The mall was great off of, I believe Covington Rd. Landell's Elementary. View for a bit over a year, but that is one memory of mine. Lots of fruit trees on ElCamino. It was replaced by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. A couple of good books on Mountain View history are: "Milestones - A History of Mountain View" by Mary Jo Ignoffo and "Images of America - Mountain View" by Nicholas Perry. So to that, I say, thank you :) Songroth Brothers (gravel & cement) next to the railroad tracks near Alma & San Antonio? Dear Community, It has been quite an exciting year full of activism and progress toward the full realization of sex worker rights. Juice Time was next to the cleaner's View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. in downtown Castro, where the landmarks have shifted dramatically!). The original Emporium at Stanford was taken over by Bloomingdales. I believe I saw the original JUNGLE BOOK movie at the theater there : ) Rhodes had midnight madness sales. Does anyone remember the name of the coffee shop next to rower records? I think the globe on the building came from '39 or '40 worlds fair(s), but don't quote me on that. Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. St. James Infirmary - A peer-based occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers and their families Happy New Year Everyone! I frankly had more fun at St. James and spent more time there. Blogs I grad Mtn. Stereo Habitat home of the first 8 track tape decks on Castro Sherm's Barber Shop at Palm Plaza Yorkshire Clothes at Palm Plaza the Old City Hall the old little park on Castro, between California and Mercey (Easter egg hunts) the old Presbyterian Church on Castro St of course the old Mtn. I won't be going back . I remember walking through the construction site where the new Mtn View Police Department is now standing, picked up spent shell casings in the basement level, before it had a roof over it. People came from miles to have New York style pizza/dinners. I am not sure it was called Thank you, this is definitely the place I remembered along 237 (The Beer Garden) but I'd forgotten about the old date palm. For the longest time on ECR (80's) there was a great little store selling seat covers (I think it was near Castro). 3. Shoreline Avenue was called Bailey Avenue (my first kiss too!) It was Treasury for a while, and Drug Barn, now vacant. It was a quiet bedroom community. Having just gone to Watsonville for the first time a few months ago, I was Don't forget the Red Barn with 19 cent burgers, Taco Tico and I saw someone else mentioned El Zarrape (the best). It also had a smallish, old-fashioned PBX switchboard with plugs and cables. Had a small house with no heat except the fireplace and, most likely, the last outhouse in Mt. Poking around the unrestored Rengsdorff house in that surreal setting all sky and wet/flat lands, pre-development and amplitheater. The King of Clubs was a big Navy bar and we used to go to Denny's across the street. All rights reserved. And I have seen quite a few Tower Records; in the Bay Area, L.A., Orange County and even London. Moffet Drive In..worked there in the 60's along with the Shell station at San Antonio and El Camino. I can't think of anything to add to the list, and it sure brought back memories. Was the Rumpus Room ever "topless"? TownSquare We lived across the street from the Whisman Fire dept. 20 planes about 2 minutes apart, talk about noise pollution. KEEP ALL THE GOOD MEMORIES COMING.. ONE OF THESE YEARS I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE A BOOK ON THE SCHOOL CAFERTERIA'S - FOOD I RECALL EVERYONE USE TO RAVE ABOUT THE FOOD ( LAUGH ) SOME OF IT WAS PRETTY GOOD ! I know this is incorrect. View High in 1965 go Eagles memoriesAndy's Chinese rest.,Linda's , drive in theater, dog city, Mayfield mall, soooo long ago. Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? We had a wonderful life the short time we lived there and treasure the memories and friends there. It was my grandpas restaurant!!!! Eddies Sport Shop, The Instep for Addidas. The Old Mill had that Upstart Crow Bookstore and (I think) the "Jumping Frog," a dance place where I saw a full sized 1940s style dance band one night. Preferred listings, or those with featured website buttons, indicate YP advertisers who directly provide information about their businesses to help consumers make more informed buying decisions. WOWwee!!!! I attended some classes at Foothill College..remember their "new" lazer light shows for the time!It seems that it was just that perfect place with so many things to do and so many people starting businesses. Chez Yvonne was at 1854 W. El Camino, although I never went there. I left the area in 1986 and moved to the Santa Cruz/Aptos area, with only occasional visits. The owner had a old pick-up. I have also taken several nice walks in Shoreline and Cuesta Parks. One of my favorite 1960s childhood memories is of riding stingray bikes with neighborhood friends across big muddy meadows (now the surrounding shopping center including Nob Hill) to get Slurpees or hot chocolate at the Payless Bakery (where all my best friend's many sisters worked one after the other)followed by a doughnut. YUM! So by posting to this thread, you inadvertantly ensured that it will continue to grace the front page. (Probably "Looking Back") BIG difference. When I lived on Park Dr I used to walk over on Saturday mornings. I went to Landels elementry school until 1979. Main Phone Number (415) 554-8444. I also briefly had a place in your fair city. While I was struggling to get through San