Noe Valley, San Francisco

Noe Valley, San Francisco

Noe Valley
Neighborhood of San Francisco

Noe Valley

Location within San Francisco

Noe Valley Location within Central San Francisco

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Coordinates (24th St. & Noe St.): 374505.2N 1222554.7W Government Board of Supervisors State Assembly State Senate U.S. House Area [1] 2.97km2 (1.147sqmi) 2.97km2 (1.147sqmi) [2] 21,106 7,107/km2 (18407/sqmi) 94103, 94110, 94114, 94131 415 Scott Wiener Tom Ammiano (D) Mark Leno (D) Nancy Pelosi (D)

Total Land Population (2008) Total Density ZIP Code Area code(s)

Noe Valley (/no.i/NOH-ee) is a neighborhood in the central part of San Francisco, California.

Location
Its borders are generally considered to be 22nd Street to the north, Randall Street to the south, Dolores Street to the east, and Grand View Avenue to the west. These borders are informal, nothing more, and continue to expand, thanks to real estate agents. The Castro (Eureka Valley) is directly to Noe Valley's north, although the border is not well defined and can stretch into Noe Valley, and The Mission is to its east.

History
The neighborhood is named after Jos de Jess No, the last Mexican alcalde (mayor) of Yerba Buena (present day San Francisco), who owned this land as part of his Rancho San Miguel. No sold the land, later to be known as Noe Valley, to John Meirs Horner in 1854, and at this time the land was called Horner's Addition. The original No adobe house was located in the vicinity of the present day intersection of 23rd Street and Douglass Street. Noe Valley was primarily developed at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, especially in the years just after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. As a result, the neighborhood contains many examples of the "classic" Victorian and Edwardian residential architecture for which San Francisco is famous. As a working-class neighborhood, Noe Valley houses were built in rows, with some of the efficient, low-cost homes being more ornate than others, depending on the owner's taste and finances. Today, Noe Valley has one of the highest concentration of row houses in San Francisco,

Original newspaper advertisement for sale of housing lots in Noe Valley, April 6, 1854,

Noe Valley, San Francisco with streets having three to four and sometimes as many as a dozen on the same side. However, few facades in such rows of houses remain unchanged since their creation in the late 19th and early 20th century. Many Noe Valley streets were laid out and named by John Meirs Horner, who named Elizabeth Street after his wife and Jersey Street after the state where he was born. Most of Noe Valley is still called Horner's Addition for tax purposes by the city assessor's office. Present day 24th Street was named "Park Street", and 25th Street was named "Temple Street" after his Mormon faith. St. Paul's Catholic Church, at Valley and Church streets, was the setting for the movie Sister Act.

Attractions and characteristics

Like many other San Francisco neighborhoods, Noe Valley started out as a working-class neighborhood for employees and their families in the area's once-thriving blue-collar economy, but has since undergone successive waves of gentrification and is now considered an upscale neighborhood. It is home to many urban professionals, particularly young couples with children, and it is not unusual for a well-maintained house in Noe Valley to sell for two million dollars or more.[3] Traffic flow is limited one main north access through Castro Street to Eureka Valley, one main west access up Clipper Street toward the former Twin Peaks toll plaza and west of the city, several east accesses to the Mission District through 24th, Cesar Chavez and other numbered streets, and the main northsouth Church Street access used by the J Church Muni Light Rail. Public transit includes the J Church, which runs down Church Street until 30th Street. The 24 Muni Bus also runs through Noe Valley. Its route comes from the north on Castro Street, and switches to Noe Street at 26th Street. It then exits the neighborhood via 30th Street. The neighborhood is primarily residential, although there are two bustling commercial strips. The first along 24th Street, between Church Street and Diamond Street, and the second, less dense corridor along Church Street, between 24th Street and 30th Street.

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References
[1] (http:/ / www. city-data. com/ neighborhood/ Noe-Valley-San-Francisco-CA. html) [2] (http:/ / www. city-data. com/ neighborhood/ Noe-Valley-San-Francisco-CA. html) [3] Noe Valley Voice. Noe Valley Home Sales, July/August 2006, p. 17.

External links
Noe Valley Neighborhood Guide (http://www.sfgate.com/traveler/guide/sf/neighborhoods/noevalley.shtml) Noe Valley Neighborhood Website (http://noevalley.neighbortree.com)

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