It borders Golden Gate Park to the north, Haight-Ashbury to the northeast, The Castro to the east, and Twin Peaks to the south.
That intersection is still the center of the neighborhood's small business district, and the N Judah light rail line still stops there.
Cole Valley was popular with dot-commers during the late 1990s dot-com bubble.
The area is home to young professionals, some University of California, San Francisco residents, staff and neighborhood families since the early 1960s.
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