Francisco state in the mid '70s, the owner of the Town Club could have put his kids through Harvard with the money my dad used to spend there. chicken. Oh, and back when 85 was only 2 lanes where I got my first There are still some very good bookstores in DT Mountain View. ), I remember moving to Mtn View in 1965 from Sunnyvale so that my dad could live closer to his clothing store that was located on Castro St. We would often drive over to St James, especially on Sunday afternoons when they had drink specials. - Cherry Chase golf course where Cuernavaca is now Sometimes I don't even recognize the downtown area. - The constant drone of P-3 Orion aircraft overhead Casa Maria also and there was a nice steak and ale type restaurant on the corner of El Camino and Castro St., but I cannot remember the name of it.It did have great steaks and baked potatoes with all the salad you could eat, and wine carafes. View, either the Old Highway School or the newly completed (back then) Mountain View High. We would then prowl the theater for carloads of girls to party with. where I also remember P-3's flying over my house hourly from Moffett Field and the Blue Angels Air Show annually with Fireworks on July 4th The San Antonio Shopping Center had that church single's group that met every Sunday morning in the upper floor of the Menu Tree. Bay Meadows was fantastic right next door in San Mateo; won 21 to 1 odds on Bridgetwister!!! Eddy's Sport Shop on Castro, where I bought my first baseball glove (Bobby Bonds model). Magical Mountain View [looking back--] The high school games at Foothill and how exciting it was and still is being in Mountain View. Going into the back of the store was always a scandalous adventure as a child Not many people were aware of this, or cared, for that matter--those bead makers were the very first Palo Alto hi-tech design engineers. Some guy would provide entertainment by dancing and picking up a dinner table with his teeth and begin swinging it around.I ended up on his shoulders while he was doing a greek dance step and the whole room got up and everybody started dancing to the greek music . TG&Y between Safeway and Walgreens. It was a nice time and if I could, I would go back; maybe in the near future! I stopped at Omalley's a week ago and two of the "old regulars" didnt believe me when I told them I thought it had been the Dublin Inn before it was Francesca's. You could bring your empty bottles and get them filled. Blossom Valley True Value Hardware I found a few shell beads and many small shells from their food scavenging at the bay. I remember the following The front facade are new buildings but the roof and rear are the remains of old Victorian houses. View since the mid/late 70's, things have definitely changed since then, both in the town and around the valley. They were just fantastic. As for the tire store it was located where the bead store is now. The only electric signal lights were on El Camino Real. Vintage Sport T Jersey St. James Infirmary Bar Resturant Mountain View Ca. Wasn't Handyman over there near the Oasis Laundry and what used to be I remember: !the jack in the box at shoreline & montecito was a gas station>>> the deli at baily park was owned by a former wrestler.. who cut turkey sandwhiches w/ an electric carver as you ordered>> where I practiced graffiti.. god bless IN&OUT BURGER. i went to monta loma back in 1979 then i moved to oakdale. Key points were Shoreline Park, Century Theaters, Downtown renovation. Now its an India restaurant. arrive, but school was being led out at the same time, i remember seating to face the damage. It closed in 80/81 school year. Definitely check out the History Center if you get a chance. Dial-a-bus this was back in the early 70's. Eddie's Gun Shop What about driving through The Milk Pail at the corner of San Antonio and California to get your daily dairy? Thank you for any info. One thing for certain, everything changes. 13" screen with rabbit ears. Ming Pan Florist and the Moffet Drive-in Theatre too! Obituaries, Send News Tips I also remember the original House of Humor in the shopping center at the corner of Grant and ECR. I worked just a short distance away on Middlefield towards San Antonio and Palo Alto. Bubble gum was the best flavor. best city in Northern California.I attended MVHS AT Castro street. Thank You all for your shared memories. I went to Chucks for entertainment and the Tarr & Feathers in Palo Alto. 4. View in late 1961 after my parents divorced. Remember Gregg's Pharmacy and Los Altos Travel at the current Bossom Valley Shopping Center? The name of the store was called Palm Yorkshire Clothes in the Palm Plaza shopping Center. It was worse than going to the Apple Store today though the geniuses I have noticed revisionist articles that claim their "whatever" was first. Sun and SGI were a couple of the large employers, fighting out the workstation market. I spent my early childhood in Mountain view in the 1970s. Nothing here to do about old places in Mtn. Turned out there was a mistake and the permit was supposed to be to have been issued for his small pepper tree instead. fatality. I remember the New Library that has since been replaced with a newer library. I read someone's mother and relatives used to work at that bakery and I was wondering if they remember and would like to share and bring a little of joy to others. El Camino was the best I've ever tasted, and is sadly long gone now. There was a frozen North Pole and Santa sat in his house nearby. Sometimes the lines were around the block. 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