Elmwood

Focused around College and Ashby Avenues, Elmwood was originally designed as a streetcar suburb in the housing boom that followed the great earthquake of 1906, and it remains a primarily residential neighborhood with a small commercial corridor that includes a movie theater, shops and restaurants. Houses in this part of town are an attractive mix of condos and grander homes, from Brown Shingles to Tudors designed by famed architects. College Avenue transitions from Berkeley to Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood as it passes Alcatraz.