anincreaseintheusualrateofnew has broughtmany new faces tothearea. Association agreedthatthetechindustry Community CenterNeighbors’ The communitywelcomesthesenew “I dothinkit’s safetosaytherehas Rick Ferguson, presidentofthe Rinconada Park, 777Embarcadero Main Library, 1213NewellRoad,

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eland Manor, Garland Drive and Embarcadero Oaks may be small, but their sense of community runs large. The idyllic mini-neighborhoods nestle in a parallelogram in eastern FACTS LPalo Alto, bounded by the Oregon Expressway, Middlefield Road, Embarcadero Road and CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS (nearby): Louis Road. First Congregational Church Nursery School, Residents say you cannot beat the location, with shops and eateries within walking 1985 Louis Road; Parents Nursery School, distance at Midtown, California Avenue, University Avenue and Stanford University. 2328 Louis Road; Walter Hays Kids’ Club, 1525 Sought-after schools and a nearby community center, children’s theater and library keep local Middlefield Road children busy. Several of the area’s serene streets come to life for annual holiday festivities. FIRE STATION: No. 3, 799 Embarcadero Road LOCATION: Leland Manor: between Berry drops recommended books in Middlefield and Louis roads, Seale and North Leland Manor neighbors’ mailboxes and runs Easter egg California avenues; Embarcadero Oaks: triangle Many Leland Manor families have lived hunts. formed by Embarcadero Road, Seale Avenue there since the area developed 70 years ago, “People really look out for each other,” and Middlefield Road; Garland Drive: between Middlefield and Louis roads but the last decade has seen an influx of Schwenk said. LIBRARY: Main Library, 1213 Newell Road newcomers. Recent transplant Heidi Schwenk NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Neighbor- found her dream house on quiet Northampton Garland Drive hood Preparedness Coordinators, Kathleen Drive in 2006. She has since discovered that it Hughes, [email protected], and Winding Garland Drive is mostly a tranquil was the first in the neighborhood and designed Esther Nigenda, [email protected] community, but it has catapulted many by renowned Palo Alto architect Birge Clark. PARK (nearby): Rinconada Park, 777 Embar- residents into civic affairs. Frances Dias and Another piece of history is up the road: A cadero Road Robert Cooley served on the City Council in POST OFFICE: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge brick house at Newell Road was a prototypical the 1960s. Most recently, Dick Rosenbaum, a Ave. “modern house” in San Francisco’s 1939 resident since 1963, served two terms over 12 PRIVATE SCHOOL: Hwa Shin Bilingual Chi- World’s Fair exposition. years. nese School, 750 N. California Ave.; Stratford Most homes in the area are single-story School, 870 N. California Ave. Residents have also been active around California ranchers spread out on 10-12,000 PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Walter Hays Elementary local issues. Neighbors successfully lobbied square-foot lots, with some contemporary School, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto High the City to close a youth hangout in the 1960s exceptions. Leland Manor’s rolled curbs and School and add stop signs in the 1970s. wireless skies (electric and telephone lines are SHOPPING: Midtown Recent issues center on local schools. MEDIAN 2012 HOME PRICE: $2,801,000 underground) give the still streets an expansive Some residents voiced concern about noise ($1,100,000-$6,000,000) feel. and traffic following a planned reopening and HOMES SOLD: 17 Swing sets and roses decorate front expansion of Garland Elementary School, yards, along with the occasional palm, birch “It’s a real neighborhood,” said Mike Klynn, currently leased to private Stratford School. or Japanese maple. Some residents tend who since 1975 has lived in a house Herbert The City postponed the plan in 2009 after vegetable gardens and even chicken coops. Hoover built as Stanford University president. enrollment slowed, but gave notice to Stratford Defined by a central ring of streets Lined with tall sycamores and houses that to vacate by 2014. At that time, the district will encircling twin cul-de-sacs, Leland Manor date back to the 1930s, including some designs likely remodel before reopening it as a public receives little traffic. Residents say this by Birge Clark, Fulton Street also stands out school. seclusion contributes to their strong sense of during the rest of the year. It was once the In general, residents agree that community. eastern edge of a neighborhood that extended magnolia-lined Garland Drive is “just a A Fourth of July parade brings neighbors past Middlefield and has architecture in Tudor good neighborhood to bring up children,” together annually, a community corkboard Revival and Monterey Colonial styles. Several Rosenbaum said. Most of the children had displays signs for dog walkers and missing ancient oaks lend the area its name. grown up and moved away until 1995, when rabbits, and resident Kathleen Hughes The rest of the neighborhood’s California- new families trickled in. is organizing volunteers for emergency style homes went up after World War II, on Nearly all of Garland Drive’s 90 houses are preparedness. Longtime resident Lorraine streets of descending length branching off original, single-story post-war constructions. Seale Avenue. One of the area’s four cul-de-sacs has a well- A resurgence of families with young established Fourth of July party, and many children has re-defined the well-kept residents belong to a Yahoo group. neighborhood. Caroline Steene, a Swedish citizen who has rented a house in the area for Embarcadero Oaks two years, rides her bicycle around with two Lights and tinsel transform Fulton Street kids in tow. She appreciates local schools, into a winter wonderland every year, drawing diversity and — of course — Christmas Tree Kimihiro Hoshino thousands of visitors to “Christmas Tree Lane. Lane.” Residents have kept the tradition “We don’t do it like that in Sweden.” alive since 1940, and new arrivals inherit — Katia Savchuk

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NEIGHBORHOODS 25 com . SerenoGroup.com ow us to ll DRE # 01174998 Brian Chancellor 650.303.5511 BrianC Fo ChancellorHomes Brian Chancellor AHF>LI:EH:EMH Palo Alto. I call it My home has home My bedrooms 128,180 baths. and 72,086 ! ! ! ! " OLD PALO ALTO FACTS CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS (nearby): Neighborhood Infant-Toddler Center, 311 N. amble Garden, a 2.5-acre public oasis she said, and now boasts a “flourishing” California Ave.; Walter Hays Kids’ Club, 1525 featuring diverse demonstration and Emergency Preparedness program. Middlefield Road Gformal gardens, educational programs Naik and her family moved to the area FIRE STATION: No. 3, 799 Embarcadero Road and grand historic buildings, lies at the heart of from Boston and rented for nine months LIBRARY: Main Library, 1213 Newell Road the Old Palo Alto neighborhood. before buying their home in 2006. They liked LOCATION: between Embarcadero Road and A crown jewel of the city, the garden, the quiet, tree- and flower-filled atmosphere Oregon Expressway, Alma Street and Middle- field Road residents say, is representative of the things and “eclectic, hodgepodge” of houses, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Old Palo they love about their neighborhood as a whole: including Craftsman, Eichler, Colonial and Alto Neighborhood Association (OPANA), beautiful architecture, lush, well-tended Mediterranean-style homes. Nadia Naik, [email protected] greenery and a friendly atmosphere. Fellow resident Mary Haverstock has PARKS: Bowden Park, Alma Street and Old Palo Alto, which stretches from renovated her own house several times and California Avenue; Bowling Green Park, 474 Alma Street to Middlefield Road and currently resides in a Craftsman-style home. Embarcadero Road; Kellogg Park, next to Bowl- between Embarcadero Road and the Oregon “We tried to maintain some of the integrity ing Green Park Expressway, is one of the city’s wealthiest of the original design,” she said. “The housing POST OFFICE: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge Ave. and most desirable, popular with such local styles of the neighborhood are a real mix, and I PRIVATE SCHOOL: Castilleja School, 1310 celebrities such as former footballer Steve love that,” she said. Bryant St. Young. And despite the “old” name, city Haverstock and her family made the PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Addison or Walter Hays historian Steve Staiger said it isn’t the oldest decision to return to Palo Alto from San elementary schools, Jordan Middle School, Palo neighborhood in town, with its first homes not Francisco in 1994 and specifically chose Old Alto High School built until after the turn of the 20th century. Palo Alto because of the “beauty and charm of SHOPPING: Town & Country Village; Midtown “I think Realtors gave it that name because it the area” and its family-friendly environment, MEDIAN 2012 HOME PRICE: $2,529,000 ($710,000-$9,000,000) sounds cool,” he said. including the excellent school system, she said. HOMES SOLD: 38 Though the appropriateness of its name may Haverstock, who, like Naik, has kids at MEDIAN 2012 CONDO PRICE: $777,500 be up for debate, it’s reputation as a pleasant Walter Hays Elementary School, said it has ($725,000-$830,000) place to live is not. been ideal for bringing up her family. And, HOMES SOLD: 2 “It’s