The Claremont Life

Tucked in the heart of Claremont, lies the charming and robust neighborhood and commercial haven known as The Village. Commonly accepted as the area south of Foothill, East of Mountain Avenue, and as far south as the train tracks, The Village is Claremont’s most frequented destination for tourists and locals alike. Our Downtown Village is comprised of fantastic restaurants, unique boutiques, salons, shops, a boutique movie theater, and so much more. It is also the home to City Hall, the Claremont Post Office, the Claremont Library, and the Metrolink Station. The streets are abundant with trees, and seemingly more often than not, live music can be heard at various times in the day.

It is no wonder then, that the surrounding residential neighborhood, is the most sought after neighborhood in Claremont real estate. Homes here are all unique, with the majority having been built between the early 1900’s – 1940’s. In the early 2,000’s, the Village took on an expansion just west of the Old Downtown. In this expansion, a development of lofts and townhomes were built, and named Village Walk. These modern spaces quickly became the new “trendy” place to live, with convenient “walk-ability” to all the new restaurants, shops, and theater that came along with the expansion.

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (RSABG) is the largest botanic garden dedicated to California native plants, and it is located right here in Claremont! It spreads across 86 acres, and displays about 2,000 taxa of California plants and includes those native to the California Floristic Province as a whole. Docents lead tours of the Garden periodically. Guidebooks and brochures are available at the California Garden Shop. Click here for more information.

This was Claremont’s first “Mansion” community, and was predominantly developed in the 1980’s. All homes in this neighborhood are custom built, with many of them between 3,000-6,000 square feet, and situated on large, mostly 1/2 acre lots. In the past 15 years, several “newer” homes have been built, with the majority of them being large Mediterranean influenced homes. This neighborhood is located in Northeast Claremont.

The neighborhood is characterized by attractive rock gutters that run throughout the community, as well as the Blaisdell Ranch Preserve, which is a passive neighborhood park featuring turf areas, natural plantings round the perimeter and a decomposed granite walking path. The neighborhood does have an HOA, with low monthly dues, mainly to maintain the preserve.

Located in the north/west edge of the city, Piedmont Mesa was, at one time, the Town of Piedmont and the original location proposed for Pomona Collage, the first of The Claremont Colleges. Most of this single-family residential neighborhood was developed in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Homes are predominantly single story ranch style properties on sizable lots; over 10,000+ sqft. This beautiful neighborhood has a lot of trees, and is peacefully situated away from any commercial business.

The most sought-after real estate in Claremont. The Village is widely regarded as the heart of Claremont. This historic downtown neighborhood was developed with custom homes throughout the early 1900s until about the early 1940s.

It features the most diverse architecture in town and has a charming urban forest, with an abundance of mature trees that line each street. With Memorial Park at its center, as well as the historic building that houses Claremont Heritage, this is where the history of Claremont blossomed and is carefully maintained and preserved today.