University Park

Welcome to our West Menlo Park website for University Park. We are doing a major redo of the website and we will be adding in new stuff and restoring a few webpages from the prior version over next month. Note that the information on Traffic Safety pertaining to the Santa Cruz/Alameda corridor, something we have been trying to improve for over a decade, is being moved to Safer4Us.com


Local People of Interest

  • Chloe Scott

    Chloe Scott lived in our neighborhood for decades, a native of England, she enjoyed a life of dance, as a choreographer, dance teacher, Feddenkrais movement therapist, and founder of the Dymaxion Moving Company dance troupe.…

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  • Chloe Scott – A Celebration Video

    A professional dancer, Chloe Scott, lived in the University Park neighborhood for many decades. This video is a celebration of her life and dance career.

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  • Dr. Nancy Jewell Cross

    Nancy Cross did her doctoral thesis on tracer studies with radioactive carbon. She worked with Nobel Prize winner. An advocate for tenant rights and ran for Senate, Congress, and elected as Transit Director of Alameda-Contra…

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  • Paddy O’Sullivan

    Paddy O’Sullivan was one of the North Beach poets of the 1950-60’s. He migrated down to the La Honda area. Reportedly was living in Ken Kesey’s old house for a while.

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Neighbors knowing neighbors, a key component of a good neighborhood. Get out there and say hi. Meet your neighbors with a smile and a hello.

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