Brookside Park, Portola Valley
It was the height of the Roaring '20s. Upwardly mobile San Franciscans aspiring to the Good Life had to have a country place down the Peninsula. On land that was originally part of Don Maximo Martinez' 22,000-acre Mexican Rancho Corte de Madera, several developers advertised lots for summer cottages.
In the horseshoe-shaped area off Portola Road the subdivision map marked off 41 lots called "Brookside Orchard," selling for about $300 each. The Great Depression emerged before all the lots were sold and by the early 1940s only 20 houses had been built.
It is still country -- yet with easy access to the community and shopping -- the kind of neighborhood where it's still safe for children to bike to schools, walk to the grocery store or the library. Every year, young families and old-timers gather for the neighborhood block party, sharing stories and a sense of neighborhood connection.
FACTS
CHILD CARE & PRESCHOOLS: Windmill Preschool, 4141 Alpine Road, Portola Valley; Ladera Community Church Preschool, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley; Carillon Preschool at Christ Church, 815 Portola Road, Portola Valley; New Horizons (after school care), 200 Shawnee Pass, Portola Valley
FIRE STATION: Woodside Fire Protection District, Portola Valley Station, 135 Portola Road, Portola Valley
PRIVATE SCHOOLS: Woodside Priory School, 302 Portola Road, Portola Valley
PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Portola Valley School District -- Ormondale School (K-3), 200 Shawnee Pass, Portola Valley; Corte Madera School (4-8), 4575 Alpine Road, Portola Valley
Sequoia Union High School District -- Woodside High School, 199 Churchill Ave., Woodside
SHOPPING: Nathhorst Triangle, Portola Road at Alpine Road; Village Square, 884 Portola Road; Ladera Shopping Center, 3130 Alpine Road, Portola Valley
CLICK HERE to view current Brookside Park Listings
*Courtesy of PaloAltoOnline.com
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