Found 5 blog entries tagged as Alameda.

 

 This soothing view of the Alameda Bay Farm Island lagoon awaits you at 143 Diapian Bay.  This is but a portion of the spacious fenced in patio area that fronts onto the water.  Featuring 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms, in approximately 2400 sf of living space, this ideally located home is a unique spot for gracious living. 

 Surrounded by beaches and walkways on San Francisco Bay, Bay Farm Island boasts a lazy lagoon that runs through it, and offers delightful parks, tennis courts, a community pool, and an excellent golf course.  Just moments from busy downtown Alameda and Oakland, it is still retains a vacation like atmosphere.  

 This house is especially handsome on the exterior, and provides a privacy from the street with the major…

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This striking lagoon view provides a daily vacation atmosphere just outside this home at 137 Jervis Bay in Alameda's desirable Costa Brava neighborhood of Harbor Bay.  Serene and soothing, this home offers 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths in approximately 2364 sf of living space. While it appears to be on a far away holiday retreat, it is, in fact, just moments from Alameda and Oakland.  

 The relaxing Mediterranean atmosphere seen above, begins at the door of the house.   Restful white and beige colors contrast pleasantly with the red of the tile roof, and the greenery of the well established front garden area-complete with its own shade tree.  A spacious two car garage provides off street parking.  

 The entry to the home reveals the…

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Many cities in the San Francisco Bay area have homes on the water.  The closest ones here are found in Alameda, on Alameda Bay Farm Island, and Ballena Bay.  Whether you want a condo, townhome or single family home, there are many things to consider when purchasing a home on, or near, the water. It is especially important to take a moment to review your choice of homes, when you know that due to their pleasant views and ambiance, they are often more expensive compared to similar homes in the neighborhood that are not by the water.

 The very best features of having a home next to a bay, stream or ocean is the view of the water, and the pleasing atmosphere of the plants and wildlife that greet you every morning from your deck and  picture…

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Sitting immediately adjacent to Alameda, California in San Francisco Bay, is tiny Alameda Bay Farm Island.  It was originally farm land, and known for producing two unique products for the nearby city restaurants--asparagus and oysters.  Originally known as Asparagus Island, it also supported large oyster beds,( along with other portions of the Alameda island coast) which produced what was then considered a great delicacy to Edwardian San Francisco. 

Although separated by an estuary in the 19th century from mainland Alameda, it is now connected to both Alameda and Oakland.  By extension, it is connected to the Oakland International Airport, which was opened by Charles Lindbergh in 1927. What was once a quiet agricultural area, now houses offices,…

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Still known to many as Dr. Boone's house, named for the Alameda fixture who owned it for years, 1000 Grand St. in Alameda's Gold Coast has come on the market for $1,385,000. The sprawling 4 bedroom 3 bath Colonial revival home sits on over a 1/4 acre with an abundance of original details that were retained over the years. The architech was C.H Russell who also designed the Joseph Leonard House at the foot of Union St. Theporte cochère that used to sit on the West side of the home has been turned into a sitting room, but portions of the wrap around porch are still used today. Alameda's Fourth of July parade passes right in front of this massive home. The carpets have recently been removed to reveal the quarter-sawn parquet oak flooring. The dining room's…

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