got a great urban canopy and a great she said, “Four new families with small kids” neighborhood feel,” Nadia Naik, founder of the have recently moved near her home on Byron Daniel Garber, past chair of the city’s Old Palo Alto Neighborhood Association, said. Street, “which is a change.” Planning and Transportation Commission, has “It’s historic, walkable and bikeable.” Turnover brings in new families and called Old Palo Alto home since 1996. He said In just a couple of years, the neighborhood children to mix with the older, long-time the neighborhood reminded him and his wife group has attracted more than 350 members, population. “That’s really fun,” she said. of the Midwestern communities they grew up in, and that his family has enjoyed many block parties over the years. The central location, too, is an important feature for residents. “It’s a lovely, low-key neighborhood, but it’s close to Midtown and California Avenue,” he said, and downtown is within reach as well. “It’s not always organized,” but there is a friendly feel, with neighbors chatting and socializing often, Haverstock said, explaining that there is more block-to-block activity than an overarching neighborhood identity. “It’s the perfect amount of neighborhood involvement; we’re not busy bodies,” she said, laughing. “When I’m out and about, walking my dog, looking at Veronica Weber the gardens and flowers, I meet people,” she said. “It’s a real community.” NEIGHBORHOODS 26 — Karla Kane NEIGHBORHOODS 27 E ENTIRE MID-PENINSULA Ray Bacchetti Jay & Liana Boyarsky XVFRQÀGHQFHWKDWLW Dr. and Mrs. Harry Hartzell and Mrs. Dr. (650) 475-2035 [email protected] DRE# 01747147 DRE# 01009791 www.LeannahandLaurel.com (650) 475-2030 [email protected] YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YOUR YOUR TEAM FOR MID-PENINSULA REAL ESTATE TEAM FOR MID-PENINSULA YOUR LEANNAH & LAUREL LEANNAH CALL WHO THE TEAM AND WORKS LIVES, UNDERSTANDS It has been a pleasure to work with you on the sale of our house. 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LucilleLawrence Casciohaslived in T With Stanford,Palo AltoHighSchool, Besides addingtoitspedestrianfeel, Southgate, borderedbyElCaminoReal, The neighborhoodhaschanged. 1920s, whenthey soldandsubdivided was owned bytheStanfordsuntil he formerorchardthatisSouthgate SOUTHGATE that every streetinSouthgatehashad in thelastthreeyears.Gorelikestimated talking. street, andspendtheevening eatingand arrange foldingchairsinthemiddleof organize partiesandpicnics.Neighbors drives. Individual blockssometimes Memorial Dayblockpartiesandtoy Southgate is,” Angellsaid. probably aneighbor’s. Thisishow cozy cat fromhercouch.“Thisisn’t mine— of bikers,” Angellsaid,liftingasnoozing the twinstoPeersPark, andofcourselots dogs, women withbabies,fathers taking there since1963,recalled. the parkafterdinner, Cascio,who’s lived in the1960sSouthgatekidsalsoplayed played inthestreetafterdinner. Ofcourse Carolina ofherchildhood,whenkids resident since2007,said. Gorelik, amotheroffourandSouthgate the location.“For teens,it’s perfect,” Irina within walking-distance, residentslove Avenue, andTown &CountryVillage all the Caltrain,CaliforniaAvenue, University Southgate hasseenalotofconstruction The neighborhoodholdsannual “I seeadailyprocessionofpeoplewith Southgate remindsAngelloftheNorth HOMES SOLD: ($1,100,000-$2,350,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: nia Avenue SHOPPING: Palo Alto HighSchool. Hays elementaryschools, JordanMiddleSchool, PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Ave. POST OFFICE: PARK: com, 650-327-4428 Fall, Neighborhood Watch, wmjmcfall@yahoo. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Avenue Boulevard, therailroad tracks andChurchill LOCATION: and College Terrace branch, 2300 Wellesley St. LIBRARIES: Stanford Campus FIRE STATION: Kids’ Club, 1525MiddlefieldRoad Kids’ Club, 890EscondidoRoad; Walter Hays Casa deiBambini, 457College Ave.; Escondido CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS(nearby):

two-story home. converted hersmallerhometoalarge, too perfecttopassup.Sincethenshe small forherfamily, but thelocationwas Southgate, sheknew herhousewas too with secondfloors.Whenshearrived in three orfourhomesremodeled,many Galen Stolee Galen Palo AltoHighSchoolteacherand Alexander Peers Park, 1899Park Blvd. bounded byElCaminoReal, Park Main Library, 1213NewellRoad; Town &Country Village; Califor- worried thatitwillimpact me.” rail, “but atmyage,I’m nottoo have todealwith thehigh-speed Her house’s inheritorswilllikely organize andconstruct,shesaid. could take morethanadecadeto garage. Therailproject,however, speed railmaytake outher louder,” McKenzie said. neighborhood significantly It isgoingtomake apastoral rip upawholestreetofhouses. neighborhood. Itcouldpossibly to have itgothroughyour wanted it,but it’s abitshocking issue inthecommunity. “We all Francisco hasbecomethebiggest that would linkSanDiego toSan a very neighborlyplace,” shesaid. of theneighborhood,but it’s still “It haschangedthelookandfeel trend tomake over smallhouses. Kate McKenzie alsonoticedthe Southgate residentsince1996 FACTS Cambridge, 265Cambridge 8 No. 6, 711Serra St. onthe Cascio worried thatthehigh- The proposedhigh-speedrail Escondido and Walter $1,362,900 — GeorgiaWells Jim Mc- NEIGHBORHOODS 29 EVERGREEN PARK FACTS CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS (nearby): efore arriving at her house in Evergreen moved to Evergreen Park in 1986 and has Casa dei Bambini Montessori School, 463 & Park, Jennifer DiBrienza lived all over observed its transformation over time. 457 College Ave.; Escondido Kids’ Club, 890 the area from Menlo Park to Los Altos to “The whole neighborhood has completely Escondido Road B FIRE STATION: No. 2, 2675 Hanover St. South Palo Alto. And in the magical moment changed since the late 1980s with all this LIBRARY: College Terrace branch, 2300 that befalls some homeowners, she walked into construction,” she said, pointing to homes on Wellesley St. the house and fell in love. Leland Avenue that are being renovated. “And it LOCATION: between California Avenue, Park “When we got here, we weren’t at all hasn’t let up.” Boulevard and El Camino Real thinking about the neighborhood,” she said. Her house, however, has resisted change for NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: David But that was later. 26 years. This gives Goldeen another reason to Schrom, 650-323-7333 “We were unpacking the kids’ bedrooms beam about her neighborhood. PARKS: Alexander Peers Park, 1899 Park Blvd. POST OFFICE: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge for their first night there and the windows were “Evergreen Park has a good mix of new and Ave. open and we could hear the Stanford band old houses,” she said. “We have neighbors of PRIVATE SCHOOL: The Living Wisdom School, practicing,” DiBrienza said. “And we just put on diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. It is a truly 456 College Ave. our shoes and ran down the street and watched mixed development.” PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Escondido Elementary the band.” Two annual events that bring residents School, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto High Then she discovered the park. together are the block-party potluck and a Peers School “We had been here just a couple of days and Park barbecue, organized by the Magic House, SHOPPING: California Avenue MEDIAN 2012 HOME PRICE: $1,532,500 we went out to the park and thought, this is a cooperative-living house on Oxford Avenue. ($1,250,000-$2,850,000) spectacular. And we have little kids and the train One of the “magicians,” David Schrom, is HOMES SOLD: 4 goes by and they could hear the train.” president of the neighborhood association and MEDIAN 2012 CONDO PRICE: $861,250 These are some of the reasons why people has been a resident since 1976. ($805,000-$1,500,000) love Evergreen Park. The neighborhood One political action that appeared on the CONDOS SOLD: 8 is its own quiet little world with about 150 city’s council agenda in the 1990s was residents’ single-family homes and about 250 multi- desire to lessen neighborhood traffic with street traffic nuisance, people walked more frequently, family homes that include condos as well as barricades, one-way streets, and traffic islands. neighbors interacted with each other and kids apartments. The result, according to Goldeen, was a biked more safely in the street. A lifelong Palo Altan, Deborah Goldeen change in the neighborhood culture. With less — Haiy Le

