2025
Glendora Path is a path off of Glendora Avenue in Glenview. Unlike most urban paths, it doesn't go from one street to another for general use. Instead, it appears to give access to some of the residents on Elbert Street a shortcut to Glendora Avenue via their backyards. Given the steepness of some of the front yards on Elbert Street, it seems like it might be commonly used as an alternative to climbing their front steps.
One neighbor said in 2009 that it was created for fire department access; another said that it was loosely private since the 1970s. 1 Charles Fleming speculates in Secret Stairs: East Bay that it used to go through but had been cut off by residents, but the Sanborn maps don't support that.
If was officially named Glendora Path in 1931.
In 2025 it was blocked off to public access.
1928 Sanborn excerpt
Links and References
- Walk the Walks with Oakland Urban Paths Oaklander Online September 19, 2009
