- Vir die stad in Texas, sien Pleasanton (Texas).
Pleasanton is 'n stad in Alameda County, in die Oosbaai van die San Francisco Bay Area. Dit is een van die rykste stede van sy soort, met baie luukse restaurante en historiese distrikte. As gevolg van die Middellandse See-klimaat in die omgewing, kan wingerde op die platteland gevind word, saam met heuwels met eikebome, warm somerweer en redelik sagte winterweer.
Verstaan
Pleasanton het sterk verander in die laat 20ste en vroeë 21ste eeu, maar dit het daarin geslaag om 'n cowboy-stad voorkoms te behou. Besige stadstrate, wat gereeld met bome omring is, is goed ontwerp en neem veral ses bane in die noorde van die stad in beslag; tog is daar ander, naby, dog kleiner strate, wat ondanks die groeiende bevolking en vooruitgang verbasend stil gebly het. Die werklik ongewone, hoewel taamlik oulike, aspek van Pleasanton is dat, ondanks die geboue wat lyk asof dit reguit uit 'n Westerse gebied gekom het, Pleasanton se ligging naby die Silicon Valley dit 'n kosmopolitiese gevoel gee: restaurante met Mexikaanse, Italiaanse, Turkse, Asiatiese en Amerikaanse kookkuns is almal binne 'n kilometer van mekaar af.
Naam
Pleasanton is gestig as 'Alisal'. Die stad sou opgeneem word as Pleasonton, na die naam van 'n militêre figuur in die Unie. Aangesien verskillende dorpe egter duidelik gemaak het dat hulle Pleasonton genoem wil word (soos Pleasanton in Texas), het die Amerikaanse regering 'n spelfout gemaak en hulle almal 'Pleasanton' genoem, 'n naam wat vandag nog bestaan. Baie inwoners neem aan dat dit 'n teken is van die woorde 'aangenaam' en 'dorp'.
Geskiedenis
Pleasanton het deur die jare dramaties verander; dit was histories 'n rowwe stad wat deur bandiete besoek is, maar nou is Pleasanton een van die rykste stede in die land. Die gebied het in die 1840's begin ontwikkel en is in 1850 gestig.
Sommige van die stadstrate, soos Kottinger, is vernoem na die vroeë grondeienaars in die stad. In Pleasanton is verrassend algemeen dat strate na grondeienaars vernoem word, en sulke benoemingsprosedures vind selfs plaas in onlangse behuisingsontwikkelings.
Die stad het belangriker geword in Kalifornië gedurende die 1910's, toe dit na vore getree het as een van Kalifornië se vernaamste sentrums vir verfilming. Hollywood vandag. Rebecca van die plaas Sunnybrookis byvoorbeeld in 1917 in Pleasanton verfilm. Die Pleasanton-bevolking het egter in die 1960's begin opstyg, en die bevolking het in 1970 meer as verdriedubbel tot 18 000. Die bevolking het sedertdien gegroei tot ongeveer 80 000.
Pleasanton het 'n groot historiese distrik met 'n middestad, tesame met historiese huise en 'n 1 historiese kerkgebou tussen die eerste en die derde straat. Veral in die eerste en tweede straat is daar goed onderhoude huise, waarvan 'n paar uit die 19de eeu is en sommige in Victoriaanse styl.
Ligging
Pleasanton is wes van Livermore en suid van Dublin in die Bay Area in Kalifornië. As padverkeer goed is, is Pleasanton ongeveer een uur weg San Francisco, 30-35 minute vanaf Oakland, en twee uur van die staatshoofstad af, Sacramento. Dit word omring deur berge, insluitend Berg Diablo na die noorde. (Die berg Diablo toring uit oor die streek en die ander berge.) Groot dele van die Diablo Range, wat deur die Pleasanton-gebied gaan, word beskerm as Oosbaai Streek Parklands.
Die dorp is redelik naby Santa Clara County, 'n gebied wat bekend is vir tegnologie. Sommige Pleasantonians pendel na gebiede in die Suidbaai en die Skiereiland, terwyl ander in die Tri-Valley woon en werk.
Pleasanton is ook net 'n paar uur van die Napa Valley Wynland. Daarom het dele van die stad en die nabygeleë Livermore enkele vierkante myl wingerde, veral in die suidooste. Landhuise en wynkelders is verspreid oor hierdie streek. Pleasanton is 'n goeie basis vir toeriste, want dit is tussen 'n paar belangrike streke in Kalifornië, en toeriste vind dit 'n ordentlike wegspringpunt vir die kus. San Francisco area, Silikon vallei, die Central Valley, en die Napa/Sonoma streek.
Mense
Pleasanton is 'n ietwat uiteenlopende stad. Alhoewel twee derdes van die bevolking wit is, is meer as twintig persent van die Pleasantoniërs Asiërs. Ongeveer tien persent van die bevolking is Spaans. Anders as baie uiteenlopende stede, is daar egter geen spesifieke kulturele gemeenskappe nie. In plaas daarvan meng die meeste inwoners in die stad in, en u sal mense van talle nasionaliteite in noue geselskap vind.
Volgens Wikipedia vorm nie-Spaanse blankes ongeveer drie vyfdes van die bevolking, nie-Spaanse Asiërs vorm 23% van die bevolking, en diegene wat hulself as Spaans beskou, vorm ongeveer 'n tiende van die bevolking. In teenstelling met baie ander stede in die Baai, is die Afro-Amerikaanse bevolking klein, wat minder as 2% van die bevolking uitmaak.
Afgesien van aftree-gemeenskappe soos 1 Stoneridge Creek, Pleasanton het 'n jong bevolking. As gevolg van die hoë lewenskoste en die nabyheid van werk in Silicon Valley, trek baie wat aftree uiteindelik na goedkoper plekke in ander dele van die VSA.
Klimaat
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Pleasanton se klimaat is Mediterreense, maar is nie ver van 'n woestynklimaat af nie, veral nie as 'n droogte voorkom nie. Neerslag kan in nat jare meer as 510 mm per jaar wees, maar in droë jare net 'n paar sentimeter. Die meeste reën kom gedurende die wintermaande voor. Daarom moet Pleasanton sterk op besproeiing staatmaak om sy bome en tuine lewendig te hou, en daar is pogings aangewend om moderne behuisingsontwikkelings, veral met die aanvang van 'n droogte gedurende die 2010's, aan te moedig om die gebruik van 'droogtebestand' aan te moedig - besproeiing - plante in plaas van grasperke.
Pleasanton se klimaat wissel baie, afhangende van die jaar. In 2013-2015 beleef dit byvoorbeeld Kalifornië se uiterste droogtetoestande, en plaaslike reservoirs het byna heeltemal opgedroog. In die winter van 2016-2017 het die reservoirs egter gevul en ingevul Lake Oroville ongeveer honderd kilometer noordoos, het die reservoir oorgeloop na die noodspoel wat toe gebreek het. Fundamenteel hou egter 'n paar aspekte van Pleasanton se klimaat gedurende enige jaar goed by: 1) die temperatuur het byna altyd 'n groot verskil tussen dag en nag, wat die weer gedurende 'n geruime tyd van die dag matig aangenaam maak; en 2) daar is 'n helder nat seisoen (ongeveer November of Desember tot en met enige tyd tussen Februarie en April) en 'n droë seisoen (die res van die jaar), maar nie 'n duidelike lente of herfs nie.
Temperature kan in die somer 110 ° F (43 ° C) slaag, maar kan in die winter tot onder vriespunt daal. Die beste maande om te besoek is April, Mei en Oktober, wanneer die temperature redelik is en byna geen reën val nie.
Junie kan 'n warmer maand wees as wat gewoonlik verwag word. Junie is die tweede hoogste maand vir rekordtemperature in Pleasanton, ná September. Julie en Augustus word in Pleasanton byna elke dag matig warm, maar bereik nie gereeld dieselfde rekordhoë temperature as wat in Junie en September bereik word nie.
