REAL ESTATE Home Leland Manor/ Garland/Embarcadero Oaks Front WELL-LOCATED MICRO-NEIGHBORHOODS with SENSE of COMMUNITY
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PALO ALTO WEEKLY Also online atGUIDE, www.PaloAltoOnline.comOPEN PAGE HOME 54 INSIDE: N Classified Marketplace, page 64 & N Puzzles, page 65 HOMEREAL ESTATE Home Leland Manor/ Garland/Embarcadero Oaks Front WELL-LOCATED MICRO-NEIGHBORHOODS WITH SENSE OF COMMUNITY SUNSET CELEBRATION ... story by Katia Savchuk “Glam” camping, celebrity chefs, photographs by Kimihiro Hoshino wine seminars, Secondhand Sunset and a home-and-garden NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOT stage highlight Sunset’s 13th an- nual weekend fair, dubbed “The West-on-the-Go,” on Saturday eland Manor, Garland Drive and Embarcadero Oaks and Sunday, June 5 and 6, 10 may be small, but their sense of community runs a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sunset head- L large. The idyllic mini-neighborhoods nestle in a par- quarters, 80 Willow Road, Menlo allelogram in eastern Palo Alto, bounded by the Oregon Ex- Park. Admission is $16 general, pressway, Middlefield Road, Embarcadero Road and Louis $12 seniors (60+), kids under 12 Road. free, with $1 off if you bike or park Residents say you cannot beat the location, with shops and at Oracle, 1601 Willow Road, eateries within walking distance at Midtown, California Ave- Menlo Park, and take the free nue, University Avenue and Stanford University. Sought-after shuttle. Information: www.sunset. schools and a nearby community center, children’s theater and com/cw. library keep local children busy. Several of the area’s serene streets come to life for annual holiday festivities. SUMMER PRUNING ... UC Mas- ter Gardeners will offer a free Leland Manor workshop on summer pruning of Many Leland Manor families have lived there since the area fruit trees for controlled growth on developed 70 years ago, but the last decade has seen an influx Saturday, June 5, from 10 to 11 of newcomers. Recent transplant a.m. at the Palo Alto Demonstra- Fulton Street in Embarca- Heidi Schwenk found her dream tion Garden, 851 Center Drive, dero Oaks (above), Garland house on quiet Northampton Palo Alto. Master Gardeners will Drive in Garland (right), Drive in 2006. She has since be on hand after the presentation Southampton Drive in Le- discovered that it was the first in to answer questions. Information: land Manor (below). the neighborhood and designed Master Gardeners at 408-282- by renowned Palo Alto architect 3105, between 9:30 a.m. and Birge Clark. 12:30 p.m., Monday through Fri- Another piece of history is up day or http://mastergardeners.org. the road: A brick house at Newell Road was a prototypical “modern ICING ON THE CAKE ... The City house” in San Francisco’s 1939 of Menlo Park is offering a five- World’s Fair exposition. session “Cake Decorating” class Most homes in the area are on Thursdays, June 10 to July 8, single-story California ranchers from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Bur- spread out on 10-12,000 square- gess Recreation Center. Topics foot lots, with some contempo- include how to level a cake, make rary exceptions. Leland Manor’s icing and create stars — or shells, rolled curbs and wireless skies clowns or roses. Cost is $84 for (electric and telephone lines are non-Menlo Park residents, $63 for underground) give the still streets residents. Information: 650-330- an expansive feel. 2200 or www.menlopark.org. Swing sets and roses decorate front yards, along with the occasional palm, birch or Japanese maple. Some residents HOME ENERGY WORKSHOPS tend vegetable gardens and even chicken coops. ... The Sierra Club is sponsor- Defined by a central ring of streets encircling twin cul-de- ing a series of free Green Home sacs, Leland Manor receives little traffic. Residents say this Technology workshops, begin- seclusion contributes to their strong sense of community. ning with one on home-energy A Fourth of July parade brings neighbors together annually, audits on Wednesday, June 9, a community corkboard displays signs for dog walkers and at 7 p.m., at the Belmont Library, missing rabbits, and resident Kathleen Hughes is organizing 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Bel- volunteers for emergency preparedness. Longtime resident mont. Presenter is Recurve of San Lorraine Berry drops recommended books in neighbors’ Francisco. The second workshop, mailboxes and runs Easter egg hunts. “The Truth About Solar,” led by “People really look out for each other,” Schwenk said. residential solar installer Sungevity of Oakland, will be held Tuesday, July 27. Information: Mark Boslet Garland Drive at 650-366-1882 or http://lo- Winding Garland Drive is mostly a tranquil community, but it has catapulted many residents into civic affairs. Frances maprieta.sierraclub.org/bmg/. N Dias and Robert Cooley served on the City Council in the 1960s. Most recently, Dick Rosenbaum, a resident of almost Send notices of news and events four decades, served two terms over 12 years. related to real estate, interior design, Residents have also been active around local issues. Neigh- home improvement and gardening to bors successfully lobbied the City to close a youth hangout in Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. the 1960s and add stop signs in the 1970s. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or Recent issues center on local schools. Some residents voiced e-mail [email protected]. 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