Comments on: Stop Press: An Underrated (Underpriced?) Bay Area Neighborhood

By: tracey.taylor

tracey.taylor — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:31:58 +0000

Sorry, me again. Just to be clear: Joan Dark (above) kindly left this informative comment on a post I linked to in the above post and I think its rightful place is here so I am duplicating it here. (And if that makes sense you’re smarter than I thought you were.)

Thank you, Joan, for giving even more weight to my argument that Piedmont Avenue is underrated. I want to move there now.

By: tracey.taylor

tracey.taylor — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:28:30 +0000

Joan Dark said:

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 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:47:24 +0000

Aaah, the wisdom of crowds. Well, OK, three people. But such sharp insider information. All of which supports my hunch about the Piedmont Avenue area. And I know from friends that use them that those Transbay buses are great.

Definitely a neighborhood to watch (or leap into, why not?).

By: anon

anon — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:21:29 +0000

Some little-known secrets: if you commute to SF, there are two Transbay buses that go from Piedmont and Broadway during commute hours, so you don’t necessarily need to go to BART. We love the Lake Merritt farmers’ market too, but the Temescal one is equally terrific and is even closer to the main Piedmont drag (as are all of the great Temescal hot spots emerging along Telegraph). Kaiser Hospital is rebuilding their campus there, too, and moving the hospital further south to the base of Piedmont, which is likely good news for the whole neighborhood since it will bring some energy to Lower Piedmont too.

By: Farrah

Farrah — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:15:31 +0000

I’m a fan of this neighborhood too. I think it remains under the radar because it’s overshadowed by the larger Lake Merritt hood which has a huge body of water and a great farmer’s market to attract attention. It’s also just a big too far away from the Bart station to walk there comfortably.

I ‘m a big fan of Video Room, Messob, Piedmont Yoga Studio and Nathan’s. Tropix is also great for brunch.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:57:34 +0000

This is our neighborhood, and we LOVE it! There’s something for everyone. It does still struggle with crime from time to time (welcome to Oakland…) but has enough great things that we didn’t think twice about buying here after renting off of Piedmont for a number of years.