Die hoogste temperatuur wat Pleasanton nog amptelik bereik het, is 'n oondwarm 115 ° F (46 ° C), alhoewel dit in die ooste van die stad, waar die temperatuur oor die algemeen die uiterste is, weens die groter afstand vanaf die Stille Oseaan warmer.
'N Maklike manier om die klimaat te onthou vir diegene wat dit nie ken nie, is' 30-60-90 ', 'n beroemde regte driehoek. Temperature in die winter is gewoonlik tussen die -1 ° C en 16 ° C, terwyl die somer gewoonlik in die 16 ° C tot 32 ° C is. C) reeks. 60 ° F (16 ° C) is die temperatuur wat deur die somer en winter gedeel word. Hierdie geheuehulpmiddel is egter nie verantwoordelik vir hittegolwe nie. Wat dit wel toon, is egter dat Pleasanton gedurende die winter 'n konstante weer het, en dat die gemiddelde hoogte- en laagtepunte gedurende die wintermaande ooreenstem met die normale weer in die stad.
Besoekersinligting
Besoek die inligting vir besoekers 2 Pleasanton-biblioteek. Die biblioteek is naby Old Bernallaan geleë en het 'n belangrike inligtingstoonbank waar hulle vrae kan beantwoord. 'N Mens kan ook die nabygeleë besoek 3 Burgersentrumgebou vir inligting oor die dorp. Hierdie geboue gaan egter uiteindelik verskuif word na 'n nuwe burgersentrum, wat in Pleasantonlaan sal wees. Volgens stadsplanne sal die burgersentrumkompleks saamgevoeg word in een hoofgebou naby Bernal Community Park (wat nader aan I-680 sal wees).
Talle boekwinkels en ander winkels in Pleasanton verkoop 'n geskiedenisboek van Pleasanton, wat die geskiedenis van die stad in detail deurgaan.
Gaan in
Met die vliegtuig
Alhoewel daar 'n plaaslike lughawe in Livermore is, is die beste lughawens binne San Francisco, Oakland en San Jose binne die omvang van Pleasanton. Hierdie lughawens moet minder as twee uur se ry vanaf Pleasanton wees as die verkeer goed is.
San Francisco-lughawe
San Francisco Internasionale Lughawe (SFO) is die grootste van hierdie lughawens. Van San Francisco af moet 'n mens egter na Pleasanton kom - om dit per motor te doen, behels die neem van verskeie besige snelweë met talle ingewikkelde kruisings, wat moeilik kan wees vir diegene wat nog nie voorheen in die omgewing was nie. Alternatiewelik het SFO 'n BART-stasie.
Oakland Lughawe
Oakland Lughawe (EIKE IATA) is 'n kleiner lughawe in Oakland, Kalifornië, aansienlik nader aan Pleasanton. Die lughawe is verbind met BART deur 'n personeelsvervoerder, en dit het 'n snelweg wat dit met die res van die gebied verbind. Die luspad op die lughawe maak dit ook relatief maklik om met die motor in en uit te klim. As u eers op I-580-oos is, is dit redelik eenvoudig om na Pleasanton te kom, solank u bekend is met snelweë in die VSA.
San Jose-lughawe
San Jose Lughawe (SJC IATA) is nou 'n belangrike lughawe. As u egter middae noord van San Jose na die Tri-Valley ry, kan die I-680 (die snelweg wat San Jose met Pleasanton en Concord verbind) ure neem om noordwaarts te ry. Die slegste deel begin om Scott Creekweg in die Fremont gebied en eindig met die snelweg CA-84 suid van Pleasanton.
Met die motor
Motor is meestal die beste manier om in Pleasanton in te ry.
Snelweë
Daar is twee snelweë in Pleasanton: I-580 (noordelike kant), en I-680 (westelike kant) en een snelweg, CA-84 (suidoostelike en oostelike kant). I-580 en I-680 kan egter baie besig raak. Byvoorbeeld, ry op I-680 vanaf San Jose na Pleasanton, wat net ongeveer veertig minute moet duur, kan meer as 'n uur duur. Beide snelweë, en CA-84, het steil opdraandes; I-680 en I-580 is ietwat kronkelend in die heuwels en help nie die verkeersprobleme nie.
CA-84 is 'n snelweg in Kalifornië wat pas uit jare se padwerk ontstaan. Die grootste deel van die CA-84 vanaf sy kruising met I-680 suid van Pleasanton tot by die kruising met I-580 in Livermore is opgegradeer van 'n tweespoorweg na 'n vierbaan-snelweg. CA-84 volg Vallecitos "Road" vanaf die I-680, naby Sunol, deur die heuwels noordoos tot by die oostelike grens van Pleasanton en Livermore. CA-84 ontmoet Pleasanton-paaie by die kruisings met Vineyard Avenue, Stanley Boulevard en Jack London Boulevard (die oostelike deel van Stoneridge Drive).
Ander paaie
Nader vanuit die ooste: verskeie paaie verbind Tracy met Livermore; as u van Tracy af wes gaan, gaan u verby Livermore op pad na Pleasanton. Dit sluit in I-580, Tesla Road (J2), Altamont Pass Road en Patterson Pass Road. Tesla Road, Altamont Pass Road en Patterson Pass Road is egter plek-plek smal en kronkelrig.
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Uit die suidweste: suidwes van Pleasanton, 'n pragtige pad genaamd Niles Canyon Road ('n westelike deel van CA-84) verbind die Fremont area met Sunol, 'n dorp in die suid-suidweste van Pleasanton. Van Sunol af kan u Foothill Road, Pleasanton-Sunol Road, I-680 of CA-84 neem om na Pleasanton te kom.
Nader vanaf die noorde: verskeie paaie in Dublin, 'n stad noord van Pleasanton, gaan voort na Pleasanton onder ander name: Dougherty Road word Hopyard Road, Tassajara Road word Santa Rita Road, San Ramon Road word Foothill Road, Fallon Road word El Charro Road, en Hacienda Road kruis die I-580. I-680 gaan van Dublin, San Ramon en verskillende dorpe noord van Pleasanton na Pleasanton (en gaan dan natuurlik verder suid na die Silicon Valley).
Per fiets
Vanweë die heuwelagtige terrein is die meeste paaie na Pleasanton te smal vir fietsrybane of snelweë, so daar is nie baie goeie geleenthede om na Pleasanton te ry nie. Die beste paaie met fietsrybane is Pleasanton-Sunolweg in die suide en Vineyardlaan in die ooste. Fietsry in Pleasanton is meer geskik as ontspanningsaktiwiteit.
Deur BART
Die 1 Dublin / Pleasanton 
en 2 Wes-Dublin / Pleasanton BART-stasies bied roetes na Oakland en verder na San Francisco en San Francisco Internasionale Lughawe. Die Dublin / Pleasanton-stasie het busverbindings met die middestad van Pleasanton (sien # Met die bus).
BART-treine is redelik vinnig (ongeveer 50 km / h), soortgelyk aan die spoed van motors as die verkeer goed is. Soos u op die kaart kan sien, gaan die meeste BART-treine na San Francisco en Oakland. Die Dublin / Pleasanton-lyn verbind uiteindelik met die Fremont-lyne, gaan deur Oakland, onder die San Francisco Bay, deur San Francisco en eindig in Millbrae. Daar is egter talle stasies waar die trein elke keer 'n paar minute stop. Dit gaan dan aan vir 'n paar minute en stop weer.
Daar was BART-verwante misdade, dus wees altyd versigtig terwyl u in BART-treine weet waar u besittings is, en wees seker dat niemand dit kan haal nie.
Met die trein
Die Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) is 'n treindiens wat van Pleasanton na nabygeleë plekke gaan Stockton en San Jose. Dit loop net 4 keer per dag elke rigting - suidelik in die oggend en noordwaarts in die middag - en stop by 3 Pleasanton-stasie Sentrum.
Met die bus
Daar is verbindende plaaslike busse. Bus 10R loop byvoorbeeld vanaf die Dublin / Pleasanton BART-stasie na die middestad van Pleasanton (gaan voort na Livermore) met 'n frekwensie van 15 minute gedurende die dag.
