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Peaceful, suburban living close to trendy Portland neighborhoods
Close to some of East Portland's most trendy neighborhoods, Creston-Kenilworth is a residential neighborhood within walking or biking distance from plenty of options for shopping, dining and outdoor recreation, creating "Suburban feel in the heart of the city that so many residents love," says John McKay, a former resident and broker who has been selling homes throughout the Portland metro and Washington area since 2011. Creston-Kenilworth sprung up along a network of abandoned streetcar lines that crisscrossed the city more than 120 years ago and is now surrounded by a diverse array of businesses and shops. McKay recommends the neighborhood for those who "Want to live in a central location and enjoy the eclectic, progressive vibe that’s made the city famous," explaining that, while the neighborhood itself is residential, "It's just a few minutes from popular areas like Sellwood, Woodstock, and Division." Within the neighborhood, visitors can find a mix of vintage, single-family homes, a slew of gray apartment buildings erected in the 1970s, a 32-apartment EcoVillage with resident gardens and a community center with a permaculture garden that offers weekly aromatherapy yoga classes. Creston-Kenilworth also has an active community that often comes together for "Block parties and to support small businesses," says McKay, noting that "it's the kind of place you always see people out, whether doing Zumba in the park or just walking somewhere for lunch." With a mix of classic Portland shopping and dining with a comfy, suburban vibe at home, Creston-Kenilworth is a tight-knit, welcoming neighborhood that meets its past with a creative and inclusive present.
Vintage homes in Creston-Kenilworth with affordable pricing
Along Creston-Kenilworth's quiet, residential streets, homebuyers will notice plenty of ornamental trees and a variety of housing styles. It "Really doesn't feel like a cookie-cutter neighborhood," says Roy, explaining that many homes here were built in the early 1900s but there's also a mix of more recent infill making up Creston-Kenilworth. Many homes also feature lovingly-tended outdoor spaces and creative front gardens, and because the neighborhood is almost completely residential within its borders, it "Sometimes feels like you aren't in the city." Homes in Creston-Kenilworth sell for about $40,000 less than the Portland average with an average sales price of about $560,000 dollars, making them relatively affordable, especially for their location. In style, homes range from smaller two and three-bedroom cottages built as early as 1910 and selling for about $400,000 dollars a diverse array of three and four-bedroom homes featuring unique styles and selling from about $500,000 to $750,000 dollars. Homebuyers might notice Craftsman Bungalows with their gabled roofs, boxy Four-Square homes that often come with a rooftop parapet, Queen Anne homes that lead with a rounded tower and Urban Farmhouse homes that bring a little bit of the country back to the city.
Vintage Victorian style homes can be found in Creston-Kenilworth.
Craftsman and brightly colored bungalows are on offer in Creston-Kewnilworth.
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Shopping and dining on Foster Road
Although Creston-Kenilworth is entirely residential, the neighborhood is close to popular hotspots for shopping and dining like Sellwood and Woodstock, so a night out or weekend of shopping is never far away. Locally, Creston-Kenilworth also borders options for shopping and dining along Powell Boulevard and Foster Road. “Foster has all kinds of funky businesses on it,” says Claire Paris, owner and principal broker at Paris Group Realty in Portland. She says the businesses along SE Foster Road – the main commercial strip in Creston-Kenilworth – are a great reason to visit the neighborhood. It’s also one of only two diagonal streets in SE Portland, she says, adding that this commercial corridor is full of bars and restaurants like Bar Maven, where residents can pair craft beer with Middle Eastern bar bites or Tambayan Restaurant, which is known for its homestyle Filipino entrees. For some of the best mole in town, try Nayar Taqueria, or, when cooking at home, simply walk, bike, or take a short drive over to People's Food Co-op, where residents can find all the fresh, organic ingredients they need.
Residents of the neighborhood can head over to Foster Road for dining and shopping.
Creston-Kenilworth residents can pick up fresh, organic ingredients from People's Food Co-op.
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Creston-Kenilworth community events
For fun events in the Portland community, residents can head to nearby Woodstock Boulevard which "Regularly has portions of it blocked off for farmers' markets and art fairs," says Roy. Other popular events include The Waterfront Blues Festival, which is downtown Portland’s largest and longest-running music festival, and "Movies in the Park," which regularly rotates through parks like Mt. Tabor Park, where attendees can watch movies from an amphitheater made from an extinct volcano.
Portland Public Schools close to home
Students of Creston-Kenilworth are fortunate to have several Portland Public Schools within their immediate vicinity. For those interested in the county's language immersion program, students can choose from Russian or Spanish to Vietnamese or Japanese and will attend a specific elementary school that offers that program; fortunately for students of Creston-Kenilworth, there are plenty of options nearby, each with its own language programs. Creston Elementary is within walking distance of many homes in the neighborhood and receives a B rating from Niche. Students in grades six through eight can attend Kellogg Middle, which receives a B rating as well, before attending Cleveland High, which receives a B-plus rating. Cleveland High is one of two public schools in Portland that offers the International Baccalaureate program.
Creston Elementary is located in the heart of Creston-Kenilworth.
The main entrance to Grover Cleveland High School can be found on SE 26th Ave in Portland.
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Heading outdoors around Creston-Kenilworth
To get outside, residents can walk to nearby parks like Creston Park, which is right in the neighborhood and features plenty of green space and trees for residents to relax amongst as well as amenities ranging from a playground to a community pool and even a skatepark. For dogs looking to get active, Creston Park also has an off-leash dog park so pooches can mingle and play with one another. Another nearby option is Mt. Tabor Park, an expansive, forested lot with plenty of options for having fun outside. The park features an extensive trail system, tennis courts and picnic areas for friends and families to gather. To the southwest of Creston-Kenilworth, residents can also visit Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden to see the park's 100-year-old rhododendrons, which have grown so tall that visitors can now walk under them and look up as they bloom in the spring.
Creston Park offers playgrounds and off leash dog areas.
Mount Tabor park offers trail hiking and cycling activities near the South Tabor neighborhood.
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Getting around the greater Portland area
With efficient bus lines circulating residents along Creston-Kenilworth's main thoroughfares and well-connected sidewalks throughout the neighborhood, residents of Creston-Kenilworth can easily enjoy the best of what Portland offers, whether biking, taking the bus or simply taking a short drive. Just 4 miles outside downtown, residents can be anywhere in the city within minutes, while interstates like I-5 and I-205 help connect residents with surrounding areas like Seattle or Eugene. The closest hospital, Providence Milwaukie, is just five miles south, while, to get to the nearest airport, Portland International is about nine miles north along Interstate 205.
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Creston-Kenilworth Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Creston-Kenilworth, Portland sell after 57 days on the market compared to the national average of 53 days. The median sale price for homes in Creston-Kenilworth, Portland over the last 12 months is $538,500, up 5% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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