Bay Area REBlog

Old Los Altos is best known for its Sunday afternoon Old Town Band concerts in nearby Shoup Park, free Shakespears plays, and Veterans’ Day and Fourth of July celebrations, as well as fly fishing in Adobe Creek. There are no structures above two stories and the area is zoned for one-quarter-acre lots. The houses, nestled amongst mature foliage, are visible from the sidewalk and run the full gamut from Spanish to saltbox.

Also nearby is the Redwood Grove Nature Preserve, maintained by the city, which hosts archery camps and a nature center.

A buffer wall, built in the 1970s, protects the neighborhood from Foothill Expressway.