Kry rond
Die stad is redelik maklik om te navigeer; anders as Livermore, is paaie in logiese patrone met baie reguit kruisings uitgelê.
Te voet
Sentrum
Pleasanton het 'n wandelbare historiese middestad. Die middestad van die middestad is Hoofstraat, van Bernal Ave in die suide (veranker deur die stadsaal op Old Bernal) tot Arroyo del Valle in die noorde. (Die middestadplan is uiteengesit op die Pleasanton Downtown Plan webwerf[dooie skakel].) Die Pleasanton Downtown Association bied aanwysings oor hoe om vanaf verskillende punte na die middestad te kom. Die historiese woonbuurt het ook baie wandelbare strate, hoewel daar steil heuwels in hierdie deel van die stad is.
Noordelike Pleasanton
Northern Pleasanton was eens 'n moeras, en toe die gebied ontwikkel is, is kanale gegrawe. Langs die kanale is 4 roetes vir fietsryers en stappers. Baie van die kanaalbanke het egter tydens die reënseisoen 2016-2017 in duie gestort, en die instandhouding en sluiting duur voort tot 2017. Daar word gerugte dat sommige van die grond in hierdie streek sink; ontwikkeling het egter voortgegaan.
As u te voet reis, is dit naby I-680 wat u moet vermy, want dit is beslis nie vreedsaam nie.
Behalwe vir die 5 Ysterperdroete en ander roetes hierbo genoem, is moeilik om te voet buite die middestad te navigeer. Pleasanton is kilometers ver en kilometers van noord na suid, dus dit kan ure neem om van Hacienda Business Park na die middestad te kom. Alhoewel sypaadjies langs paaie rondom Pleasanton gevind word, loop min mense daarop, behalwe skoolkinders.
Met die motor
Bestuur is relatief maklik in Pleasanton, en oor die algemeen is daar genoeg parkeerplek vir almal (hoewel dit soms nie in die middestad is nie. Byvoorbeeld tydens die Alameda County Fair). I-680 is aan die westekant van die stedelike gebied geleë met drie uitgange (Sunol Boulevard, Bernallaan en Stoneridge Drive) en I-580 definieer die noordelike grens van die stad Pleasanton met vier afritte (Hopyard Road, Hacienda Drive, Santa Rita Road, en El Charro Road). As u suid van Santa Rita Road ry, weg van I-580 af in die rigting van die sentrum van Pleasanton, draai die pad na Main Street, wat die ingang na die middedorp aandui. As u suid gaan op Hopyard Road, vernou u uiteindelik en draai dan in Division Street, wat Saint Mary Street word, wat eindig in Main Street in die middestad.
Pleasanton, veral sedert die totstandkoming van Hacienda Business Park, het talle breë paaie (in die noorde) wat baie maklik is om mee te ry.
Parkering
Parkeerterreine is ruim, veral in winkelsentrums, as gevolg van platter grond en baie ekstra ruimte. Parkering in die middestad is egter moeilik, veral langs Mainstraat. Gedurende die somer van die Alameda County Fair kan dit amper onmoontlik wees om in die middestad te parkeer.
Moenie gedurende die dag direk in Mainstraat of First Street parkeer nie, want hierdie paaie is smal en besig, wat parkering daarlangs moeilik maak. Oppervlakte strate met maklike parkeerplek is dikwels net 'n entjie van besige, drukke paaie af. Hoofstraat en die middestad in die algemeen kan rampspoedig wees vir parkeer tydens geleenthede, en tydens die Alameda County Fair parkeer mense in die middestad om parkeergeld op die kermis te vermy. Parkering kan ook 'n probleem wees, veral in geringe strate, gedurende die herfs wanneer valblare parkeerplekke en bome bedek. met hul blare, omslagbeligting en naamborde.
Oor die algemeen is parkeerplek in die Hacienda Business Park-streek geleë binne die winkelsentrums of naby sake-eenhede. Parkeerterreine is groot in hierdie gebied, met meer plek as wat daar motors is.
Bestuur
Belangrike paaie in Pleasanton sluit in (hierdie paaie is twee bane aan elke kant ten minste op hul breedste punt):
- Santa Rita-weg: gaan van I-580 suid na die middestad van Pleasanton, word hoofstraat aan die suidelike punt.
- Hopyardweg: loop ietwat parallel met Santa Rita Road, en (gaan suid) word uiteindelik Divisiestraat en lei na die middestad van Pleasanton.
- Stanley Boulevard, Eerstestraat, en Sunol Boulevard: drie name vir verskillende dele van dieselfde pad. Sunol Boulevard gaan van I-680 noordoos na die middestad, First Street kruis die middestad, en Stanley Boulevard gaan oos, verby Shadow Cliffs en die steengroewe na Livermore.
Ander paaie om te weet:
- Hoofstraat: stadige pad, beter vir voetgangers as motors
- Eerstestraat: sien Stanley Boulevard
- Pleasanton-Sunolweg: verbind Pleasanton naby Sunol Boulevard met die sentrum van Sunol
Met die bus
Verskeie vervoerondernemings bedien die omgewing van Pleasanton. Die belangrikste busoperateur is WIELE, wat gaan na Dublin en Livermore, sowel as die BART-stasies. Die County Connection het 'n paar busse in Pleasanton. Daar is ook 'n omgekeerde piekdiens vanaf Pleasanton tot Modesto, die oggend na Modesto reis en die middag na Dublin / Pleasanton Bart-stasie terugkeer; die tarief is $ 11 enkele reis of $ 13 retour (moet op dieselfde dag wees).
Per fiets
Die stad het 'n goeie fietsnetwerk. Verskeie paaie, vir wandelaars en fietsryers, word langs kanale in die noordweste van die stad aangetref. Daar is gewerk aan die skep van 'n fietsnetwerk in die middestad, maar tot dusver was dit onsuksesvol omdat die paaie meestal te besig was vir fietsryers. Daar is fietsrakke by die Firehouse-teater.
Daar word ook beplan om die Pleasanton- en Livermore-fietsnetwerke aan te sluit, aangesien Livermore ook 'n goeie fietsnetwerk het. Vanaf 2018 word 'n geplaveide roete langs East Vineyard Avenue in Livermore gebou, waarvandaan 'n grondpaadjie parallel met die westelike Vineyard Avenue tot in Pleasanton loop.
Sien
Oorsig
Downtown Pleasanton
Pleasanton het talle historiese besienswaardighede in die middestad. Dit is gewoonlik in twee afdelings: die kommersiële gedeelte langs Mainstraat en die residensiële gedeelte langs die eerste en tweede straat.
Die kommersiële distrik in Hoofstraat is ongeveer 'n halwe kilometer lank. Hierdie distrik in die middestad is gesentreer op die kruising van Angela- en Mainstraat, naby die Farmer's Market. Dit strek egter ook vanaf hierdie kruising na die noorde, insluitend 'n groot kruising waar Raystraat, Saint Johnstraat en Hoofstraat mekaar ontmoet (Oasis Restaurant en die Rose Hotel is by hierdie kruising). Voetgangers word gereeld deur hierdie distrik van die middestad gesien, dikwels voor of na 'n ete in 'n restaurant.
Die residensiële distrik, suidoos van Hoofstraat, is nie so lank soos Hoofstraat nie, maar het 'n paar historiese huise. As u suidoos vanaf Main Street gaan, is First Street die oorgang van kommersieel na residensieel, wat steeds histories is in Second Street en verder na Third Street. Na hierdie punt is die huise meer onlangse konstruksies, hoewel sommige baie aantreklik is, selfs in hierdie deel van die stad.
Ander besienswaardighede is opmerklik, soos Kottinger's Barn en Museum on Main. Dit is historiese geboue wat sedertdien omskep is in iets wat dit nog nie was nie. Die Firehouse Arts Centre was byvoorbeeld 'n brandweergebou voordat dit in die 2000's in 'n teater- en kunsgalery omskep is.
