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Portola (pronounced PORE-toe-luh, by denizens) was named after the old Portola School, which in turn was named after the Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolà (credited by some as the discoverer of San Francisco Bay). Originally settled after the 1906 earthquake by Jewish and Italian immigrants, the area evolved into a community populated by ...
Portola Valley is located on the San Francisco Peninsula on the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains.The town is west of Interstate 280 and the southwest boundary is along Skyline Boulevard which more or less is the ridge of the mountains.
Bounded by Portola Dr., San Pablo and Santa Paula Aves., San Jacinto Way, San Andreas Way, Junipero Serra and Monterey Blvds. 37°44′06″N 122°28′05″W / 37.7349°N 122.4680°W / 37.7349; -122.4680 ( St. Francis Wood Historic
The neighborhood is served by the West Portal Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Like Glen Park, West Portal is a San Francisco community that almost functions as a small city itself. Though small, the neighborhood has many banks, restaurants of many types, coffee shops, salons, post office, elementary school, drug store, bakery, ice ...
Silver Terrace is a neighborhood in the south eastern corner of San Francisco, between Bayview–Hunters Point and Portola neighborhoods. It is roughly bordered by Third Street to the east, Palou Avenue and Silver Avenue to the north, Williams Avenue to the south and Bayshore Boulevard and U.S. Route 101 to the west.
Market Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California.It begins at The Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building at the northeastern edge of the city and runs southwest through downtown, passing the Civic Center and the Castro District, to the intersection with Portola Drive in the Twin Peaks neighborhood.
[36] In 2018, both San Francisco and San Mateo counties finalized the Baylands project to consist of 1,674 housing units on the former Schlage Lock land and 2,200 housing units on the Brisbane side. The Brisbane side also consists of 6.5 million sq. ft. of biotech and office space.
Park Presidio Boulevard runs through the Richmond District between 14th Avenue and Funston Avenue connecting Golden Gate Park to the Presidio of San Francisco, and is itself a park. This route also carries California State Route 1. Portola Drive is the extension of Market Street into the south and western portion of San Francisco