Downtown Mountain View offers historic charm and diverse homes.
“The neighborhood of Downtown Mountain View is the heart and soul of the city, offering a historic yet lively atmosphere and a multitude of housing options at varying price points.”
The borough of Downtown Mountain View (MLS #207) is the geographic and historic epicenter of the city and where it continues to thrive. An impressive display of architectural styles abounds, including Arts & Crafts, Victorian, and the Mediterranean, as well as new luxury condominiums, offering exceptional variety in both price and style of home.
In 1990s, Castro Street, which bisects the Downtown district, was transformed from lackluster to a shining star. Boasting some of the best restaurants in the Silicon Valley along with coffee shops, cafes, and unique shops, Castro Street attracts high-end buyers to this flourishing, family-friendly borough.
The decades-old district is made up of Shoreline West and Old Mountain View. Prior to 1994, this borough was a single area. The Shoreline West Neighborhood Association changed all that by implementing new boundaries, enabling more direct control over their neighborhood’s historic preservation.
Old Mountain View has an atmosphere akin to Menlo Park’s Allied Arts or Redwood City’s Mount Carmel neighborhood. Verdant archways and immaculate century-old homes line its streets. Old Mountain View residents also enjoy a multitude of parks and proximity to Castro Street, the city’s vibrant commercial and entertainment hub. This well-established borough offers a lifestyle brimming with neighborhood events, history, and prosperity.
With homes ranging from craftsman to Victorian to duplexes and apartments, Shoreline West offers greater housing diversity and as such, a bit more affordability, with prices starting at about $399,000 and moving upward. The borough offers quiet, tree-lined streets leading to small neighborhood markets and shops. Its residents include young families as well as long-time inhabitants, all of who seem to know each other by name, thanks to organized neighborhood events. Shoreline West residents enjoy the picnic and playgrounds, athletic courts, and fields in the neighborhood’s centrally-located Castro Park.
With its growth, historic preservation, and community togetherness, this classic borough is a perfect blend of the All-American neighborhood.