Landelike gebiede
Totdat die burgersentrumprojek voltooi is, sal daar min (mooi) parke en tuine rondom die sentrum van Pleasanton wees. Daarom sal u die land wil besoek om flora en fauna te sien.
Groepe soos die East Bay Parks District het gekoop beduidende gedeeltes grond in die Oosbaai, wat nou oop is vir die publiek. Hierdie parke gee buitestaanders en inwoners van die stad 'n idee van hoe die Pleasanton-gebied voor vroeëre ontwikkelinge daar uitgesien het. Die parke word gekenmerk deur boerdery; vandag sal daar nie baie plase langs Pleasanton gevind word nie. Die plattelandse gebiede is meestal eikebome in klowe en koeler, natter plekke en oop grasveld op meer geïsoleerde, droër plekke. Pleasanton Ridge is 'n goeie voorbeeld van hierdie kombinasie - dikwels is die een kant van die nok heeltemal bedek met eikebome en die ander kant is amper kaal, met matige lang, maar droë geel gras (groen gedurende die nat seisoen). primêre vorm van plantegroei.
Skadu-kranse is 'n opvallende uitsondering, aangesien dit langs die Arroyo Del Valle en verskeie mere geleë is. Dit beteken dat bome in die omgewing kan groei, terwyl hulle nie in ander gebiede kon oorleef nie omdat dit te droog is.
As gevolg van Pleasanton se ligging (geleë tussen Livermore, Dublin, en Sunol), is daar min moontlike plekke vir parke in vergelyking met sy bure. As u na ware wildernis gaan soek, is die beste opsie suid van Livermore, waar ook Lake Del Valle daar is 4 000 voet berge soos Mount Hamilton, en honderde vierkante kilometer parkland op plekke soos Henry Coe-staatspark.
Museums en historiese besienswaardighede
- 1 Verlate spoorweg. Voordat die spoorlyn noordwes van die sentrum van Pleasanton herlei is, het dit dwarsdeur die middestad geloop. U kan steeds die spoorwegoorgangsborde in West Angelastraat sien, byvoorbeeld in die Farmer's Market. Sommige van die treinspore is nog steeds sigbaar naby die Firehouse-teater, en 'n langer gedeelte van die verlate spoorlyn kan gesien word langs Sunol Boulevard, suid van die sentrum van Pleasanton.
- 2 Kottinger's Barn, Raystraat 200, Pleasanton, CA (Neem First Street na Raystraat; draai na Raystraat in die rigting van die sentrum van Pleasanton). Kottinger's Barn, gebou in 1852, was eens 'n tronk wat bandiete gereeld 'besoek' het. Die gebou se dik mure en versperde vensters is 'n interessante kontras met die winkeltjie en potplante wat nou op die plek is.
- 3 Museum on Main (Pleasanton Museum), 603 Main St. (Gaan langs Hoofstraat, naby Blue Agave), ☏ 1 925 462-2766. Di-Sa 10:00 - 16:00, So 13: 00-16: 00. Hierdie museum bevat die geskiedenis van Pleasanton met talle historiese artikels, kaarte en meer, waarvan sommige dateer uit die inheemse Amerikaanse tyd. Daar is ook uitstallings vir dinge in die omgewing, soos die filmgeskiedenis van Pleasanton. Dit verander elke paar maande. Gratis, donasies welkom.
- 4 Pleasanton kommersiële distrik, Hoofstraat (Volg Santa Rita-pad suid vanaf I-580, of neem Sunol Boulevard noordoos vanaf I-680.). Die kommersiële distrik van die sentrum van Pleasanton is gebaseer op Main Street, 'n stadige tweespoorweg met winkels en restaurante. Hoofstraat is beter vir voetgangers as bestuurders, omdat die pad baie besig is. Sommige van die geboue is ouer as ander - nuwe geboue word steeds langs Mainstraat bygevoeg, terwyl ander 'n lang geskiedenis het. Die beste en duurste restaurante is meestal in die middestad van Pleasanton, hoewel daar ander goeie restaurante in ander dele van die stad is. 'N Mens kan die middestad gratis verken, maar besighede is meestal aan die duur kant.
- 5 Pleasanton Historiese Residensiële Distrik, Tweede straat (Neem First Street na Neal Street, en neem Neal Street in die rigting van die huise). Tesame met die historiese geboue in die kommersiële distrik van die sentrum van Pleasanton, is daar verskeie blokke goed versorgde ouer huise wat langs Nealstraat suid van die middestad toeganklik is. Veral rondom Lighthouse Baptist Church is daar verskeie huise wat dateer uit die 1800's. Baie van hierdie geboue het mooi tuine, langs lang bome. Die gebied het baie steil heuwels, soortgelyk aan dié van San Francisco, en dit kan vir sommige moeilik wees om in die omgewing te loop.
'N Museum en restaurant is in hierdie deel van Hoofstraat; die gebou aan die linkerkant is Museum on Main - 6 Pleasanton-tekenboog, Hoofstraat net noord van Divisiestraat. Die inskripsie lui: 'Oorspronklik geïnstalleer deur die Women's Improvement Club in 1932, het die Pleasanton Sign 'n bekende baken geword en 'n prominente simbool van die gemeenskap. In 2005 het die bord 'n volledige restourasie ondergaan en is op 8 April deur die stadsraad opgedra. . "
- 7 Hoofstraat Groen, Hoofstraat 895 (Kruising van Hoofstraat en Del Valle Parkway). Daar is 'n standbeeld in hierdie parkie aan die noordekant van die middestad. 'N Pad gaan na die Arroyo del Valle-spruit wat langs die park loop.
Kuns
- 8 Firehouse Kunssentrum, 4444 Spoorweglaan (een blok oos van Main St, oorkant Division St, in die middestad), ☏ 1 925 931-4850 (Inligting), 1 925 931-4848 (Loket). Die Firehouse Arts Centre, wat in 2010 geopen is, is die historiese Fire House One van die stad Pleasanton uit 1929. Dit is opgeknap en uitgebrei tot 'n kunssentrum met die Firehouse-teater met 230 sitplekke, Harrington Gallery of Fine Arts, twee groot kunsklaskamers en 'n groot lobby vir onthale. en gebeure. Die getransformeerde fasiliteit bied ook 'n voetgangerverbinding vanaf Hoofstraat na die uitgebreide Lions Wayside Park.
- Talle muurskilderye. Daar is verskeie pragtige muurskilderye en muurtekeninge in die sentrum van Pleasanton. Naby Strizzi's Restaurant is 'n 9 muurskildery van die Tri-Valley. 'N Ander muurskildery wat 'n straattoneel uitbeeld, is by 10 Vallei Loodgieterswerk. (Dit kyk na Peterslaan.) Hierdie muurskilderye maak van die verveligste mure dikwels die interessantste in die stad.
Besigheidsparke
- 11 Hacienda-sakepark, Owensrylaan ('N Groot deel van die noorde van Pleasanton is Hacienda Business Park). Dit is nie die beste plek vir besoekers om te besoek as hulle nie veel tyd in hul hande het nie, maar dit is 'n interessante plek om te besoek as u nie weet wat u nog met jouself moet doen nie. Twee faktore maak Hacienda Business Park visueel interessant: die argitektuur van die straatnaamborde en die geskiedenis van die sakepark. Eerstens is die ongewone verkeersligte en straatnaamborde reusagtige vierkantige strukture wat regoor die paaie gebou word, en dit word beklemtoon deur wat dit onmiddellik omring. Tweedens, die geskiedenis van die park: Hacienda Business Park is gebou in die 1980's toe Pleasanton begin lyk soos vandag, en Hacienda Business Park het die boerdery en die boerdery vervang. Binne enkele jare het die huidige noordelike Pleasanton van platteland na 'n belangrike deel van die Stad Pleasanton gegaan. Die planne van die ontwikkelaars om Hacienda Business Park in een van die wêreld se grootste sakeparke te omskep, het egter nie geslaag nie - die breë boulevards in die sakepark is verbasend leeg, wat die sakepark soms 'n amper verlate gevoel gee.