MAYFIELD FACTS CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS (nearby): ne of Joe Villareal’s favorite places Alto annexing Mayfield. Casa dei Bambini Montessori School, 463 & to eat is Palo Alto Baking Company One of the biggest differences between 457 College Ave.; Escondido Kids’ Club, 890 on California Avenue because it is Mayfield and the surrounding neighborhoods Escondido Road O FIRE STATION: No. 2, 2675 Hanover St. individually owned and run. is the kind of housing it provides. While LOCATION: between Oregon Expressway, “The person who owns it usually works Evergreen is filled with single-family homes, El Camino Real, California Avenue and Park here,” he said. “You’ll find a lot of businesses flowering front yards and picket fences, the Boulevard like that on California Avenue.” majority of housing in Mayfield is multi-family NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Palo Alto Despite containing one of the biggest residences, such as apartments and condos. Neighborhoods members: Joe Villareal, 650- commercial districts in Palo Alto, the Though there is not an official neighborhood 326-7519 Mayfield neighborhood is often forgotten or association, several Mayfield residents, PARKS: Sarah Wallis Park, 202 Grant Ave. POST OFFICE: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge grouped together with one of the surrounding including Villareal, are part of Palo Alto Ave. neighborhoods, said Villareal, a resident for 32 Neighborhoods, an independent organization PRIVATE SCHOOL: The Living Wisdom School, years. It’s left off of neighborhood maps and that aims to help each neighborhood in the area 456 College Ave. many of its own residents are not aware of its communicate its needs to the city. SHOPPING: California Avenue historical significance. Joe Belion, who has lived in Mayfield for MEDIAN 2012 HOME PRICE: $1,000,000 “It has a very distinct history,” he said. 13 years, said one of the main reasons he HOMES SOLD: 1 Mayfield, Calif., was its own town founded enjoys his home there is that there are a myriad MEDIAN 2012 CONDO PRICE: $673,000 in 1855, even before Palo Alto’s beginnings in restaurants within walking distance from his ($478,000-$978,000) CONDOS SOLD: 14 1894, said Palo Alto Historical Association’s apartment. historian Steven Staiger. Though Leland “I like that I’m by a lot of places I can eat,” multi-family residents, Villareal said the Stanford originally wanted to build his he said. community boasts a lot of diversity. university in Mayfield, the town refused his While living near Palo Alto’s second “This area has a big mixture of population, one request: that the town, which was known downtown is certainly a plus for many from age, ethnicity, income levels,” he said. for its 13 bars, go “dry.” Mayfield residents, it’s also clear that parking Eventually, Palo Alto outgrew Mayfield and near home is a challenge. — Lauren-Marie Sliter NEIGHBORHOODS 30 in 1925, the two cities became one, with Palo Because Mayfield is zoned primarily for NEIGHBORHOODS 31 Julie Tsai Law Julie Tsai Broker Associate, CRS, SRES, MBA Top agent of the nation, according to Wall Street Journal rankings DRE # 01339682 Cell Phone: (650) 799-8888 Email: [email protected] www.JulieTsaiLaw.com professional stagers, etc. professional reparing your property for sale: Market analysis & strategic market planning Market analysis & strategic market Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Altos Hills, Altos, Los Alto, Los Palo in real estate investment, Over 20 years experience for over 24 years Mid-Peninsula resident of the neighborhoods and well Detailed knowledge agent Consistent top producing exceptionally skillful in every Highly educated and marketer & tactful negotiator Wonderful to her clients Resourceful, diligent, loyal and truthful handle all the details! 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Thismeantno reappeared inJanuarywiththedeparture years ago;they weregladwhenthequiet that quietRedlefsenloves faded afew favorite fruits,veggies andgoodies.” morning, wetake thekidstopickouttheir Avenue Farmers Market. “Every Sunday store, two Starbucks andtheCalifornia stores, thedrycleaners,postoffice,bike They alsowalk torestaurants,grocery Elementary school,isa10-minutewalk. walkability: Thekids’school,Escondido birds chirpingonourfirstmorning.” Avenue. Idistinctlyremembernoticingthe compared toouroldplaceonUniversity first thingswenoticedwas how quietitis the quiet.“Whenwemoved in,oneofthe Terrace since2005andisstillstruckby lined withhousesofallstylesandsizes. strollers arecommonsightsonthestreets care centersandparks.Dog-walkers and public elementaryschoolandseveral child students atnearbyStanford.It’s neara C Not everyone was totallyunhappy with “They’re goneandwelove it,” shesaid. Some residentswereunhappy when His family especiallyloves the Lorenz Redlefesenhaslived inCollege COLLEGE TERRACE families, includingthoseofgrad as aplacethat’s goodforyoung ollege Terrace haslongbeenknown by peoplewholive intheneighborhood com. It’s acustomsiteonlyaccessible neighborhood viathewebsitenextdoor. sewing club. They’ve startedanon-line who have formedtwo bookgroupsanda some nicediversity, shesays. live thereforafew years,andthatadds neighborhood activities, even ifthey’ll only with theirfamilies andoftenparticipatein Post-graduate studentsatStanfordmove in out andabouthasgonedown, shesaid. up andsothenumberofyoungfamilies to localindustry. Thekidsaregrowing of changesintheneighborhoodunrelated bother ofourformerneighbor.” again, but Idomisssomeofthefussand streets! paraded down ourhumbleneighborhood when PresidentObamaandhismotorcade dog, andofcoursehow incredibleitwas up themorningwhenIwas outwalking my multiple visitsfrommedia,whichspiced satchel slungover hisback.Therewere on alongboardwithhisupscalecomputer his late20s/early30srollingcasuallyby handsome, professionallydressedmanin pour inthroughouttheday,” shesaid. mostly funtoseetheyoungprofessionals company broughttothearea.“Itwas Duby, enjoyed someoftheactivity the Facebook. Aresidentsince1986,Robyn But there’s stillacoreofactive neighbors Over theyearsSchmitthasseenalot “It isnicetohave ourquieterstreetback “My favorite sightingwas ofa CONDOS SOLD: MEDIAN 2012CONDOPRICE: HOMES SOLD: ($850,000-$2,850,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: SHOPPING: School School, JordanMiddleSchool, Palo Alto High PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Ave. POST OFFICE: Park, 2100DartmouthSt. St.; Weisshaar Park, 2298DartmouthSt.; Werry Wellesley St.; MayfieldPark, 2300 Wellesley PARKS: Terrace Residents’ Association, www.ctra.org NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Street Camino Real, California Avenue and Amherst LOCATION: LIBRARY: No. 6, 711Serra St. ontheStanfordcampus FIRE STATION: Escondido Road Road; Pepper Tree After SchoolProgram, 865 Road; EscondidoKids’Club, 890Escondido Ave.; BingNurserySchool, 850Escondido Terrace Children’s Center, 2300 Wellesley PRESCHOOLS: CHILDCARE AND living. to posttipsaboutenergy savings andgreen Schmitt isamember. 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Your March-May 38 NEIGHBORHOODS Park, one maynotatfirstrealizethatthis is added. kids ontheblockthathersoncan playwith. neighborhood school,there’s apackoffive is theneighborlinessofresidents. direction andthere’s apark,shesaid. because theschoolsaresogood,” sheadded. weren’t socommittedtobilingual education school,” Prochaskasaid.“Ialmost wishwe the InternationalSchoolofPeninsula. drawn toAdobeMeadow foritsproximityto Road, thingsmove alittlemorepeacefully. and CharlestonRoadeastofMiddlefield the Peninsula.BetweenEastMeadow Drive offer residentsinthemidstofhubbub of the slowed down lifestyletheneighborhoods Meadow andMeadow Park. Palo Alto’s close-knitneighborhoodsAdobe Louis RoadBridge,theonlyspanconnecting has becometruerintherecentyearsas is very accessibletoyoungfamilies. This local elementaryschool,theneighborhood Verde Elementary. Hethinks,becauseofthe neighborhood andhischildrenattendedPalo since 1962,raisedhisfamily inthe Ross RoadYMCA. the EichlerSwimandTennis Clubandthe centers ofPalo Verde ElementarySchool, neighborhood istiedtothecommunity and EastMeadow Drive, thePalo Verde recent renovations, new homes andtalltrees. dominate thelandscapemingledamong crown jewels of1950sarchitecturestill outwards towards thegarden. large plate-glasswindows thatfaced Eichler, asmallone-storystructurewith suburbia. Theresultwas thenow-iconic A I ADOBE MEADOW/MEADOWADOBE PARK Upon crossingAdobe CreekintoMeadow “It’s avery warm, communityfeel,” she Even thoughthechildren don’t attendthe But even morethantheconvenient location And walk orbike fourblocksinany “Both kids(age9and5)bike 1.25milesto Patricia ProchaskaandGregory Kleinwere The slow paceofthestreamisechoedby Allen Smoll,aresidentofPalo Verde Located betweenLomaVerde Avenue In thePalo Verde neighborhood,these massive post-World War IIrushto modern middle-classhousesforthe n 1948,JosephEichlersoughttobuild Francisco Bay, itcrossesunderthe miles fromBlackMountaintotheSan s AdobeCreekbabblesitslastfew PALO VERDE things toparticipatein.” There arelotsofthingstodoand lotsof within walking distanceof catching thebus. distance ofthelibrary, thegrocerystoreand are close,” Swan said.“We arewithinwalking for almostfive decades. amenities have kept Swan happilyinthearea allow residentstothwart traffic.Theselocal develop. 48 yearshaswatched theformerfarmland neighborhood in1964,andover thepast President CathySwan moved tothe chairs. residents toelectneighborhoodassociation the entireneighborhood,andallowing the evolved intoadayoffestivities encompassing neighborhood blockparty. Theevent has Ramos Park fortheannualAdobeMeadow out oftheirhomesandgatherat4.4-acre neighborhood. also adheretotheone-storymotifof a smatteringofEichlerdevelopments that and Kauffman homesadornthestreets,with a new neighborhood.Similar1950sBrown added. “Our cul-de-sacisneighborhood-y,” she remains onewithanactive socialscene. with children. architecture, itisadraw foryoungfamilies swimming poolanddistinctive Eichler Tennis Club. With itsmultiplecourts,large community istheEichlerSwimand It makes ushappy,” shesaid. school nearby. she isstillgladtohave theelementary with herfamily in1979,agreeswithSmoll. Mullens, whomoved totheneighborhood playgrounds,” Smollsaid. neighborhood. more youngfamilies have settledinthe “There are a lot of really nice things that “There arealotofreallynicethings that Schools andparkswithinwalking distance Meadow Park NeighborhoodAssociation Every LaborDay, theresidentsempty “We have ablockparty,” Mullenssaid. As fortheneighborhoodasawhole,it Also prominentinthePalo Verde “We like tohearthekidsplayatrecess.... Now thatherchildrenhave moved out, Another Palo Verde residentRinah “Schools aregoodandtherelotsof — DeanMcArdleand CarolBlitzer — AaronGuggenheim HOMES SOLD: ($1,150,000-$2,255,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Middlefield RoadatLoma Verde Avenue Middlefield RoadandColorado Avenue; also SHOPPING: School School, J.L. StanfordMiddleSchool, GunnHigh PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 3400 W. BayshoreRoad PRIVATE SCHOOLS: POST OFFICE: Stockton Place E. MeadowDrive; Henry W. SealePark, 3100 PARKS (nearby): [email protected], http://pvra.jot.com/WikiHome Residents Association, BorisFoelsch, borisfoel- NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Bayshore roads and EastMeadowDrive, Middlefieldand West LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Kids’ Club, 3450LouisRoad PRESCHOOLS: CHILDCARE AND CONDOS SOLD: ($409,500-$1,216,000) MEDIAN 2012CONDO PRICE: HOMES SOLD: ($1,215,000-$2,750,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Shopping Center SHOPPING: Gunn HighSchool School, J.L. StanfordMiddleSchool, HenryM. