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palo alto weekly • 2011 edition OUR NEIGHBORHooDS PALO ALTO VENTURA GREENMEADOW GREEN ACRES PROFILES, MAPS AND VITAL FACTS OF FEATURED NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COMMUNITY PaloAltoOnline.com phone 650 207 2100 email [email protected] R. BRENDAN web www.brendanleary.com DRE# 00640599 Top 1% of Coldwell Banker Internationally LEARY #1 Agent in CB Palo Alto Offi ces 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010 YTD Transactions Last 12 Months 1001 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto 10281 Phar Lap Drive Cupertino 1070 Greenwood Ave Palo Alto 1180 Judson Dr Mountain View 1204 Sharon Park Dr #83 Menlo Park 12100 Old Snakey Rd Los Altos Hills 12271 Hilltop Drive Los Altos Hills 12450 Curry Ct Saratoga 141 Southhampton Ln, #C Santa Cruz 14140 Donelson Place Los Altos Hills 14160 Donelson Place Los Altos Hills 15321 Robin Anne Lane Monte Sereno 154 Flynn Ave Mountain View 15930 Rose Avenue Los Gatos 175 Elliot Ave Menlo Park 179 Owens Court Mountain View 1863 Channing Ave Palo Alto 19664 Charters Ave Saratoga 1983 San Luis Ave #33 Mountain View 215 Hanna Way Menlo Park 2333 Louis Rd Palo Alto 26050 Leonard Drive Saratoga 26541 Purissima Road Los Altos Hills 27361 Moody Road Los Altos Hills 2814 South Court Palo Alto 310 Rutherford Drive Redwood City 3141 Louis Rd Palo Alto 317 Princeton Road Menlo Park 321 Alexander Ave Redwood City 3357 Saint Michael Court Palo Alto 3439 Woodstock Lane Mountain View 3810 May Court Palo Alto 505 Cypress Point Dr #292 Mountain View 505 Cypress Point Dr #293 Mountain View 507 Buena Vista Ave Redwood City 508 Pope St Menlo Park 5590 Greenridge Rd Castro Valley 603 Glen Alto Drive Los Altos 732 Flannery Street Santa Clara 740 Seale Ave Palo Alto 875 Riverside Drive Los Altos 915 Maywood Ct Los Altos 940 Lundy Lane Los Altos This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed phone 650 207 2100 email [email protected] R. BRENDAN web www.brendanleary.com DRE# 00640599 Top 1% of Coldwell Banker Internationally LEARY #1 Agent in CB Palo Alto Offi ces 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010 YTD SHERRY BUCOLO Transactions Last 12 Months 650.207.9909 [email protected] 1001 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto www.SherryBucolo.com 10281 Phar Lap Drive Cupertino 1070 Greenwood Ave Palo Alto DRE # 00613242 1180 Judson Dr Mountain View 1204 Sharon Park Dr #83 Menlo Park 12100 Old Snakey Rd Los Altos Hills 12271 Hilltop Drive Los Altos Hills 12450 Curry Ct Saratoga 141 Southhampton Ln, #C Santa Cruz List with a Proven Professional 14140 Donelson Place Los Altos Hills 14160 Donelson Place Los Altos Hills Over $400 Million SOLD in Palo Alto 15321 Robin Anne Lane Monte Sereno 154 Flynn Ave Mountain View 15930 Rose Avenue Los Gatos SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD 175 Elliot Ave Menlo Park 179 Owens Court Mountain View 1863 Channing Ave Palo Alto 19664 Charters Ave Saratoga 1983 San Luis Ave #33 Mountain View 215 Hanna Way Menlo Park SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD 2333 Louis Rd Palo Alto 26050 Leonard Drive Saratoga 26541 Purissima Road Los Altos Hills 27361 Moody Road Los Altos Hills 2814 South Court Palo Alto 310 Rutherford Drive Redwood City 3141 Louis Rd Palo Alto SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD 317 Princeton Road Menlo Park 321 Alexander Ave Redwood City 3357 Saint Michael Court Palo Alto 3439 Woodstock Lane Mountain View 3810 May Court Palo Alto 505 Cypress Point Dr #292 Mountain View SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD 505 Cypress Point Dr #293 Mountain View 507 Buena Vista Ave Redwood City 508 Pope St Menlo Park NEIGHB 5590 Greenridge Rd Castro Valley 603 Glen Alto Drive Los Altos O 732 Flannery Street Santa Clara RH 740 Seale Ave Palo Alto oo 875 Riverside Drive Los Altos a p r . c o m | PALO ALTO | 578 University Avenue | 650.323.1111 DS 915 Maywood Ct Los Altos 3 940 Lundy Lane Los Altos This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed No matter your needs, Big or Small... 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INDEXBarron Park ............................. 38 1700s Spanish explorers, Palo Alto But people continue to flock to Palo N Adobe Meadow/Meadow Park ...36 today is a diverse community, a mixture of Alto, taking pride in its environmental high-tech and locally owned companies and consciousness, city-owned utilities, support Barron Park ............................. 38 more than 26,000 homes. of social services and some firsts, including Charleston Gardens ................ 