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Plaaslike geleenthede
Elke somer bied Pleasanton die Alameda County Fair aan, die belangrikste herhaalde gebeurtenis in Pleasanton. Pleasanton het egter talle ander gebeure, musikaal en andersins. Pleasanton, soos buurman Livermore, het 'n verrassende sterk jazz-toneel. Belangrike jazz-geleenthede sluit in die maandelikse Inklings-konserte, wat gratis en publiek beskikbaar is.
Pleasanton bied baie aktiwiteite langs Main Street aan. Sulke aktiwiteite sluit die Derde Donderdae-kunswandeling in: dit is belangrik, selfs vir diegene wat nie die geleenthede bywoon nie, want dit lei dikwels tot die sluiting van die hoofstraat of Angelastraat.
Parklands
Alhoewel sommige van die plaaslike parke deur die stadsregering besit word, is die meeste groter parke in besit van die EBRPD, wat staan vir die "East Bay Regional Parks District". Die EBRPD besit 'n paar parke in Pleasanton, insluitend Pleasanton Ridge en Shadow Cliffs, maar besit ook verskeie ander parke in die groter Tri-Valley, waaronder Del Valle, Streekreservaat Brushy Peak en Morgan Territory.
Parke en groot roetes
- 1 Alviso Adobe Gemeenskapspark, 3465 Old Foothill Rd. (wes van Foothill Road, ongeveer 1 km noord van Bernal Ave), ☏ 1 925 931-3479, ✉[email protected]. W-So 10:00 tot 16:00. Hierdie gerestoureerde gemeenskapspark, wat in 2008 geopen is, gee 'n blik op die geskiedenis van die Amador-vallei, insluitend interpretatiewe uitstallings van die vroeë Ohlone-kultuur voor die Spaanse aankoms, die jare van Ranchos wat troppe beeste op die 3000 hektaar (3,600 hektaar) bestuur. Rancho Santa Rita Mexikaanse Land Grant, en 'n replika van 'n Amerikaanse Meadowlark-melkery in die vroeë tot middel 20ste eeu. Die fokuspunt van hierdie interpretatiewe park is 'n seldsame oorspronklike Amerikaanse adobehuis, gebou in 1854 deur Francisco Alviso, wat tot 1969 deurlopend in gebruik was. Die Alviso Adobe is gerestoureer en uitgestal soos in die 1920's. Besoekersentrum / melkery het aktiwiteite vir kinders; gronde het tafels vir piekniek. Parkering aan die suidekant. Vry.
- 2 Augustin Bernal Park, 8200 Golden Eagle Way (Golden Eagle Way is vanaf Foothill Road beskikbaar). Dit is 'n stadspark langs Pleasanton #Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park. Dit is in byna elke opsig soortgelyk aan sy buurman, behalwe dat dit kleiner is.
- 3 Bernal Gemeenskapspark, 7001 Pleasanton Ave. (Neem Valley Avenue na Pleasanton Avenue (Suid). Hierdie deel van Pleasantonlaan is in aanbou en sal uiteindelik met Bernallaan naby die middestad verbind word.). Bernal Community Park is deel van 'n groter plan om die burgersentrum van Old Bernal Avenue na Pleasanton Avenue in die suide van die stad te verskuif. Alhoewel hierdie nuwe burgersentrum nie gebou is nie, is die plaaslike park gebou. Dit bevat 'n klein area met pasgeplante eikebome, asook 'n sportpark. Vry.
- 4 Streekreservaat vir borselagtige piek, Laughlinweg (Laughlin Road is bereikbaar vanaf Northfront (Altamont Pass) Road; 'n Deel van Laughlinweg is egter 'n eenbaan). Brushy Peak Regional Preserve is 'n EBRPD-park noordoos van Livermore. Die openbare paadjies lei nie na die top van die piek nie, maar dit gaan oor die algemene gebied. Daar is 'n paar roetes in die park, en die hooflus is ongeveer vier of vyf kilometer lank.
- 5 Callippe Preserve (Callippe-gholfbaan), 8500 Klubhuis Dr. (Neem Sunol Boulevard suid, neem links na Pleasanton-Sunol Road, draai links op Happy Valley Road en draai regs na Westbridge Lane. Follow the road until it ends at a parking lot in the golf course). Callippe Preserve is known to most Pleasantonians as a golf course; however, there is a nearly 4-mile trail around the golf course and local ranching areas. The trail can get muddy in winter, though, and is not easy to find. But it does give those from outside of Pleasanton an idea of the local flora and countryside in general. Trail is free.
- 6 Del Valle Regional Park. This park is closer to Livermore than Pleasanton but is still well under an hour's drive from anywhere in either city. At the center of this EBRPD park is Lake Del Valle, but there are several beautiful rock formations in the park as well. There are scores of miles of trails in the park that go through the hills and mountains surrounding Lake Del Valle, and the park works as a gateway to the Ohlone Trail, which leads in the direction of one of the Bay Area's most popular climbs, Mission Peak.
- 7 Morgan Territory Regional Preserve, Morgan Territory Road (Follow the narrow, twisty Morgan Territory Road to the mountain pass). This is a fairly large park with many miles of hiking trails that is north of Livermore. Morgan Territory, as it is usually called, consists of some oak woodlands, streams, canyons, and grass-covered plateaus.
- 8 Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park, Foothill Road (Take Sunol Boulevard out of Pleasanton; when you reach the entrance to the Castlewood community, make a left on Foothill Road and follow it for about one mile.), ☏ 1 510-544-3030. This regional park features the mountainous ranching country of the Diablo Range in California. The park has miles of rugged country, including oak forests and grasslands. The highest ridges are about 2,100 feet; most of the ridges are at least 1,000 feet. Vry.
- 9 Shadow Cliffs, 2500 Stanley Boulevard (Take Stanley Boulevard east toward Livermore). The park was once part of the quarry, but the excavated land is now Shadow Cliffs Lake. It includes a couple miles of trails around the lake. However, be prepared for the strong barbecue odors encountered around the grills near the lake.
- 10 Sunol Regional Wilderness, Geary Road or Welsh Road (Drive down Calaveras Road south from Pleasanton). This large wilderness area is a popular, fairly easy-to-reach park south of Pleasanton. Several trails lead from the park's trailheads into the mountain ranges around the park. There is a Sunol Regional Wilderness visitor center near Geary Road. Sunol Wilderness is connected to Del Valle Regional Park and Mission Peak via the Ohlone Regional Wilderness Trail.
Arts & entertainment
- 3rd Thursdays Art Walk, Downtown Pleasanton (From 580: Exit Santa Rita, head south following signs to downtown. From 680: exit Bernal, head east following the signs to downtown.), ☏ 1-925-400-8190. 6:30PM-9PM. The 3rd Thursdays MerchantArts Walk is a collaborative event bringing together local downtown merchants, arts groups and area artists in an effort to continue adding interesting and lively events to Downtown Pleasanton. It's a nice walk, on a nice evening, and an opportunity to join the community, support local artists and help this community thrive. Vry.
- 11 Alameda County Fair (Alameda County Fairgrounds), 4501 Pleasanton Avenue (Entrances along Valley Avenue near Koll Center Parkway). The fair has been at Alameda County Fairgrounds every summer since 1912. You can also plan a morning & go behind the scenes to experience the exciting world of thoroughbred racing at the Eddie Rich Racing Stable. There are car shows and horse races at the fairgrounds annually.
- 12 Jazz at Inklings (Pleasanton Jazz Society), 530 Main Street (Concerts are held in the Inklings Events Room). 7-9PM on most concert nights. In the Events Room (Common Room) behind Inklings Coffee & Tea, jazz concerts are held, generally once a month. Various musicians, from around the Bay Area and occasionally from other parts of the country, perform. Vry.
- 13 Konserte in die park, 4501 First St (Near Pleasanton downtown). The concerts are held weekly on Friday nights in the summer. They feature a wide range of musical genres and are open to the public at Delucchi Park. People often come several hours early to get a spot in the park. Vry.
