Community Center: Family-friendly homes and amenities for buyers.
“Community Center is a neighborhood brimming with family-oriented amenities, charm, and convenience.”
Community Center (MLS #240) was crowned as such based on its immediacy to Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Community Center. Also nestled within its borders are the Junior Museum and Zoo, the Palo Alto Main Library and the Children’s Library, and Palo Alto’s Rinconada Park. The city’s downtown shopping district on University Avenue is a pleasant 15 minute stroll while highway 101 is a mere 2 miles away. All of these town jewels afford Community Center residents a myriad of family-oriented features right in their own backyard.
The majority of the borough was constructed in the 1920s and 1930s and offers a wide range of housing options. The emblematic ranch homes are found scattered among older dwellings and new or renovated residences. Community Center includes one of Joseph Eichler’s final developments constructed in 1973 on the former Harker School location.
A section of Community Center bordered by Middlefield, Embarcadero and Newell Roads and Channing Avenue draws in homebuyers who desire a deep sense of neighborliness. Residents here know each other by name, host numerous annual block parties, and are proud of the fact that their safe, quiet lanes are filled with children playing and riding their bicycles.
Although not as grand as the houses in Crescent Park, Community Center homes offer much in the way of architectural style and vintage. Most dwellings are below 2,000 square feet and have one to two bathrooms. Compliments of the ‘raze and rebuild’ phenomena, there are a few larger, more modern residences in the area.
Overall, Community Center is a model borough for families looking for traditional homes, a close community, and a multitude of recreational opportunities.
