Cole Valley is a small neighborhood in
San Francisco,
California. It borders
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, United States, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. It is administered by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, which began in 1871 to oversee the development ...
to the north,
Haight-Ashbury to the northeast,
The Castro to the east. and Twin Peaks to the south. Near
Kezar Stadium, Cole Valley is the smallest neighborhood in the city.
Location
The neighborhood is bordered on the west by Stanyan Street and the Sutro Forest, on the south by Tank Hill, and on the east by Clayton Street.
The main commercial strip is condensed into three blocks along Cole Street and part of Carl Street. This strip includes more than a dozen restaurants and cafés.
Cole Valley is surrounded by the neighborhoods of
Inner Sunset,
Haight Ashbury, Buena Vista/Ashbury Heights,
Corona Heights
Corona Heights is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, just north of Market Street and Eureka Valley. Corona Heights is often considered part of the Castro and Upper Market areas.
Location
The Corona Heights neighborhood stretches betwe ...
, Clarendon Heights, and
Forest Knolls.
History
Cole Valley grew up around the streetcar stop at the entrance to the
Sunset Tunnel at the intersection of Carl and Cole Streets. That intersection is still the center of the neighborhood's small business district, and the
N Judah light rail line still stops there.
Cole Valley was popular with dot-commers during the late 1990s
dot-com bubble.
Craig Newmark, founder of
Craigslist, is a former resident. The area is home to young professionals, some
University of California, San Francisco residents, staff and neighborhood families since the early 1960s.
References
External links
ColeValleySF.comSan Francisco Neighborhoods (Cole Valley)Cole Valley Improvement Association (CVIA)
{{Neighborhoods of San Francisco
Neighborhoods in San Francisco
Western Addition, San Francisco