41 Since incorporation in 1894, Palo Alto has opening a public Children’s Library in 1940 Charleston Meadows .............. 40 expanded to encompass the area stretching and becoming the first U.S. city to have an College Terrace ...................... 30 from San Francisquito Creek to the north Internet home page in 1994. to San Antonio Road to the south, from the In addition to the neighborhoods included Community Center .................. 20 San Francisco Bay to the Skyline Ridge. here, you can view expanded profiles at www. Crescent Park .......................... 10 It is home to nearly 60,000 residents but paloaltoonline.com/neighborhoods/. Downtown North ...................... 8 during weekdays the population swells to This publication, like Palo Alto itself, Duveneck/St. Francis ............... 18 nearly 140,000 with the daily flow and ebb of is ever-evolving. If we’ve missed your Esther Clark Park ..................... 49 commuters. neighborhood (either here or online), or Over time, the demographics of Palo if you have additional tidbits about your Evergreen Park ........................ 28 Alto have changed dramatically. What once neighborhood you’d like to share with the Fairmeadow ............................ 38 was a homogeneous, mostly blue-collar Weekly, please let us know. Greater Miranda ..................... 48 community, with an enclave of Stanford Green Acres ............................ 48 University professors, has become a diverse, mostly well-to-do, well-educated, but aging, Greendell/Walnut Grove ......... 42 population. Carol Blitzer, Editor The Greenhouse ...................... 41 Despite a median household income of [email protected] Greenmeadow ........................ 42 $166,063 in 2008 inflation-adjusted dollars, Leland Manor/Embarcadero Oaks/ many are challenged to keep up with the Garland Drive .......................... 22 Publisher: William S. Johnson Vice president Sales and Marketing: Walter Kupiec Midtown ................................. 32 Editor: Carol Blitzer Sales representatives: Connie Jo Cotton, Neal Fine, Monroe Park .......................... 44 art director: Scott Peterson Rosemary Lewkowitz Old Palo Alto .......................... 24 Researchers: Carol Blitzer, Karla Kane, Sarah Home-sales data: Courtesy of J. Robert Taylor, Taylor Palo Alto Hills ........................ 49 Properties Schilling, Sarah Trauben, Georgia Wells Palo Alto Orchards ................. 46 Staff Palo Verde .............................. 36 Additional copies of Palo Alto Neighborhoods, as well as companion publications — Almanac Neighborhoods and Mountain View/Los Altos Neighborhoods — are Professorville .......................... 14 available at the Weekly for $5 each. All three publications are available online at Southgate ............................... 26 NEIGHB www.paloaltoonline.com/neighborhoods/. South of Midtown ................... 34 Copyright @2011 by Embarcadero Media. All rights reserved. Reproduction St. Claire Gardens ................... 34 O without permission is strictly prohibited. RH 450 Cambridge Ave. On the Cover: Erica Cohen of Rain or Shine Pet Services walks Weimaraners Triple El ................................... 28 oo Palo Alto, CA 94306 Malaka and Ambu in Palo Alto’s Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood in early University South ...................... 12 DS 650-223-6500 November. Photo by Veronica Weber. Photos of Ventura and Green Acres by Ventura ................................... 40 www.PaloAltoOnline.com Veronica Weber; Greenmeadow by Colleen Cummins. 5 Ravenswood Shopping Center East Palo Alto Menlo Park 2 UNIVERSITY AVE. 1 MIDDLEFIELD RD. 6 Downtown Palo Alto 5 3 Stanford 7 Shopping Center 8 4 9 EMBARCADERO RD. 10 EL CAMINO REAL Palo Alto Stanford University 11 16 Medical Center 12 Stanford University LOMA VERDE AVE. OREGON EXPRESSWAY 17 13 18 ALMA ST. 20 19 EAST MEADOW AVE. 14 15 21 26 CHARLESTON RD. 22 PAGE MILL RD. 25 PALO ALTO NEIGHBORHOODS 27 24 1. Downtown North 19. South of Midtown 30 23 2. Crescent Park 20. Adobe Meadow/ 3. University South Meadow Park 4. Professorville 21. Charleston Gardens 5. Community Center 22. The Greenhouse 29 28 6. Duveneck/St. Francis 23. Greendell 7. Triple El 24. Greenmeadow 31 San Antonio 8. Embarcadero Oaks 25. Walnut Grove Shopping 9. Leland Manor 26. Fairmeadow Center 10. Garland 27. Charleston Meadows Mountain 11. Old Palo Alto 28. Monroe Park Los Altos View 12. Southgate 29. Palo Alto Orchards 13. Evergreen Park 30. Barron Park 33 14. College Terrace 31. Green Acres 32 15. Ventura 32. Greater Miranda SAN ANTONIO RD. 16. Midtown 33. Esther Clark Park 17. Palo Verde 34. Palo Alto Hills 18.