City parks
Although these are not quite the equivalent of Yosemite en Yellowstone, they are places to go if you want to play sports or take children to the playground.
- 14 Ken Mercer Sports Park, 5800 Parkside Drive. This is a more than half-mile-long city park dedicated completely to sports activities. A few summer camps operate here.
Golf & country clubs
- 15 Callippe Golf Course, 8500 Clubhouse Dr. (Take Happy Valley Road from Pleasanton Sunol Road.), ☏ 1 925 426-6666. A golf course, restaurant, and hiking destination in the south of Pleasanton. In the Happy Valley region, the countryside is beautiful. You can also hike in the region.
- 16 Castlewood Country Club, 707 Country Club Cir (Accessible via Castlewood Drive), ☏ 1 925 846-2871. A first-class country club located in the Foothills community in western Pleasanton. For those who have money to spend and to want to have the finest experience possible in Pleasanton, this is the place to go. It is situated on the side of Pleasanton Ridge, not very far from the regional park, although it is not along the road to the park.
- 17 Ruby Hill Country Club, 3400 W Ruby Hill Dr (Accessed from Ruby Hill Boulevard or Ruby Hill Drive). Another first-class country club, this time in the wine country in eastern Pleasanton. It is in a gated community.
Relaxing
Although Pleasanton isn't a beach town, there are still places to take time relaxing. Pleasanton's historic residential district is nearly always peaceful — especially along Second Street and onwards, you could almost think that no-one was living there.
Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park and Shadow Cliffs Regional Park are not the best places to relax. For relaxation in parklands, the best place to go is Livermore. In Livermore, 2 Sycamore Grove has beautiful trails featuring woodlands, historic buildings, and hills in the south. There are numerous benches around the park, so feel free to bring a snack and enjoy the peacefulness of the sycamore and olive groves.
Pleasanton and Livermore are working on a trail network for cyclists and pedestrians. Portions of Livermore's trail network are already complete; the trails mostly contain gentle slopes in nice countryside, ranchlands, and vineyards - a good area to escape the busyness of ordinary life. The trail network is accessible from the Sycamore Grove Staging Area. When the Pleasanton section is complete along 4 Old Vineyard Avenue, the trail network in the region will grow even more.
Koop
Once the headquarters of Safeway Stores (before they were purchased a few years ago), Pleasanton abounds in grocery stores. There are two Safeway Stores in Pleasanton, along with a Trader Joe's and a Ranch 99. Stoneridge Mall is a large mall in the north of town. It is near Hacienda Business Park, like Rosewood Plaza. Downtown Pleasanton is, of course, to the south.
- 1 Gold N Time, 3500 Bernal Ave # 135 (Vintage Hills Mall, which is near the intersection of Tawny Drive and Bernal Avenue). Small shop that sells watches and repairs them.
- 2 Gregory Frame Shoppe, 800 Main Street (At the northern end of downtown), ☏ 1 925 846-1824. This shop is recognized by the beautiful flowers on the front side of the building that faces Main Street. The shop itself is also an interesting building, being covered by white paint and being somewhat built upon a slope.
- 3 Pleasanton Farmers' Market, West Angela Street, Pleasanton, California. Saturday mornings. Farmer's Market operates every Saturday morning on the section of West Angela Street between Main Street and First Street. They close this section of Angela Street so you can walk along it and buy food items, donate to causes, or learn about elections or events in the booths that go along this closed section of the street.
- 4 Rosewood Plaza, Rosewood Drive, Pleasanton, California (Near Santa Rita Road fairly close to I-580). Rosewood Plaza is a neighborhood center with several stores. Goedkoop.
- 5 Stoneridge Mall, 1 Stoneridge Mall Rd (Take Stoneridge Drive to Stoneridge Mall Road. Follow Stoneridge Mall Road, and it will take you around the shopping mall, and there are huge numbers of parking spaces), ☏ 1 925-737-4100. Main shopping mall in Pleasanton. It's an enclosed regional mall with Macy's, Nordstrom, J.C. Penney, and Apple stores.
- 6 Studio 7 Art Gallery, 400 Main St (Downtown — right next to the intersection with Angela Street). Art gallery store which features paintings of local country scenes, such as views of Mount Diablo, and some city scenes like San Francisco.
- 7 Towne Center Books, 555 Main St (Next to the Chase Bank). It's the main downtown bookstore. The store is divided into two sections, with adult books in the front, and children's books and games in the back.
- The city also has a Wal-Mart, Kohl's, and Home Depot in the north of the town. There are also two Safeway stores, both towards the southern side of town.
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Pleasanton has a wide range of restaurants, particularly along Main Street. What is mid-range for Pleasanton would probably be considered expensive in many places, due to Pleasanton's high cost of living.
Pleasanton's restaurant styles include some cuisines that are rare in much of the country, such as Mediterranean and Arabian food. There are also some Indian restaurants in Pleasanton.
Begroting
- 1 Albertos Cantina, 435 Main St. This is your usual Mexican-American restaurant, whether you like it or not. They serve tortilla chips upon your arrival at the restaurant and practically anyone who saw the menu could tell that the food was Mexican. Due to the cantina's low prices compared to other Pleasanton restaurants, Alberto's Cantina is a popular Mexican restaurant in downtown Pleasanton. Goedkoop.
- 2 Chicago's Umpires Grill, 6003 W. Las Positas Blvd, ☏ 1 925-462-1678. Enjoy a delicious Italian Beef or any of the creative sandwiches this Chicago style eatery has to Offer. Famous not only for its food, but also as the place leading thoroughbred jockey, Martin Garcia, once carved sandwiches.
- 3 Cocina, 55 West Angela Street (Near the old railroad), ☏ 1 925 485-3010. Meals are available for less than $10.
- 4 Frontier Spice Indian Cuisine, 411 Main Steet (Near Nonni's Bistro; there is a parking lot behind the restaurant and pedestrian access between the parking lot and the Frontier Spice Restaurant). Frontier Spice serves Punjab Indian cuisine and they take reservations. When you first arrive at the restaurant, you are served Indian bread that is hard and is somewhat similar to crackers. Their main courses are divided into vegetarian and non-vegetarian curries, with the rice and bread separate orders. Most meals in the $10s; then you pay a few more dollars for rice, Indian-style bread, etc.
- 5 Rancho Grande Taqueria, 2707 Hopyard Rd. Mexican restaurant. Less than $10 for a main course.
- 6 Sultans Kebab, 6654 Koll Center Pkwy #205. Around $10 for an entree.
Midde-reeks
- 7 Andy & Yu's, 348 St. Mary Street (Near Main Street), ☏ 1 925 750-8888. The name quite accurately defines the restaurant: it's Chinese-American, with Chinese food but a Western atmosphere. Most meals in the $10s; however, some cost more.
- 8 Blue Fox Cuisine, 5681 Gibraltar Drive. Indian cuisine. Although only $10 for an entree, it's a little more when you add a few dollars for bread and rice.
- 9 Chianti Reserve, 436 Main Street (Near the Main-Angela junction), ☏ 1 925 484-3877. Most dinner meals are in the $10s.
- 10 Experience Burma Restaurant, 220 Division Street. Burmese restaurant that is just off Main Street.
- 11 India Garden, 210 Rose Ave (Just off Main Street). This is a rather interesting restaurant because it probably is the most aroma-producing eatery in Pleasanton. In the $10s for an entree - of course, rice and bread would be more.
- 12 Jim's Country-Style Restaurant, 5400 Sunol Boulevard. This American restaurant is in the same shopping mall as the Raley's grocery store, which is a fairly short distance south of downtown Pleasanton on Sunol Boulevard.
- 13 Oasis Lounge, 780 Main St (Across from Rose Hotel). Serves Mediterranean food and drink in downtown Pleasanton. Oasis has been in Pleasanton for many years and has a good location in downtown, although very limited parking in its main parking lot. There is a lot of seating for the indoor section of the restaurant and also some seating in a garden setting outside the restaurant. However, the downside with sitting outside is you get the sound of all the traffic that goes along Ray Street into downtown Pleasanton, then turns left onto Main Street for a short section (right in front of the Oasis Restaurant), and then turns right onto St. John Street toward Peters Avenue.