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Middlefield Road PRIVATE SCHOOL: Road POST OFFICE: Meadow Drive Meadow Drive; MitchellPark, 650East PARKS: dent, [email protected] KenNeighborhood Association,presi- Allen, com, www.meadowpark.us; Adobe Meadow president, 650-494-2892, swan.cathy@gmail. Park Residents Association, Cathy Swan, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Road Fabian Way,Montrose Avenue,Middlefield LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Ross Road Drive; SunshinePreschoolMontessori, 3711 Covenant Children’s Center, 670EastMeadow CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS(nearby): Don JesusRamosPark, 800 East Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- between Loma Verde Avenue between bounded byEastMeadowDrive, Midtown ShoppingCenter, Charleston Center, Midtown FACTS FACTS Main, 2085E. BayshoreRoad Main, 2085EastBayshore 23 10 No. 4, 3600MiddlefieldRoad No. 4, 3600MiddlefieldRoad 17 Don JesusRamosPark, 800 Challenger School, 3880 PaloElementary Verde Fairmeadow Elementary The Girls’MiddleSchool, $1,600,000 $1,450,000 $908,888 Palo Verde Palo Verde Meadow SOLD BY KATHLEEN IN 2012: 2012 has been one of the most robust markets in more than a 1032 College Ave. Palo Alto (Sold Off Market) decade. 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39 40 NEIGHBORHOODS some time”beforethefamily considers According toFrancoise,itwillbe“quite husband Burt,bike toschoolandwork. commuting. TheLangs’children,and main attractionfortheLangs. country feel,” Francoisesaid,mentioningthe 2008, isFrancoiseLang.“Ithasasecluded, cattle grazed. where GunnHighSchoolislocated,dairy to EncinaGrandePark, andontheland Fruit orchardscouldbeseenfromElCerrito 1920s and‘30sagriculturewas itsmainstay. Drive andBarronAvenue. Betweenthe Jones, alongElCaminoReal,LaSelva County subdivision byColonelSebastian when itwas laidoutasa62-lotSantaClara is “themulti-culturalcaliberofresidents.” community home.Butthereasonheremains Park Association(BPA), chosetocallthis executive boardmemberoftheBarron top thelistofreasonsKen Tani, former variety ofhousesandgreatschooldistrict” residents. were rootedintheheartsandmindsofits simpler time,wherefamily andcommunity Barron Park hastensbacktotheeraofa in thecommunityofBarronPark. have gonebythewayside —unlessyoulive complete withmarchingbandanddonkeys, T Equally attractive was theeaseof A relative newcomer toBarronPark, since Barron Park’s historydatesbackto1925 “The ruralareaatmosphere,wide Unlike mostSiliconValley neighborhoods gatherings in the park and winter parades gatherings intheparkandwinterparades held towelcomenew neighbors,spring daysofsummerice-creamsocials he BARRON PARK BARRON flooding toBarronPark homesandresidents Flood ControlProjectprovided safetyfrom executed inthe1990sbyBPA, the Graham, said. mortgages, BarronPark historian,Doug insurance optionalratherthanrequiredfor 100-year flood-zonemap,” makingflood but hasrecentlybeenremoved fromthe was plaguedbymany yearswithflooding, with itpossiblehazards.“BarronPark he said.“It’s ourmainevent.” “A lotofthecommunitylooksforward toit,” musicians toperform,alongwithhimself, gathering, heparticipatesinitbyorganizing resident, Paul Edwards. includes alarge Maypole,built bylongtime ago MayDaycelebrations.TheFeteeven May Fete,anannualevent basedonlong- residents gathereachspringtocelebrate parks” areimportanttohim. neighborhood, but “thepeople,andthe Barron Park intoPalo Alto. character sincethe1975incorporationof of Palo Altoregarding maintainingthat projecting avery strongvoice inthecity University andourvarious downtowns.” our streetsandbikingtonearbyStanford its culturalsurroundings—walking on was attractedto“theruralcharacterand moving anyplace else. Initiated inthe1980sandsuccessfully The naturalbeautyoftheparkbrought Breitbard notonlyattendsthisyearly Bol Park onLagunaAvenue iswhere Not onlythecharacterof He feelstheBPA hasbeensuccessfulin Gary Breitbard,aresidentsince1972, CONDOS SOLD: ($368,000-$1,120,000) MEDIAN 2012CONDOPRICE: HOMES SOLD: ($934,000-$4,300,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: ping Center, California Avenue SHOPPING: School, GunnHighSchool Briones elementaryschools, Terman Middle PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Ave. POST OFFICE: Park, 609Maybell Ave. Barron andMataderoavenues; JuanaBriones PARKS: bpaonline.org, www.bpaonline.org Melena, president, 650-493-2135, president@ NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: High Schoolfields Maybell avenues, ElCaminoRealandGunn LOCATION: Middlefield Road Wellesley St.; MitchellPark branch, 3700 LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Kids’ Club, 4100OrmeSt. Park Kids’Club, 800Barron Ave.; JuanaBriones Park Preschool, 3650LaDonna Ave.; Barron Park Children’s Center, 800Barron Ave.; Barron PRESCHOOLS: CHILDCARE AND come insearchofthedonkeys inBolPark. donkeys.” Barron Park. Shesmilesandadds,“andthe Pellizzari, afourth-generationresidentof out fromtherestofPalo Alto,” saidSandee appearances. while maintainingthecreek’s natural Visitors asfar away asWashington have “It’s thecountrylookthatmakes itstand Bol Park, Laguna Avenue between College Terrace branch, 2300 roughly betweenChimalusand

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FACTS Vivian Wong Vivian Cambridge, 265Cambridge 40 No. 5, 600 Arastradero Road 9 Barron Park andJuana community. of theresidentsthis stay, asarethemajority donkeys, arethereto and Niner, theresident true toitspromise.Perry Cornelis BolPark. improvement —ultimately purchase priceandcostof five yearstocover the Barron Park residentsfor district was createdtotax to thecounty. Aspecial of theBolfamily property continuation intothesale Bol incorporatedits since 1965whenJosina been astapleofthepark The donkey pasturehas The BPA hasremained — KimberlyEwertz $1,823,500 $915,000 Barron Lynnie NEIGHBORHOODS 41 !"#$%#!"#$% 42 NEIGHBORHOODS said. Fairmeadow NeighborhoodAssociation, friendly,” LenFilppu,leadorganizer ofthe streets. Eichler’s early1950sdesignofconcentric perceiving thereasoningbehindJoseph through here,” Macqueensaid,accurately traffic sincepeopleareafraidtodrive confusing, but it’s greatbecauseitcuts around inandplay. traffic, safeforherbusy boys torun Carlson Circlewithitslittlethoroughfare circular streetsofFairmeadow, suchas young children. Fairmeadow attractive tofamilies with protected nichesareattributes thatrender far-off distance.Spaciousstreetsand and thenotesofasaxophonein challenges affecting CharlestonMeadows, to raisetheirawareness aboutthecurrent annually, tobringresidentstogetherand community-building events atleastonce neighborhood,” hesaid. after him.Thisisaprettysafe, intimate were, ofcourse,peekingaround watching unsupervised. Littledidheknow thatwe friends, feelingvery independentand often gooff totheRoblesPark withhis with children. of CharlestonMeadows attractfamilies ubiquitous single-storywood-frame homes said. with adiverse populationandage,” Hofer neighborhood hasthatsamefeeling,along really hadasmall-town atmosphere.This neighborhood feellike home. that itwas theresidentsthatmade of thecommunityassociation,decided Over theyears,Hofer, aformerpresident family toCharlestonMeadows in1987. J C “Fairmeadow isespeciallyfamily- “People saythecircularstreetsare Resident KathrynMacqueenfinds the The neighborhoodassociation holds “When mysonwas younger, hewould The tree-linedstreets,parksand “I grew upinMenloPark whenit CHARLESTON MEADOWS the schoolsystemwhenhemoved his neighborhood basedonitsaccessto ohn Hoferpicked hisPalo Alto sound ofchildrenplaying day ispunctuatedbythegentle arlson Circle’s quietonasunny FAIRMEADOW World War II,” Filppusaid. in Fairmeadow sincethebabyboomafter ago thatshehasnotseensomany children Circle. at theirannualblockpartyonRamona welcomed bytheresidentsofFairmeadow easy. Macqueen’s family was heartily she first moved totheareainJune2010. imagined would beinshortsupplywhen Fairmeadow, whichwas whatMacqueen summer. areas andmusicconcertsduringthe green spaces,Patterson said,withpicnic two daughters.Theparkboastsbountiful residents ErlandPatterson andhisson Park isfrequentedbyFairmeadow conveniently locatednearby,” hesaid. park, YMCAandseveral schoolsareall them withopen armsandhopethatthey of myvintage.We’ve morethanwelcomed moving in,whichisrefreshing forpeople Eichler bythepark,said. in 1955moved with herfamily intoan schoolteacher MerryEdwardson, who