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Around Temple City

Temple City, beyond the house.

The neighbourhoods, the daily rhythm and the drive to everywhere else — the part of a home search a listing sheet never covers.

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This guide covers

  • Original Temple Townsite
  • Las Tunas Drive corridor
  • Rosemead Boulevard corridor
  • Temple City Park area
  • Live Oak / southern Temple City

The desk's real neighbourhood file for Temple City — not a citywide average.

What is actually here

The desk is building a real map of Temple City — outdoors, local flavor, the commute and daily errands — rather than printing a generic list.

Outdoors

  • Temple City ParkPublic park, in town.
  • Live Oak ParkPublic park, in town.
  • Marcach ParkPublic park, in town.
  • Baldwin Stocker ParkPublic park, in town.
  • Tripolis ParkPublic park, about 2.3 km from the city centre, straight line.
  • Holly Avenue ParkPublic park, about 2.4 km from the city centre, straight line.

Wine & Local Flavor

  • Monopole by Wine RxWinery, about 8.4 km from the city centre, straight line.
  • Mission WinesWine shop, about 8.9 km from the city centre, straight line.
  • VisionariumWine shop, about 9.1 km from the city centre, straight line.
  • Titta InnWine shop, about 9.5 km from the city centre, straight line.
  • La CaveWine shop, about 9.8 km from the city centre, straight line.

Getting Around

  • San Gabriel Valley AirportAirport, about 3.3 km from the city centre, straight line.
  • El MonteBus station, about 4.1 km from the city centre, straight line.
  • I 10Freeway through the area — the San Bernardino Freeway.
  • I 210Freeway through the area — the Foothill Freeway.
  • ArcadiaRail station, about 4.7 km from the city centre, straight line.
  • Sierra Madre VillaRail station, about 5.0 km from the city centre, straight line.

Food & Daily Life

  • Kang Kang Food CourtRestaurant, in town.
  • Cafe SpotCafe, in town.
  • Phoenix KitchenRestaurant, in town.
  • Ajisen RamenRestaurant, in town.
  • Kim Hoa HueRestaurant, in town.
  • Bistro Na'sRestaurant, in town.

Places from OpenStreetMap, September 10. © OpenStreetMap contributors. Distances are straight-line from the city centre, not drive times.

The neighbourhoods

Where Temple City actually breaks down, in the desk's own words.

Full neighbourhood file →

Original Temple Townsite

Walter P.

Las Tunas Drive corridor

One of the city's two major commercial arterials and home to one of the San Gabriel Valley's best-regarded Vietnamese and pan-Asian restaurant corridors, including the long-running Golden Deli.

Rosemead Boulevard corridor

The city's other major commercial spine, lined with statues of Pacific Electric Red Car passengers commemorating Walter Temple's successful 1920s petition to extend rail service to his new townsite.

Temple City Park area

The original park Walter Temple laid out facing Las Tunas Drive as the centerpiece of his 1923 development, still the geographic and civic anchor of the surrounding residential streets.

Live Oak / southern Temple City

The southern edge of the original 1923 townsite along Live Oak Avenue, bordering the El Monte and North El Monte portions of the shared 91780 ZIP code footprint.

A day around here

Ordinary life in Temple City, the way it actually runs — not a highlight reel.

Morning

Coffee at Cafe Spot, then whatever the day actually needs.

Afternoon

An hour at Temple City Park, between the errands that never show up on a listing sheet.

Evening

Dinner at Kang Kang Food Court, then a short drive back to whichever neighbourhood you call home.

Illustrative scenes, not photographs of the places named. Places from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Homes near here

Real listings live in Temple City right now — not a wish list.

All Temple City listings →

Active listings, as of September 22. Photos are illustrative — not photographs of the address on the card.

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