- 14 Pastas Trattoria, 405 Main St. Italian restaurant in downtown Pleasanton.
- 15 Prime Poke, 349 Main St (This restaurant is close to the junction of Main and Angela Streets and where the Fontina Restaurant used to be), ☏ 1 925 523-396. This is a Hawaiian fish restaurant. Generally in the low $10s.
- 16 Rising Loafer Cafe, 428 Main Street. This is a traditional American cafe/restaurant. Their emphasis is largely on breakfast, and they serve breakfast dishes like bacon, eggs, and sausages. Their lunch meals still have the traditional American influence, although they do include plenty of sandwiches on their lunch menu.
- 17 Senro Sushi, 30 Neal Street #110 (This restaurant is somewhat hard to find. It is quite close to the ridiculously-named "Alameda Transportation Corridor", which is in fact where the railroad used to go before it was diverted to the other side of downtown - most of it is now either just gravel or has been converted into parking), ☏ 1 925 600-8040.
- 18 Sweet & Savory, 5685 Gibraltar Drive (In the Hacienda Business Park area of Pleasanton), ☏ 1 925 847-2911. Monday-Friday 6:30 AM - 3 PM. Some lunch meals under $10.
- 19 Wayne's Sushi Bistro, 3500 Bernal Ave #130 (Near the Vintage Hills Mall and at the intersection of Bernal Avenue and Tawny Drive). A Japanese restaurant that's towards the outskirts of Pleasanton, rather than in the center of town.
Splurge
- 20 Baci, 500 Main Street. This restaurant is on a street corner in Pleasanton downtown's Main Street; it is one of several Pleasanton restaurants that has outdoor seating along the sidewalk. There are also a few interesting structures outside their restaurant that have fires burning inside them to keep outdoor restaurant customers warm during the late evening. Pasta dishes are generally $20 or $30; most seafood/steaks are more than $30.
- 21 Barone's Restaurant, 475 St. John St. (Close to Main Street and the Rose Hotel). It's an upscale, expensive Italian restaurant in downtown Pleasanton with event space. On some Friday nights, there is live music at Barone's. Entrees can cost up to $40.
- 22 Blue Agave, 625 Main St. (On Main Street near the Pleasanton sign and Museum on Main). They serve upscale Mexican food in downtown Pleasanton in the building next to Museum on Main. Blue Agave is easily recognized by its large seating area in front of the restaurant and the restaurant building's bright colors.
- 23 Hap's Original, 122 West Neal St. Hap's has an old-school cocktail sign visible from Main Street. From there you might think it's an old watering hole until you walk up to the restaurant, and the upscale nature of the establishment becomes evident. This is an American Steak House, with fantastic steaks and somewhat pricey side dishes. Meals are ala carte. Stop in the bar for a Manhattan before dinner. Moderately expensive.
- 24 Lokanta Restaurant, 443 Main St, ☏ 1 925 223-8074. Lokanta is a fairly high-end restaurant in downtown Pleasanton. Lokanta serves Mediterranean food, primary Greek and Turkish, and is open at both breakfast and dinner. Their restaurant includes four areas where you can sit down and eat: in front of the restaurant, the main part of the restaurant (location of the kitchen), a room behind the front room with a bar and large windows, and an alley next to the restaurant with several tables.
- 25 Nonni's, 425 Main Street (Next to Frontier Spice Restaurant; there is a parking lot behind the restaurant and a pathway that leads from that parking lot to a section of Main Street just next to Nonni's). European food with French, English, and Italian elements. Most dinner meals are just under $30.
- 26 Salt Craft, 377 Mary Street (At the Peters Avenue-Mary Street Junction). This restaurant isn't right on Main Street, but it has quickly become of the most popular restaurants in downtown Pleasanton. Much of the restaurant's seating is outdoors in front of the main restaurant building. Salt Craft's menu consists of Italian-American cooking and more modern cuisine. It has been posted on Instagram (in 2020) that it will take some time for the restaurant to reopen due to business reasons. Most meals are either $18 or $27; salads and other appetizers are an extra charge.
- 27 Strizzi's, 649 Main Street (At the same junction as downtown's only gas station). Serves traditional Italian food. There are other locations in Livermore and Fremont.
- 28 Tri-Valley Bistro, 519 Main Street. American food, mostly non-vegetarian dishes. Ranges from low $20s to low $30s.
Drink
Pleasanton is at the edge of Livermore wine country. Eastern Pleasanton, in particular, is somewhat similar to Napa Valley Wine Country.
Koffiewinkels
- 1 Inklings Coffee & Tea, 530 Main Street. Inklings Coffee & Tea serves coffee, tea, soft drinks, and some snacks. It's a large coffee shop with many separate sections that are called rooms, including rooms with names like "The Wardrobe" and "The Common Room", where the Jazz at Inklings concerts are hosted, along with other events. Prices are what you would expect at chains, like Starbucks, etc.
Pubs and wine bars
- 2 Cellar Door, 4469 Railroad Avenue (On Railroad Avenue behind Inklings Coffee and close to the Firehouse Arts Center). This wine bar serves wine, beer, and some food items, which include flatbreads, chili, and hamburgers. In front of the wine bar is a fairly large patio area, and behind this is the wine bar itself. The wine bar is laid out like a restaurant, and the back part of the wine bar has curtains that can be pulled across to separate the two sections of the business. Sometimes, there is live music, and live music usually takes place behind the front window farthest from the bar.
- 3 Main Street Brewery, 830 Main Street, ☏ 1 925 462-8218. If you're looking for Pleasanton's cosmopolitan side, this is not the place to go, but if you're looking for a lively atmosphere and live music, the Main Street Brewery is a good place to go. Rock, pop, and blues music groups are often live here, along with performances by a local jazz singer, Karen Marguth, and the Moving Parts band.
- 4 McKay's Beer Garden, 252 Main Street (Southern end of Main Street), ☏ 1 925 425-0217. Towards the southern end of downtown. In the front is a nice patio area where statues were displayed before the beer garden was established.
- 5 Pairings Cellars, 310 Main St.. This place has all the modern technology and systems you can imagine and being at this wine bar really makes you feel like you're in a first-class establishment. Don't be surprised if it's expensive, though.
- 6 Sabio on Main, 501 Main St. (Pastime Plaza), ☏ 1 925 800-3090. Tapas bar and eatery in the Pastime Plaza. It has quite a few tables and chairs, along with a small outdoor patio near Main Street.
- 7 The Hop Yard American Alehouse & Grill, 3015 Hopyard Rd, ☏ 1 925 426-9600. Lots of beers on tap, mostly American microbrews but including imports. The food is good, but nothing to write home about (burgers, salads); the beer is worth the trip. Outdoor seating fills up in the warmer months.
Wynkelders
- 8 Rubino Estates Winery, 1188 Vineyard Ave (Along Vineyard Avenue; closer to Pleasanton than Ruby Hill). In size and grandeur, it has some similarities with Ruby Hill Winery. Rubino Winery has a long entrance driveway that leads away from Vineyard Avenue to the winery.
- 9 Ruby Hill Winery, 400 Vineyard Avenue (Just of CA-84, or take Vineyard Avenue out of Pleasanton). Beautiful, upscale winery in the east of Pleasanton. The area immediately surrounding the winery is much like that of Napa and Livermore Wine Country, and is backed by vineyards and mansions. Near the winery is the (also upscale) Ruby Hill gated community.
Slaap
Pleasanton's hotels are mostly in the north of the town, although the Rose Hotel is in the downtown.
Begroting
- 1 Motel 6, 5102 Hopyard Rd, ☏ 1 925 463-2626, faks: 1 925 225-0128.
Midde-reeks
- 2 Courtyard Pleasanton (Marriott Pleasanton), 5059 Hopyard Rd, ☏ 1 925 463-1414, faks: 1 925 463-0113.
