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From the early days of the Miwok
Indians to the present, Greenbrae has always been regarded as a highly
desirable place to call home. Its hilly terrain not only provides shelter from
ocean breezes and fog, it offers magnificent vistas of the San Francisco Bay
and Mt. Tamalpais. In Scotland
"brae" means hillside, an apt description of the rolling terrain of
this countryside area. Temperatures are generally moderate and except during
the rainy winter months, sunshine is present most of the year. Established as a
suburban housing community by builder Niels Schultz
Sr., in the 1940's, Greenbrae was planned as a model community that would
provide its citizens with every element necessary for quality living: a
well-balanced district of single family and apartment residences, supported by
shopping facilities, schools and churches. Today there are about 6,000 housing
units with half being single family homes and half being apartments, townhomes and condominiums. Greenbrae is known for its
tastefully landscaped custom homes, many of which have views of the bay, Corte
Madera Creek and lowlands, and Mt.
Tamalpais.
Schultz envisioned a carefully planned and self-contained community, not a
subdivision, and unlike other developments, Greenbrae grew in groups of 30 to
50 homes.
The single-family homes were built on the hills north of Sir Francis Drake Blvd. and the Bon Air
Shopping Center, garden
apartment complexes, and other commercial and professional use buildings were
built to the south. A special effort was made during the development of this
area to preserve the hundreds of majestic oak trees that grace the hills. Cul de sacs often were punctuated with a great oak tree.
Many planted park and road divider strips were created, which gave the emerging
community a lush and natural look. Landscape maintenance and horticulture are
vital issues to this community, and there are several resident and county
groups that oversee local projects. Greenbrae also has an active Property
Owners Association.
Greenbrae has no industry, just an occasional
office building or neighborhood shopping center. Greenbrae is an unincorporated
area governed by the County
Board of Supervisors and
located next to Larkspur and Kentfield. Greenbrae and Kentfield share utilities
and many public services with Larkspur. The excellent school district, ranked
in the 98th percentile, is shared with Kentfield. Greenbrae is also the
location for Marin
General Hospital.
The hospital opened in May 1952 and has become a major medical facility, with
state of the art equipment and a totally germ-free unit for highly sensitive
patients. Thousands of Marin
County residents have
been born at Marin General. Greenbrae is situated at the intersection of
Marin's main freeway, Highway 101 and Sir
Francis Drake Boulevard. This is also an ideal
location from which to commute, with San
Francisco only 16 miles away and the Larkspur Ferry a
few minutes drive. It's easy to see why Greenbrae has become such a desirable
place to live. Compared to other areas, the turnover of homes is considerably
smaller; many residents have enjoyed their homes for 20 years and more.
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