has undergone aRenaissance,retired children playing,CharlestonMeadows Robles Park revived by thesoundsof the neighborhood,sheadded. introducing themandwelcomingto trick-or-treating withnew neighbors, around dothat.” apricots orsomecitrusfruit.Peopleall come homeandthere’ll bealittlebagof chickens,” saidSaraArmstrong. “I’ll fruit fromtheirgardensoreggs fromtheir issues,” Hofersaid. up tospeedoncity-wideorneighborhood informational gatheringstobringresidents had blockparties,icecreamsocialsand annual associationmeeting,but we’ve also the annualelections. most recentlymeetingatRoblesPark for “An oldtimeroncetoldmeafew years Meeting herneighborshasalsobeen There isplentytokeep oneoccupiedin The children’s playareainMitchell “The new library, LittleLeagueball “We have alotmoreyoungerfamilies With new families cominginand At Halloween longtimeresidentswent “Often neighborswillgifteachother “Usually, ourevent coincideswithour — ZohraAshpari HOMES SOLD: ($1,110,000-$1,545,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: SHOPPING (nearby): School, GunnHighSchool elementary schools, J.L. StanfordMiddle PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Middlefield Road PRIVATE SCHOOL: Ave. POST OFFICE: PARK: Filppu, leadorganizer, 650-857-1031 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Mitchell Park Road, EastMeadowDrive, Alma Streetand LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Center, 4111 Alma St. E. CharlestonRoad; Palo Alto Infant Toddler E. CharlestonRoad; HooverKids’Club; 445 Drive; Ellen Thacher Children’s Center, 505 Covenant Children’s Center, 670E. Meadow Besse BoltonKids’Club, 500E. MeadowDrive; CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS(nearby): CONDOS SOLD: ($600,000-$1,521,000) MEDIAN 2012CONDOPRICE: HOMES SOLD: ($950,000-$2,500,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Piazza’s ShoppingCenter SHOPPING: School School, Terman MiddleSchool, Gunn High PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Cambridge, 265Cambridge Ave. only, noreceiving)3666bELCaminoReal; POST OFFICE: Drive andMiller Avenue Park Blvd.; MonroeMiniPark (nearby), Monroe PARKS: tonmeadows.org Hartog, [email protected], www.charles- NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Alma Street, Adobe CreekandElCaminoReal LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: No. 5, 600 Arastradero Road FIRE STATION: Tree Preschool, 450 W. CharlestonRoad PRESCHOOLS: CHILDCARE AND we have,” shesaid. make theneighborhooda home asmuch Mitchell Park, 600E. MeadowDrive Don SecundinoRoblesPark, 4116 Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- bordered byEastCharleston bounded by West MeadowDrive, San Antonio ShoppingCenter, FACTS FACTS Cambridge, 265Cambridge Alma ShoeRepair(forsending 11 10 No. 4, 3600MiddlefieldRoad No. 4, 3600MiddlefieldRoad; 12 Challenger School, 3880 Fairmeadow andHoover Juana BrionesElementary Charleston Center $1,450,000 $1,299,375 — SarahTrauben $1,033,000 Growing Len Ellen Lynn Wilson Roberts

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43 44 NEIGHBORHOODS calls MonroePark “aborderstate.” She encountering andchattingwithneighbors. live nearby, have taken togoingthereoften, afternoon andevening stroll.TheHalpins,who and isthepopulardestinationofmany alate- serves asacenterpiecefor theneighborhood marked byaswing-setandpairofbenches, feel partofthecommunity. bedroom homein2010,theHalpinsalready way through.” district, acommunity, andbringthekidsall goal was togetintoaneighborhood,school is perfectforthat,” HollieHalpin said.“The play andmeetneighbors,Monroecircle statistics, they settledonMonroePark. interviewing residents,andlookingatschool children. Afterscoutinglocalneighborhoods, down permanentlyandraisetheirthreeyoung for acommunitywherethey couldsettle every year—“every yearsince15to17years,” neighborhood becausethey throw ablockparty for “business orjobs,but forfamily.” emphasized thatmoving toPalo Altowas not Surrounded byrelatives wholive nearby, they their homeinVentura tobeclosefamily. from the1930s.In1991,they decidedtobuy a half,English-Revival Cottage-inspired home 20 yearsnow, inapaleyellow, one-story and three kids,have lived onMatadero Avenue for newly designedhomes. contribute totheoddmixtureofvintageversus Recent renovations inthepastcoupleofyears Spanish andEnglishRevival tosimplecottage. family orcommunity. highlighted forbusiness andjobs,not adding thattherichersideofPalo Altoismainly than therestofPalo Alto,” KirstenFlynnsaid, Alto. street, Ventura isunlike any otherareainPalo individual stylesanddifferent families onevery W T A residentsince1974,LinneaWickstrom The parkitself,asmall,gentlyslopingplot Having moved intotheirtwo-story, four- “We wanted aplace wherethekidscould Kirsten Flynnsaidthatit’s agreat Kirsten andFrankFlynn,alongwiththeir Architecture inVentura rangesfrom “It makes itseemlike arealplace,other kids riding along the bike path, houses of kids ridingalongthebike path,housesof community, andnotjustethnically. With Venturahe neighborhoodisitsown diverse Palo Alto,they searchedmeticulously to leave theirhomeinSanJosefor hen BillandHollieHalpindecided MONROE PARKMONROE VENTURA interaction.” really goodneighbor. ...It’s acatalystfor social friendly,” saidRandy, adding,“Theparkisa young childreninMonroePark. said. They decidedtostay andraisetheirthree the neighborhoodcharmedthem, couple expecting toonlystayforfive years—but neighborhood fromMountainView in1994, distinct andquietlysurprisingair. and rusticroofshingles,lendeachhomea paneled garagedoors,brightwindow frames beiges andteals.Smalldetails,like wood- a subdued,earthypaletteofgreens,browns, towering two-story Mission-stylehomes,in reveals quaintbungalows nestled beside association. who ispresidentofthelocalhomeowners’ $1.6 millionto$1.8million,saidWickstrom, to $900,000,whilebiggerhousesoftensellfor Alto side.Smalllotstypicallygofor$800,000 occupy MonroePark, with110onthePalo estimates thatapproximately250houses But partsofitarealsocommercial,” headded. area toroam.“It’s residential,but multi-family. together,” headded. getting along,partyingtogether, raisingkids and stillis.“There’s quiteamixtureof people at thetime,neighborhoodwas very diverse Ventura becauseoftheaffordable prices,hesaid could afford atthetime. old daughter, hesaiditwas theonlyhousehe neighborhood. Asasingleparentwith4-year- on Park Boulevard alsointheVentura jokingly. bought thehouse,justaplus,” sheadded bikes,” Flynnsaid.“Butthat’s notwhywe commuting routerunningalongPark Boulevard. convenience ofthenew bike boulevard, abike- economically aswell.” diversity wehave. Notjustethnically, but socio- affordable theneighborhoodgets,less of peopleandcareers.Addingthat“theless she added. “The neighborhood’s great,peopleare Nancy andRandyPoppmoved tothe A strollaroundtheMonroeDrive loop Matthews alsosaidVentura isaninteresting Although Matthews chosetomove to In 1986,GuyMatthews boughthishouse “That’s whyyouseesomany peopleriding Another benefittoliving inVentura isthe Also, Flynnsaidshelikes thediversity — CristinaWong — AimeeMiles CONDOS SOLD: ($528,000-$683,000) MEDIAN 2012CONDOPRICE: HOMES SOLD: ($760,000-$2,300,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Center, ElCaminoReal SHOPPPING: School, Palo Alto HighSchool School, Terman MiddleSchool, GunnHigh PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Ave. POST OFFICE: tura CommunityCenter, 3990 Ventura Court PARK: Camino Real Alma Street, West MeadowDriveandEl LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Center, 3990 Ventura Court com; Sojourner Truth ChildDevelopment 650-858-0355, www.leapinglizardspreschool. Leaping LizardsNature Awareness Preschool, lump Cooperative Nursery, 3990 Ventura Court; Day LittleSchool, 3990 Ventura Court; Heffa- PRESCHOOLS: CHILDCARE AND CONDOS SOLD: ($460,000-$749,000) MEDIAN 2012CONDO PRICE: HOMES SOLD: ($1,251,000-$1,380,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: SHOPPING: — Los Altos HighSchool Mtn. View-Los Altos UnionHighSchool District — SantaRitaSchool, EganJuniorHighSchool; PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Ave. POST OFFICE: Miller Avenue PARKS: strom, president, fl[email protected] Park Neighborhood Association, Linnea Wick- NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Silva Avenue) Camino RealandMountain View borders(near LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Alto sori Preschool, 450 W. CharlestonRoad, Palo Antonio Road, Palo Alto; Growing Tree Montes- Gideon HausnerJewishDaySchool, 450San Children’s Corner, 97Hillview Ave., Los Altos; CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS(nearby): Boulware Park, 410Fernando Ave.; Ven- Monroe MiniPark, Monroe Driveand Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- bounded byOregonExpressway, boundedby Adobe Creek, El San Antonio ShoppingCenter FACTS FACTS California Avenue,Charleston Cambridge, 265Cambridge Cambridge, 265Cambridge 14 3 No. 5600 Arastradero Road No. 5, 600 Arastradero Road 2 4 Barron Park Elementary Los Altos SchoolDistrict $975,000 $1,350,000 $605,500 $613.767 Country Monroe NEIGHBORHOODS 45

