| The East End was developed in the late 19th century with a mix of wood frame SF and small apartment buildings. Historically the neighborhood had a large Irish and Italian American population. This is a stable upper middle class district with convenient access to downtown without significant traffic, beautiful bayfront parks, several attractive urban business districts, and attractive historic architecture. The waterfront park, Eastern Promenade, was designed by the Olmsted Brothers as well as Baxter Boulevard, which rings part of Back Cove. The district however lacks significant racial diversity, is very expensive to reside, and contains only a mediocre elementary school. Public Transit is also average. |
URBAN STRENGTHS
| * Very convenient access to Downtown. * Expansive bike system connect the district to downtown and other adjacent areas. * Great economic diversity and decent generational diversity. * Lovely Historic architecture mostly wood frame housing from the late 19th century. * Good amount of tree canopy and street trees. * Generally high quality sidewalks with ADA ramps. * The East End is well endowed with recreational spaces including its extensive waterfront parks and many small and medium sized parks throughout offering most types of amenities. * Culturally a good # of restaurants, bars, and cafes, several theaters and music venues and art galleries. No museums but several historic sites. * Amenity wise there are several smaller groceries but Wholefoods nearby, a Walgreens and a good offering of retail and boutiques along Congress St. and Washington Ave. |
URBAN WEAKNESSES
| * Public transit is decent but not great. * Very Caucasian neighborhood with limited racial diversity. * For Sale housing is very expensive starting at around 300K for a 1-2 bedroom condos. Most 3 & 4 bedroom SF homes selling between 500K-800K. Rentals are expensive too with studios starting around $1,000 and most 1-bedrooms in the mid to high $1,00s. 2-bedrooms rent in the high $1,000s and $2,000s. * A decent grade school sits within the East End and the well rated Portland HS is about a mile away. |
Evaluating our Urban Communities [with a focus on America] 