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Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 75,402. It has the only deepwater port on San Francisco Bay south of San Francisco itself. Redwood City’s main street is known as Broadway, although it also has an actual Main Street, which Broadway intersects. On Broadway, at the western and eastern entrances to the city’s downtown, there are arches over the roadway emblazoned with the city’s name and the slogan, “Climate Best by Government Test.”
In an attempt to revitalize Redwood City’s downtown, city officials decided to look into development. In August 2006 a new 20-screen theatre and various shops opened in a prime downtown locations. Success has varied, but most residents would agree that the downtown shopping center is a improvement.
Redwood City’s slogan, “Climate Best By Government Test,” is based on an obscure climatological survey conducted by the United States and German governments prior to World War I. The area centered on Redwood City tied for the world’s best climate with the Canary Islands and North Africa’s Mediterranean Coast.
Redwood City is sometimes referred to colloquially as “Deadwood City” by San Francisco Bay Area natives, particularly Redwood City residents; it is both a term of (ironic) endearment and derision. As a judgment it was more reflective of an earlier time, when the city’s downtown was in decline, than the present. In an effort to completely lose this reputation among its citizens, several major projects are underway in the downtown area. Such projects include among other things the restoration of the historical courthouse and a new cinema complex, including shops, at the intersection of Middlefield Road and Jefferson Avenue.