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■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Dan Ziony Dan Menlo Alto, in Palo sellers and buyers Serving Woodside, Valley, Portola Atherton, Park, Peninsula other Hills and Altos Los Altos, Los a decade than more communities for Making Making Difference The You... For www.DanZiony.com CA DRE #01380339 650.201.1010 [email protected] 48 NEIGHBORHOODS and communitycenters. within walking distanceofmajorshopping quiet, small-town feel,whileremaining and almostnotraffic. Residentsvalue the enjoys asurprisingdegree ofseclusion, Middlefield andSanAntonioroads— three busy streets—EastCharleston, neighborhood, whichisboundedby is nice,” EileenBrookssaid.Thesmall neighborhood arenotunusual. an idealhome.Hersentimentsaboutthe factors thathave madeCharlestonGardens schools, shoppingandHighway 101as the close-knitfeelandproximityto which stillseemsup-to-date,shecited in bythemid-centurymodernarchitecture, here untilthey kickusout.” Initiallydrawn have yettofind reasontoleave. than ahalf-centurylater, theManoogians house,” shethought.Thatwas 1956.More come toanend.“This’ll beagreatstarter Gardens, they knew theirsearchhad to thecomplex in1976.Originallyattracted Martin, whomoved withher2-yearoldson up. We have alotofopenspace,” saidNancy walkways. and juniperdeciduoustreeslinethe complex and today, manicuredlawns andmatureolive 15-acre sitewas setasideforlandscaping, it was owned byBellNurseries. the greenhousesthatdottedpropertywhen not forthegreenerythatitnow boastsbut for in 1978.Thedeveloper namedthecomplexes on adjoininglandat765SanAntonioRoad popularly known asTheGreenhouseII,built Alpha LandCompany in1975,withanother, San AntonioRoadwas developed bythe green three-storycondominiumsat777 families andactive seniors. of Palo Altoatacostaffordable foryoung offer residentsthegreeneryandamenities T W CHARLESTON GARDENS Charleston Gardenswas first named “It’s sortoflike alittlesecret,which “We stilllove it,” shesaid.“We’ll stay “We’re notlike thenew complexes going Nonetheless, agreatdealofspaceonthe The originalcomplex ofbrown and off shady, tree-linedSanAntonioRoad, two adjoiningcondominiumcomplexes GreenhouseandTheII, he in acul-de-sacCharleston fiancé walked throughanEichler hen JoneManoogianandher THE GREENHOUSE THE information ofneighborhoodinterest. tree, throughwhichthey relaynews and preparedness. Thetwo developed anemail community’s efforts centeronemergency decade later. Gardens blockpartywas heldabouta took off whenthefirstannualCharleston into asinglerecognizedbody, anideathat Wilcox began working toorganize residents After moving totheneighborhoodin1985, partners George Browning andJeanWilcox. in theformofbusy streets,andtheefforts of cohesion totwo factors: naturalboundaries Charleston Gardens. reverting backtoitsoriginalidentityof Terrace foratimebeforeeventually Eichler development calledCharleston neighborhood was absorbedintoanearby seen interspersedwithoneanother. The result, homesofmultiplestylesmaybe its available sitestoJosephEichler. Asa & Burroughs,wentbankruptandsold building, theinitialdeveloper, Williams and developed in1951,but during Although the number of renters has increased Although thenumber ofrentershasincreased retirees and60percentyoungfamilies. of demographics,witharound40 percent clubhouse manager, said. Pat Wegner, aresident since1979andthe rent. residents, aswellaclubhouseavailable for offer aparcourseandpoolforfitness-minded grounds,” Martinsaid. community withwell-taken-care-of, beautiful traditional homeownership. the maintenanceobligationsthatcomewith a green,expansive senseofspacewithout grounds provide condominiumresidentswith already amplegreenery. Thecomplex and plantersintheirwindows, supplementing more permanenthome. boomed anddecidedtomake thecomplex a Martin watched asthehousingmarket to thepossibilityofeasyaccessbabysitters, Now, undertheauspicesofBrowning, the Today, theneighborhoodowes its The communityishometoavariety “It’s anextension oftheliving room,” The complexes areconnectedbyapathand “We’re avery well-runcondominium Many residentshave placedflowerpots — Jeff Carr HOMES SOLD: ($1,150,000-$1,428,888) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: SHOPPING: Gunn HighSchool ementary schools, J.L. StanfordMiddleSchool, PUBLIC SCHOOLS: School, 4000MiddlefieldRoad, H2 High School, 3900Fabian Way; Palo Alto Prep School, 450San Antonio Road; Kehillah Jewish Middlefield Road; GideonHausnerJewishDay PRIVATE SCHOOLS: Ave.; Main, 2085E. BayshoreRoad POST OFFICE: PARK: Browning, [email protected] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Sutherland Drive East CharlestonRoad, Montrose Avenue, LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Preschool (OFJCC), 3921Fabian Way School Family, 4120MiddlefieldRoad; T’enna Middlefield Road, K4; Young FivesandPre- Road, T-1; GoodNeighborMontessori, 4000 Children’s Pre-SchoolCenter, 4000Middlefield CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS(nearby): CONDOS SOLD: ($520,000-$625,000) MEDIAN 2012CONDOPRICE: Charleston Plaza, Costco Warehouse SHOPPING: J.L. 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Kahle, aresidentsince1975and a mainstay than 70percentresident-owners, saidJanet over theyears, complex stillhousesmore “We have atidy, congenialneighborhood,” Mitchell Park, 600EastMeadowDrive Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- bounded byMiddlefieldRoad, Charleston Center San Antonio ShoppingCenter, FACTS FACTS Cambridge, 265Cambridge Cambridge, 265Cambridge No. 4, 3600MiddlefieldRoad 5 No. 4, 3600MiddlefieldRoad MitchellPark, 600East 9 Fairmeadow orHooverel- Fairmeadow Elementary, Challenger School, 3880 $1,320,000 — SarahTrauben $570,000 Palo Alto George NEIGHBORHOODS 49 eld Rd., Menlo Park Carlton Ave., Menlo Park Mercedes Ave., LosMercedes Altos America Ave., Sunnyvale Middlefi Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View ROD ROD BROKER Selling, Selling, call me! I’ve been been I’ve If you are If you Buying or thinking of Cell: 650-255-2977 Cell: busy in your your in busy www.RodCreason.com CREASON [email protected] ASSOCIATE, e-PRO ASSOCIATE, neighborhood! 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Mostdistinctive roughly betweenSanAntonioRoad,Mackay of theGreendellneighborhood,whichlies Greenmeadow isbeingontheswimteam,” 11- place toraisekids.” such asmyself,andIcannotpictureabetter community, especiallythesecond-generations Foy said.“We allknow eachotherwithinthe — notnecessarilyinthesamehouse,though,” Association president,amongthem. and SeanGiffen, Greenmeadow Community residents abound—Foy, DeborahSimon-Lurie Lemond Drive in2005. he moved backtothecommunityontoBen School. Whenitcametimetoraiseafamily, nursery school,andgraduatedfromGunnHigh mid-1960s, attendingthenearbyGreenmeadow outdoor sensibility. glass windows anddoors—creatinganindoor/ cinderblock material,flatroofsandmultiple their stylizedsingle-storydesignsthatinclude subdivision areimmediatelyrecognizableby Today, thehousesnestledinhisGreenmeadow at alow constructioncostintheearly1950s. M I GREENDELL/WALNUT GROVE “Pardon thecliche,but thisisindeeda Greendell pridesitselfinconnecting its Although Greendellhasbeenaroundfor “My favorite partaboutliving in “A tonofushave comebacktoraisefamilies Today, second-generationGreenmeadow Tim Foy grew upintheneighborhood out todevelop community-basedhousing Frank Lloyd Wright,JosephEichlerset nspired bythework ofrenowned architect quiet avenues aredefiningfeatures homes withvast lawn spaceand ore than100ranch-styleandEichler GREENMEADOW he added. parks beingnearbyandIusethelibrary often,” talking. We have continueditsince.” everybody came outoftheirhousesandstarted that theevent ismeanttobecommemorative. to alively barbecue. Lundy Lanewherealltheneighborsareinvited party” takes placealongthecul-de-sacof an annualstreetparty. Theyearly“earthquake Adobe Creek,maintainconnectionsthrough located betweenEastCharlestonRoadand Cubberley CommunityCenter. the neighborhoodsuchasfutureof recommendations toserioustopicsaffecting discuss everything fromfencing-contractor the residentsuseanInternet-basedsystemto attended by100to150residents.Inaddition, holding blockpartiesthataretypically from you.” but don’t know wholives acrossthestreet home,” Foy said. soon asIdrive intoGreenmeadow, Ifeelat in communitybondingamongneighbors.As to be“agreatfitforIKEAfurniture.” have heldupover time,andtodaywould seem a residentofGreenmeadow since1998,said. community-oriented set-up,” AlisonVanegeren, houses inastylishway withasuccessful Eichler was abletosuccessfullydevelop these recreation center. and theannualHalloween partyhostedatthe wife ofSeanGiffen. the 4thofJulyparade,notedFatima Giffen, annual LaborandMemorialDaypotlucks recreation building. Highlightsincludethe centered arounditsprivate park,pooland in thecul-de-sac-filledneighborhood,often award shewon.” team andwhenIgotothepoollike toseethe Simon-Lurie, said.