| Burlingame is a city
in San Mateo County, California. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula
and has a significant shoreline on San Francisco Bay. The city is named
after diplomat Anson Burlingame. It is renowned for many surviving examples
of Victorian architecture and its high residential quality of life. Burlingame
was settled by wealthy San Franciscans looking for a better climate for
their second homes. Beginning in the 1960s a population increase and its
proximity to the San Francisco International Airport, generated
airline support services growth.
Burlingame is known as the
"City of Trees" due to the number of trees within the city (18,000 public
trees). In 1908, the Burlingame board of trustees passed an ordinance "prohibiting
cutting, injuring, or destroying trees". Most residential properties have
trees owned and protected by the city on their public right of way. In
addition the city has many parks and Eucalyptus groves that add to the
overall tree numbers. The Eucalyptus groves occur to the west of the city
on Interstate 280 and grow along many city streets, such as the heritage
Jules Francard Grove along the Caltrain tracks north of Burlingame Ave,
following El Camino Real, and along other smaller local streets.
Washington Park, with Burlingame
Avenue at its southern edge, Burlingame High School at its northern edge,
and the Caltrain line at its western edge is the oldest park in Burlingame.
It was originally part of the millionaire cigar retailer Moses A. Gunst
Estate, and some of the existing large trees within the park were part
of this estate.
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