Cole Valley, San Francisco

Cole Valley
Neighborhood of San Francisco
Cole Valley from below
Cole Valley Location within Central San Francisco
Coordinates:
Government
• Supervisor	London Breed
• State Assembly	David Chiu (D)
• State Senator	Mark Leno (D)
• U. S. Rep.	Nancy Pelosi (D)
Area
• Total	0.44 km2 (0.169 sq mi)
• Land	0.44 km2 (0.169 sq mi)
Population (2008)
• Total	4,192
• Density	9,550/km2 (24,740/sq mi)
ZIP Code	94117
Area codes	415/628

Cole Valley is a small neighborhood in San Francisco, California.

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 in San Francisco, California. 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 café cafes.

It is very close to Haight-Ashbury, and is sometimes considered a sub-area of that district. It is also close to the Inner Sunset.

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 recent former resident, and still an habitué of Cole Valley's cafes. Today the neighborhood is home to a mix of young professionals, some University of California, San Francisco residents and staff, and the African American and working-class families who have lived in the neighborhood since the early 1960s.

External links

• ColeValleySF.com
• San Francisco Neighborhoods (Cole Valley)
• Cole Valley Home Page
• colevalley.org
• Cole Valley Improvement Association (CVIA): includes information on the annual Cole Valley Street Fair, in September.
• SF Station - Cole Valley