“Mymomwas ontheswim year-old MadelineLurie,daughterofDeborah “Walnut Grove isjustaniceplace.Ilike the “It was aftertheearthquake of1989when Longtime residentJamesSilver explained Neighbors inWalnut Grove, whichis For many yearsnow, Greendellhasbeen “I absolutelyjustlove thecommoninterest Simon-Lurie saidthearchitecturalconcepts “Even thoughheusedinexpensive materials, Children alsoenjoy frequentmovie nights Abundant activities areoffered tochildren — JanelleEastman — ZohraAshpari CONDOS SOLD: MEDIAN 2012CONDOPRICE: HOMES SOLD: ($1,435,000-$1,750,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: SHOPPING: School School, J.L. StanfordMiddleSchool, GunnHigh PUBLIC SCHOOLS: ner JewishDaySchool, 450San Antonio Road School, 4000MiddlefieldRoad; GideonHaus- PRIVATE SCHOOLS(nearby): Ave. POST OFFICE: Park (nearby), 600EastMeadowDrive PARKS: tion, [email protected] president, GreenmeadowCommunity Associa- 3157, www.greenmeadow.org; SeanGiffen, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Drive Ferne Avenue, NelsonDriveandBenLomond LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Center (Peekaboo), 4161 Alma St. Alma St.; CrescentPark ChildDevelopment Drive; Palo Alto Infant Toddler Center, 4111 Montessori SchoolofLos Altos, 303Parkside CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS(nearby): CONDOS SOLD: dell: $710,000($510,000-$875,000) MEDIAN 2012CONDO PRICE: HOMES SOLD: Grove: $1,626,000 ($850,000-$2,452,000) $1,480,000 ($1,252,500-$1,855,000); Walnut MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: School School, J.L. StanfordMiddleSchool, GunnHigh PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Antonio Road Hausner JewishDaySchool, 450and470San Prep School, 4000MiddlefieldRoad; Gideon PRIVATE SCHOOLS(nearby): Ave. POST OFFICE: Park (nearby), 600EastMeadow Drive PARKS: Tom Crystal, president, 650-493-3276 1335; Walnut GroveHomeowners Association: president [email protected]; 650-485- Neighborhood Association: SriniSankaran, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Creek, Alma StreetandNelsonDrive Grove: betweenCharlestonRoadand Adobe San Antonio Avenue andMackayDrive; Walnut LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Greenmeadow Park (private); Mitchell Greenmeadow Park (private); Mitchell Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- between CreeksideDriveand Greendell: betweenFerne Avenue, San Antonio ShoppingCenter FACTS FACTS Cambridge, 265Cambridge Cambridge, 265Cambridge 2 Greendell: 7; Walnut Grove: 3 No. 4, 3600MiddlefieldRoad No. 4, 3600MiddlefieldRoad 1 5 Fairmeadow Elementary Fairmeadow Elementary Palo Alto Prep Palo Alto Palo Alto $1,592,500 Greendell: $725,000 near Green- 650-494- Greendell Brendan Emily Anni Ann Rod Paul Callahan Chiang Chu Creason Engel 650.387.2535 650.796.2285 650.868.3429 650.255.2977 650.799.7312 brendansells.com EmilyChiang.com AnniChu.com [email protected] [email protected] californiamoves.com

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©2011 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker® is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity PALO ALTO . RAMONA PALO ALTO . MIDDLEFIELD Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 650. 325.6161 650. 328.5211 Office Is Owned And Operated by NRT LLC. DRE License #00313415 51 52 NEIGHBORHOODS connected byKelly Way. Drive, aU-shapedstreetwhoseendsare years andlives ontheothersideofSuzanne their neighbors,aswell. gate toallow herown dogstointeractwith to talkfor15minutes.Sternopened upher walked upwithfive dogsintow andstopped neighbors introducethemselves,” Sternsaid. move inandaresurprisedthat allthe 2000 andisnotfaint inherpraiseofthearea. neighborhood. Sterntookover thehousein single-story homethatistypicalofthe since 1973,whenhermomboughtamodest Drive. “Hiswife makes ameanmargarita.” pickup truckdrove pasther homeonSuzanne cocktail. recommend whomtovisitgetagood Heidi Sterngoesastepfurther:Shecan I Acres used to be orchards. Acres usedtobeorchards. streets andinresidents’yards.MuchofGreen attributed tothemany trees,bothalongthe looking tomove intothearea. is oneofthemany attractionsfornew residents waving toher. Thatneighborhoodatmosphere are oftenfilledwithherfriendssmilingand with herneighbors.Thecarsthatpassby Avenue, Sakaldasisfindsiteasytosocialize walk yourdog.” every morning.Itisalsoareallygoodplaceto knock atanyone’s doorifsheneededhelp. said shefeelscomfortableknowing shecould in GreenAcresIformorethanfourdecades, the northsideofArastraderoRoad. 1950s, shortlyfollowed byGreenAcresII,on Arastradero Road,whichwas built firstinthe areas: GreenAcresIonthesouthsideof neighborhood. I PALO ALTO ORCHARDS ALTO PALO A smallcommunity meetingformedwhen Carrie hasbeenintheneighborhood for37 Lorrie CarrieandherdaughterAlissa “It’s justlike alittleislandwherepeople Stern hasspenttimeintheOrchards “That’s Dennis,” Sternsaidasablack In thePalo AltoOrchardsneighborhood, and whatthekidsareupto. neighbors’ names,occupations,hobbies n aclosecommunity, residentsknow their In recent years the neighborhood has In recentyearstheneighborhoodhas The “green”inGreenAcrescouldbe Standing outsideherhouseonLosPalos “It’s very safehere,Iusuallygoforawalk Joan Sakaldasis,72,whohasbeenliving Green Acresactuallyconsistsoftwo main Acres, itishow safethey feelinthiscozy and over fromtheresidentsofGreen f thereisonethingthatyouhearover GREEN ACRES lot ofroadrage,” shesaid. lane fromArastradero. by thecity, whichincluded theremoval ofa traffic-calming measuressetinplace in2010 Suzanne Drive orMcKellar Laneandblamed minutes toturnleftfromArastradero to morning andevening rushhours. large amountoftrafficonArastraderoduring didn’t worry aboutbeing alone.” don’t have any siblings nearby...(but) I everybody looked afterme,” shesaid.“I illnesses. giving ridesandcaringforeachotherduring making smalltalkandincludesdog-sitting, her fourtortoises. her frontyardtousetheswingandplaywith said childrenfromtheneighborhoodcometo the 19yearsshe’s lived intheOrchards.She driveway andjoinedStern andtheCarries. neighbor LisaRobinsonpulledintoher always welcomenew folks,” Sakaldasissaid. residents. We love ourneighborhoodand potluck eachfall. including aChristmaspartyinDecemberand gets neighborstogetheratpartiesandevents here.” single-story housesthatbroughtmetolive community. Irememberthenew sidewalk and who haslived theresince1969. in 2003. a father ofthreewhomoved toGreenAcres feel ofthecommunity,’ saidCorey Levens, 56, really appreciatetheclose-knitneighborhood here foralmost10yearsnow, wehave cometo getting closertohighschoolage.Afterliving but getclosertoGunnasourchildrenwere Stanford andstayinthesameschooldistrict, drawn tothesought-afterschooldistrict. of Chinese,Indianandotherdescenthave been increased itsethnicdiversity, asmany families “The trafficcalminghasreallycreated a Stern saidshecanwait aslong10 One negative residentsmentionedwas the “A few yearsbackIhadcancer, and Stern saidtheneighborlinessgoesbeyond Robinson hasraisedthreechildrenduring “That’s how wegettoknow thenew The GreenAcresImprovement Association “It’s aself-containedneighborhood, a small That feelingissharedbyAliceSklar, 72, “My wifeandIwerelookingtomove from — PiyawanRungsuk — BruceDruzin HOMES SOLD: ($1,550,000-$2,200,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Shopping Center, DowntownLos Altos SHOPPING: School School, Terman MiddleSchool, GunnHigh PUBLIC SCHOOLS: School, 4000 Terman Drive PRIVATE SCHOOL: Ave. POST OFFICE: Terman Park, 655 Arastradero Road PARKS: Acres II)Betsy Allyn, 650-493-8859 Acres I) Alice Sklar, [email protected]; (Green NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Road, CoulombeDrivetoGeorgia Avenue Green Acres II: Maybell Avenue to Arastradero Glenbrook Drive, LosPalos toPomona avenues; LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Pre-School, 687 Arastradero Road Miranda Ave.No. T6B;Christian YoungLife Whistlestop ChildDevelopmentCenter, 3801 Montessori School, 575 Arastradero Road; PRESCHOOLS: CHILDCARE AND CONDOS SOLD: $480,000 ($425,000-$591,000) MEDIAN 2012CONDOPRICE(nearby): HOMES SOLD: MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Shopping Center SHOPPING: School School, Terman MiddleSchool, Gunn High PUBLIC SCHOOLS: School, 4000 Terman Road PRIVATE SCHOOL: Ave. POST OFFICE: Terman Park, 655 Arastradero Road PARKS: Spiller, [email protected], 650-483-8815 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Court and Arastradero Road Court, SuzanneDrive, Kelly Way, Lorabelle LOCATION: field Road(duringconstruction) LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Life ChristianPre-School, 687 Arastradero Road Alto Preschool, 4232ElCaminoReal; Young Montessori School, 575 Arastradero Road; Palo PRESCHOOLS: CHILDCARE AND Juana BrionesPark, 609Maybell Ave.; Juana BrionesPark, 609Maybell Ave.; Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- Mitchell Park branch, 4050Middle- Green Acres I: Arastradero Roadto El CaminoReal, San Antonio includes McKellar Lane, Suzanne El CaminoReal, San Antonio FACTS FACTS Cambridge, 265Cambridge Cambridge, 265Cambridge 9 No. 5, 600 Arastradero Road 1 No. 5, 600 Arastradero Road 7 Bowman International Juana BrionesElementary Bowman International Juana BrionesElementary $1,795,000 $1,870,000 Palo Alto Palo Alto John (Green NEIGHBORHOODS 53

Electric Estimator, Estimator, Engineering energy at solutions Learn more about our about more Learn —Daniel Ercolini to the energy they need. need. the energyto they CityofPaloAlto.org/Utilities efficient, safe and convenientaccess design a solution that gives them the gives that solution a design Meeting with my customers allows me to customers me to Meeting with my allows of a job well done. well of a job Doing my job at the City Utilities is similar to to at the City is similar job my Utilities Doing planning and an eye for detail. Few people are people are Few detail. for and an eye planning restoring fine furniture—the key is preparation, is preparation, restoring fine furniture—the key home or bringing an existing code. home up to aware of the craft involved in designing for a new a new for in designing the craft of aware involved I believe in the in beauty I believe

