Petaluma Neighborhoods

• A good place to settle down

  By COREY YOUNG ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

  Thursday September 25, 2008 3:00 am

  

  Terry Hankins / Argus-Courier Staff

  Young Eva Beatty gets a push from mom Elsa as they enjoy some time together in their Bassett Street yard.

  Chris Oaks remembers buying his Bassett Street house 36 years ago and thinking it would make a good starter home for him and his new bride.
  “This was supposed to be the beginning of moving on to other places,” the 62-year-old builder said. “But it always looked better than the alternative.”