Comments on: Oakland: A Neighborhood With Curb Appeal

By: Joan Dark

Joan Dark — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:39:38 +0000

I’m a realtor who’s lived in the Piedmont Ave. neighborhood since 1989, and I’ve sold most of the property over the years.It’s politically active,very neighborly,pedestrian oriented, and desirable as a place to live.Block parties are not uncommon,many are organized for disaster preparedness,and most neighbors know each other on a first name basis.People rarely move out of the neighborhood unless they die or get divorced!Many build on,or just live with less space as their families grow because they love it here so much.You can park your car and walk everywhere. Heavily used library.Still basic services like banks,dry cleaners,shoe repair,fabric store,news stand,plus gelato, movie,restuarants,tea shop:BART,busses easy to SF.Very low crime rate.Cops say if they could afford it,they’d live here. I wouldn’t live anywhere else.(Find out where realtors live.They know the best places and hear about them first.)

By: tracey.taylor

tracey.taylor — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:29:48 +0000

Craig – that’s good to hear. I do consider 800s reasonable given what homes are going for within a mile radius of there. Does this neighborhood have a name? If not, can we give it one?

By: craig

craig — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:25:03 +0000

That area is really nice and is still affordable(if you consider the 800′s a bargain). We used to rent a small unit there before we moved to Rockridge and ton’s of families live in the area, great shops and food. The planter and bench are part of a roundabout that was put in to control traffic and they took a lot of pride in keeping that together.