- 3 Four Points by Sheraton Pleasanton, 5115 Hopyard Rd, ☏ 1 925 460-8800.
- 4 Larkspur Landing Pleasanton, 5535 Johnson Dr, ☏ 1 925 463-1212, tolvry: 1-877-527-5778, faks: 1 925 463-6080, ✉[email protected]. Outdoor spa, fitness room, laundry facility and free shuttle within 5-mile (8 km) radius.
- 5 Pleasanton Marriott, 11950 Dublin Canyon Blvd. Inboek: 15:00, uitteken: middag.
- 6 Residence Inn Pleasanton, 11920 Dublin Canyon Rd, ☏ 1 925 227-0500, tolvry: 1-800-331-3131, faks: 1 925 828-1199.
- 7 Sheraton Pleasanton Hotel, 5990 Stoneridge Mall Rd, ☏ 1 925 463-3330.
- 8 Summerfield Suites Pleasanton Hotel (Hyatt), 4545 Chabot Dr, ☏ 1 925 730-0070, faks: 1 925 730-0075.
Splurge
- 9 Rose Hotel, 807 Main Street, Pleasanton, California (At the intersection of Saint John Street and Main Street and across from the US Bank and Oasis Restaurant). The Rose Hotel is one of Pleasanton's most beautiful buildings because of its height and large size, making it the closest thing in Pleasanton to the type of expensive hotels you would find in the downtowns of many popular tourist destinations. There is an entrance to the building along Main Street and there is parking for the hotel on the first floor of the building itself. Expensive.
Bly veilig
Roads
Cars
On the whole, Pleasanton is a safe city. The most dangerous locations in Pleasanton are toward the edges of the city — Vineyard Avenue, on the east of the city, has a high speed limit and turns without good curbs, and accidents have occurred around certain corners.
When driving in country areas, deer will often jump over a high fence onto the road, and that can be problematic when someone is driving along that piece of road. The same is true with raccoons and other smaller animals, but of course this does not pose so much danger to drivers.
Fietse
Remember, if you're a cyclist who uses a bicycle for transportation, you're on the wrong side of the pond.
Cyclists should be careful about going on the wide, country roads, for sure; commuters from the Central Valley drive far above speed limits and often crash into fences or anything along the sides of the road. Avoid cycling in downtown; the roads are busy, cycling lanes (if they exist!) are narrow, and pedestrians often walk along the sidewalks. Cycling is best done on the numerous bike trails around town.
Misdaad
Pleasanton seems, unless you know the Pleasonton story, to have reason behind its name — it is one of America's safer towns. Even at night, you could walk in almost any part of the town with no worry whatsoever about crime. The little crime in the area generally comes from inhabitants of larger cities in Alameda County.
One problem in Pleasanton and Livermore is drunk driving. With numerous wineries in the area, people will often drive from one to another and drink at each one, and their condition rapidly deteriorates, sometimes leading to serious accidents when they drive home.
Generally, although the city is very safe, the safest parts of town are in the downtown area. Unless you're Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, you should not have to worry about leaving your car unlocked while you eat at a restaurant (not that you should). Signs and posters along the Main Street won't get vandalized, unless they're political. People are often afraid to make their political views public, for example, especially if they're part of the right-wing minority.
Natuurlewe
Outside Pleasanton is probably more dangerous than inside the city. The East Bay has a mountain lion population, although mountain lions generally stay away from populated places and parklands, at least during the day.
When you see a mountain lion and it is acting threateningly towards you (which isn't very common, by the way), act the teenoorgestelde way you would act to a bear. With bears, advice is often to make yourself as small as possible. However, with mountain lions, your best chance is to scare them off. By making yourself look large and by throwing stones, the mountain lions are most likely to work out that you're more powerful than they are, and they will go away.
Rattlesnakes can also be a problem outside of the city itself. Generally, you can avoid rattlesnakes by walking in the center of trails (so you can see them). If it's not in a good position for attack, you'll have time to get away from the rattlesnakes. If the snake is coiled, then it’s angry and ready for attack, so get away as fast as possible. Doen nie attempt to take pictures of the snake within several feet of it. Rattlesnakes can spring surprisingly far and use their venom before you can get away, so make sure you are extremely careful in any parks and country areas.
Verbind
Wi-Fi
Pleasanton downtown has its own Wi-Fi, while most restaurants, coffee shops, and hotels will also have their own. The area is also covered by XFINITY internet connectivity for those who have an XFINITY account.
News
There are several local newspapers, such as the 5 Independent newspaper based in Livermore, and the 6 Pleasanton Weekly newspaper based in Pleasanton. A magazine commonly seen at storefronts and coffee shops is the 7 Alive Magazine, linked here to the Peet's Coffee location with Alive magazines in Pleasanton.
Die Independent en die Pleasanton Weekly also have websites where news articles can be read without charge.
Pos
Die hoof 8 Pleasanton Post Office is on Black Avenue quite close to downtown Pleasanton; however, there is another post office in the northern part of town.
Hanteer
Generally, coping in Pleasanton shouldn't be much harder than it would be anywhere else, although the wide boulevards (of which there are many in the north near Hacienda Business Park) could be overwhelming for visitors. Cost of living may surprise visitors; if you're traveling on a budget, there's a Trader Joe's grocery store in the north of town, with cheaper groceries; and various low-price goods can be purchased at Rick's Picks, for example.
Medical care
There is a major hospital and 9 heliport along northern Santa Rita Road. It is the main hospital in town.
In Dublin just across the I-580 (on Tassajara Road) is a 10 ValleyCare Urgent Care center. This is useful for those who have sudden ailments, although there are often long waits for care and the urgent care center does not do major operations - just relatively simple care.
Gaan volgende
- Livermore is in some ways similar to Pleasanton, but is still different. While Pleasanton has many historic sights, Livermore has an abundance of wineries, vineyards, and large areas of mountains and parks. The city has about 8,000 more people in Pleasanton, and is an interesting contrast.
- Just south of Livermore is Del Valle Regional Park, which is a large regional park with several campsites and a large reservoir, Lake Del Valle. From the top of some of the ridges are beautiful views of the lake and in other locations high cliffs. Del Valle is also a gateway into some even wilder country at Ohlone Regional Wilderness.
- Mount Hamilton, also known as Lick Observatory, is south of Ohlone, and can be accessed via either Livermore, Patterson, of San Jose. Particularly from the eastern side, the drive is a lonely one. However, once you reach the top Mount Hamilton and look around you, the long, tiring drive was worth it. The 4,000-foot-high scientific community and observatory has views of San Jose and possibly the Sierra Nevada in good weather conditions. There is a museum and a gift shop at the settlement.
- Farther south of Mount Hamilton, Del Valle, and Ohlone is some of the loneliest country in California at Henry Coe State Park. Miles and miles of trails lead deep into the Diablo Range wilderness and mountains covered in pine trees.
- San Francisco, in many ways, need not be explained. It is the home of several piers, cable cars, and the Golden Gate Bridge, and is less than two hours from Pleasanton - that is, in good traffic. (The freeways into San Francisco are traffic jams much of the time.)
- San Jose is one of California's largest and fastest-expanding cities, with a population of more than a million. It is home to several museums, along with Alviso, a coastal town which was once a thriving port but is now the home of a nature reserve.
- Konkord is, along with Walnut Creek, an area with many shops and more nightlife than Pleasanton and the Tri-Valley streek.
- Sunol is a small village south of Pleasanton with some unique attractions. One of these is the locally-famous Sunol Water Tower, which is for a few hours on some days, and the passenger train which runs from Sunol to Niles on weekends.
- Mount Diablo is a dramatically-situated mountain to the north of Pleasanton. Although it is less than 4,000 feet, its prominence enables it to be seen from as much as a hundred miles away.
| Routes through Pleasanton |
| Oakland ← Castro Valley ← | W  E | → Livermore → Tracy |
| Konkord ← Dublin ← | N  S | → Fremont → San Jose |