Cole Valley, San Francisco

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Cole Valley
Location within Central San Francisco
Coordinates: 37°45′53″N122°26′59″W / 37.76485°N 122.44975°W / 37.76485; -122.44975
Government
   Supervisor Dean Preston
   State Assembly Matt Haney (D) [1]
   State Senator Scott Wiener (D) [1]
   U. S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D) [2]
Area
[3]
  Total0.44 km2 (0.169 sq mi)
  Land0.44 km2 (0.169 sq mi)
Population
 (2008) [3]
  Total4,192
  Density9,550/km2 (24,740/sq mi)
ZIP Code
94117
Area codes 415/628
[3]

Cole Valley is a small neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It borders Golden Gate Park 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. It is the neighborhood that Southpark based its famous episode Smug Alert. Residents are very impressed with themselves here and get pretty mad when people refer to it as Haight Ashbury.

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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. [4] 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, 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  2. "California's 11th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cole Valley neighborhood in San Francisco, California (CA), 94117". City-data.com.
  4. "Cole Valley". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-12-28.

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37°45′53″N122°26′59″W / 37.76485°N 122.44975°W / 37.76485; -122.44975