designing power connections, power designing www.cityofpaloalto.org/utilities Whether furniture restoring or 54 NEIGHBORHOODS take walks in.” house. It’s alsoawonderful neighborhoodto onto mypropertyallthetime,right bythe is deﬁnitelythewildlife,” shesaid.“Deercome treasures thewildlifethatsurrounds her. on OldAdobeRoadsinceitwas built in1974, desirable: itsnaturalsurroundings. space retainsthecharacteristicthatmakes itso Children’s HealthCouncil,soldherland,the founder ofthePalo AltoMedicalClinicand increased development sinceEstherClark,the doorstep. the park,residentsliterallyhave natureattheir grounds inbetweenhomes.Nestledjustaround jackrabbits andgroundsquirrelsroamthe with oaktrees.Wild animalssuchasdeer, minimum areaof1acre)adornhillscovered ranch homeswithhugeyards(eachplothasa glimpse intoPalo Alto’s past. to the1850s,whenMexican-American also closetoalltheamenities. the neighborhoodareclosetonaturebut worlds. Thethreecul-de-sacsthatmake up Residents saythey have thebestofboth create apeacefulandshelteredatmosphere. and AltaMesaMemorialPark, which between Foothill Expressway, AdobeCreek Haning said. recent yearsandolderoneswhohave left,” who have joinedtheneighborhoodin to live. Therearealotofyoungerfamilies changed muchover theyears. home allowed. open spacethanherprevious Midtown tract family in1968becauseshewanted more years. Palo Altoneighborhoodformorethan40 E “I An original resident of the neighborhood An originalresident oftheneighborhood “My favorite thingabouttheneighborhood Marjorie Chauvel, whohaslived inherhome Though theneighborhoodhasexperienced Expansive Spanishvillasandold-style The neighborhood’s historydatesback The GreaterMirandaoasisistucked “It’s stillanice,quietandbeautifulplace Haning saidtheneighborhoodhasn’t She moved toGreaterMirandawithher Haning, 80,haslived intheclose-knit Trace RoadandManuelaAvenue isa surrounded byOldAdobeRoad, sther ClarkPark, a21-acreareaofland ESTHER PARK CLARK GREATER MIRANDA

Lillian Haning. longtime GreaterMirandaresident live inPalo Alto’s littleoasis,” said family because it’s closetoschools,shopping, he said.“It’s avery niceplacetoraisea and LosAltos,aswellStanford University,” trees, but stillvery closetodowntown Palo Alto rural, very greenwithopen spaceandlarge provides isabigdraw. beauty andaccessibilitytheneighborhood a family.” yard work done.It’s avery niceplacetoraise we ever heararewhensomeoneisgettingtheir never hearany traffichereandtheonlynoises a residentoftheneighborhoodsince1992.“We peaceful atmosphere. neighborhood’s earlydays,thearearetainsits place usedtobe!” with alaugh.“Itshows youhow remote the to hitgolfballsintothehills,” Chauvel shared neighbor built aplatformonthatareaandused hills thatwas vacant. Myhusbandandour the neighborhood. Chauvel fondlyrememberstheoriginaldaysof who boughtherlandfromEstherClarkherself, 23 years. resident whohaslived onMoanaCourtfor said AmySmiley, aGreaterMiranda babies cryingoutwhenthey arehungry,” them raisetheirhatchlingsandcanhearthe the creekevery year. We love towatch make thecreek’s watershed theirhome. foxes, deer, hawks andotherwildlifethat residents sharetheirbackyards withthe hidden artifacts; many GreaterMiranda dumped inthecreek,” Haningsaid. earthquake andmany oftheremainswere Memorial Church. said was apieceoftheoriginalStanford they foundachunkofmosaicthatHaning searching forbottlesinthecreekyearsago, backyards. WhenHaning’s two sonswere bits andpiecesofhistoryintheirown neighborhood in1959. City ofPalo Altoeventually annexed the originally purchasedthelandfor$300.The pioneer DonaJuanaBrionesdeMiranda “It’s abeautifulareathat’s quietandvery Meyers thinksthecombinationofnatural “We enjoy thequiet here,” saidAvi Meyers, Though development hasoccurredsincethe “There usedtobethishugeareaacrossthe Smiley saidherfavorite partaboutthe “There areapairofhawks thatnestnear Adobe Creekisnotonlyasourceof “The churchwas destroyed inthe1906 Greater Mirandaresidentscanstillfind HOMES SOLD: MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Shopping Center SHOPPING: School School, Terman MiddleSchool, GunnHigh PUBLIC SCHOOLS: School, 4000 Terman Drive PRIVATE SCHOOL: Ave.; 3801Miranda Ave. (inside VA hospital) POST OFFICE: dero Road PARKS (nearby): Nielson, 650-941-2429 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Miranda GreenandMoanaCourt LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: Miranda Ave.,No. T6B Whistle StopChildDevelopmentCenter, 3801 CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS(nearby): HOMES SOLD: ($2,325,000-$3,000,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Altos SHOPPING: Terman MiddleSchool, GunnHighSchool PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Ave. POST OFFICE: PARK: Trace Road Avenue, off Arastradero Road, includingOld LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: FIRE STATION: said. together orchatsonthestreet,” Smiley everyone isfriendlyandgoesforwalks neighborhood isthepeople. nature reallylookslike.” squirrels. Ilike beingableto show themwhat lots ofwildanimalslike deer, birdsandground lawns andplaygrounds,” Meyers said.“We see have themsee something besidesmanicured young grandkidsforawalk in theparkand benefit. such closeproximitytonaturalspaceahuge everything youcouldpossiblywant or need.” “Because theneighborhoodissosmall, “I thinkit’s very nicetobeable totake my Residents considertheluxuryofliving in EstherClarkPark, Old Trace Road MitchellPark branch, 3700Middle- Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- fromOld Adobe RoadtoManuela Miranda Avenue,Court, Arroyo ElCaminoReal, DowntownLos El CaminoReal, San Antonio FACTS FACTS Cambridge, 265Cambridge Cambridge, 265Cambridge No. 5, 600 Arastradero Road 1 No. 5, 600 Arastradero Road 4 Terman Park, 655 Arastra- NixonElementarySchool, Bowman International Juana BrionesElementary — AngelaJohnston $1,250,000 — HelenCarefoot $2,722,500 Don NEIGHBORHOODS 55 650.543.1074 perience, along with ALAN has been a licensed Broker for over ALAN for over Broker has been a licensed of a wealth clients his to He brings years. 28 knowledge of the the community, nuances of the local of real estate and each neighborhood, as amarket whole. ALAN’S and ex knowledge his professionalism and negotiating skills, has resulted in sales ranking Alan among the top agentselite in the States. United best client’s his to ALAN committed deeply is the long-term by loyalty as evidenced interests the years. thoseof he over has represented unckel D

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GETTING YOU TO WHERE YOU WANT TO TO GO... WANT YOU WHERE GETTING TO YOU A 56 NEIGHBORHOODS is asenseofcommunity:Anannual distances togetplaces. need tolearnadjusttraveling long being almostfive milesaway, residents isolated. With thenearestgrocerystore Nonetheless, somefeelthatit’s too to getaway fromtheirhecticwork life. secluded, itisapeacefulplaceforresidents back home.” and oaktreesremindmesomuchofbeing from Connecticutin1971.“All thehills Coast,” saidMarionRecine,whomoved their families totheneighborhood. prompted many otherresidentstom wife andtwo daughtersin2009. Jay Weber, whomoved totheHillswithhis privacy andeasyaccesstothe trails,” said really drew ustotheneighborhoodwas the hiking. long trailsperfectforbiking,joggingor The neighborhoodisquietanddiverse with roads thatleaduptoits78households. Interstate 280andconsistsoflong,windy of thatandthensome. to thePalo AltoHills,andyoucanfindall L Despite thequietandseclusion,there With theneighborhoodbeingso “I love thatit’s somuchlike theEast The natureandopenspaceiswhathas “We’re afamily ofrunnerssowhat Palo AltoHillsislocatedab wildlife ornature.But,take adrive up it canbedifficulttofindopenspace, ife inPalo Altocanbefast-paced, and PALO ALTO HILLS ALTO PALO ove ove being eaten.Despitethedisturbance around herpropertytoprotectplantsfrom with gardens,hasbeenforcedtoputagate occasions. rattlesnakes onherpropertymultiple coyote. Shehasalsowitnessedrodentsand prevent himfrombeingsnatchedupbya constantly keep aneye onhersmalldogto moved totheneighborhoodin1998,must pets orenjoy gardening. caused problemsforresidentswhohave wildlife isasellingpointformany, ithas from bobcatstojackrabbits.Althoughthe is hometoamyriadofanimalsranging it’s nosurprisethatthissmallcommunity happens, they’re hereforus.” “They’ve madeitclearthatifanything supposed togoincaseofanemergency. the neighborhood. Golf andCountryClub,thefocalpointof he plansareheldatthePalo AltoHills stays connected.Theneighborhoodevents that hecantomake surethecommunity lived intheHillssince1986anddoesall neighbors closertogether. Association (PAHNA) tobringthe by thePalo AltoHillsNeighborhood Christmastime get-togetherisorganized Recine, alongwithmany otherneighbors Sophia Kim,amotherofthreewho With allthehills,plantsandopenspace, “They’re ourrefuge,” Nadimsaid. That’s alsowheretheneighborhoodis Mark Nadim,PAHNA president,has HOMES SOLD: ($1,350,000-$4,200,000) MEDIAN 2012HOMEPRICE: Altos, California Avenue SHOPPING: Terman MiddleSchool, GunnHighSchool PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Ave. POST OFFICE: PARK: org; www.pahna.org dim, president, 650-949-5672; mark@pahna. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Glen Drive Country ClubCourt, Bandera DriveandLaurel LOCATION: field Road LIBRARY: Arastradero Road Page MillRoad(duringsummer); No. 5, 600 FIRE STATION: beautiful uphere.Iabsolutelylove it.” how towork intheyard,” Recinesaid.“It’s there would belandandthey couldlearn people happy. neighborhood’s peacefulcommunity keeps near somuchwildlifecancause,the around us.” time, I’ve startedtoappreciatethewildlife bothered meatfirst,” shesaid,“but over come toacknowledge thebeautyofitall. critters cancause,neighborslike Kimhave “I wanted aplaceformychildrenwhere Regardless ofthefrustrationsliving “The snakes andotheranimalsreally Foothills Park, 3300Page MillRoad Mitchell Park branch, 3700Middle- off Page MillRoad: Alexis Drive, El CaminoReal, DowntownLos FACTS Cambridge, 265Cambridge 4 No. 8, Foothills Park, 3300 Nixon ElementarySchool, — CarolynCopeland $2,322,500

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