I haven't been to Mtn. It's amazing how many good book stores we had back then. I use to walk over to buy cookies there too. Mayfield Mall with the Grayhound station next to it became HP, and will now become more housing, the original San Antonio mall with Menu Tree (what a great place to eat), the little water fountains and a Woolworths where BevMo is now. Juice Time was next to the cleaner's I also remember the 50s holdout restaurant Linda's, farther down El Camino (at Escuela, evidently). I once got to see the inside of the Mancini house because a friend of a friend lived there. It was a German resteraunt and pub. + many more) Opened in 1967, it was known for its kitschy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman, and Buffalo Wings and burgers. Apt. I think the globe on the building came from '39 or '40 worlds fair(s), but don't quote me on that. The entire street, except for the scattering of bars and Chinese restaurants was vacant in the late 70's and 80's. The field where they sold Christmas trees and fireworks on El Camino Real east of Calderon (across from Tuban Ford). Does anyone remember the name of this bakery? Los Altos Travel As a kid I lived mostly in extreme south Palo Alto, but I was oriented more toward Mountain View than anything to the north: Mayfield Mall with its music store and Consumers Distributing catalog store; the San Antonio Center with the Menu Tree, the Time Zone arcade, and the Sears with the candy counter. Betty is the last of a generation of the deCurtoni family who settled in Mountain View from San Francisco in 1906, on what was the family ranch along Church Street (35 Church Street, still in family) belonging to her Grandfather and Grandmother, Frank and Mattie. I moved to Mtn. My mom was a single mother of 4 and she was able to afford to feed all of us occasionally at the Menu Tree and Bobs Big Boy. -Paul Portola Elementary, Egan JH Los Altos High '78 Foothill 78-80 View was a great town back then and still is today. Shoreline Park is much nice than Byxbee Park in Palo Alto with the stinky When I first moved to Mountain View in 1983 I went to the movies at the "Old Mill" shopping center. Creek Place Cuisine. Taco la Paz on El Camino Real, a Taco Bell knock-off, where I also worked for a couple years. VA construction started about 1958 and opened a few years later. Did we grow up OK? View High in 1965 go Eagles memoriesAndy's Chinese rest.,Linda's , drive in theater, dog city, Mayfield mall, soooo long ago. later and let me tell you, Mountain View was fantastic in the 1ate 1970's and early 80's when I resided in the area. they were the "reject" cookies, but as kids, we didn't care if it was missing a corner or had a funky shape, as long as the cookie was warm and melted in your mouth. Hello California! When my kids were small, the biggest thrill for them was hearing the music and seeing the ice cream truck come down our street. We'd also get lunch at Weinerschniztel (at the corner of Castro and California). Where the loop is now. Ate at the Chez Yvonne many times at 1854 W. El Camino. in downtown Castro, where the landmarks have shifted dramatically!). As a kid my friends and I would like to knock on the windows and aggrevate them. The Tower Records in Mountain View is the only one I have been to that had an actual bookstore. In the middle of the rows of corn was a large plot of pot, strictly for medicinal purposes of course. - The Emporium department store at El Camino and Hwy 85 I am a little bummed out that the 1st and last schools I attended, San Ramon Elementry and Old Mt. Miramonte School. by Newbie, Whisman Station, View since I was about 6, went to Slater elementry, then Graham jr. High and graduated Mtn. Nob Hills previous location across the parking lot was called Fry's Food Store, then Food Fair, which had relocated from El Camino and Bonita Av. Truly a classic '70s dive. Left in 68 to join the USMC. Standard Brands was built on the corner of 237 and El Camino Real, so many open fields built up. But can anyone please help me remember the name of the pre-school on San Ramon Ave. where The Fountains retirement community is built. Website. Amazons live to be 50~60 years so he may still be alive. I took my first date to the movies @ San Antonio center and for a burger at the Menu Tree after. Car dealership n Castro and el CAMINO. I live on the East Coast now, 35yrs. Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. Now, did anyone mention Frankie Johnnie & Luigi Too!? A plant nearby that sprang from nothing each year and was spectacular. There was a party supply store on the corner of Old Middlefield/Middlefield, and my grandmother would clean their linens for side money. We lived on Parker Ct. -----Brentwood Grocery Store/Safeway When the infamous 'dog house' was built. the second crash in as many years. on Friday nights after football games. McKelvey Baseball Field/Park Shoreline Blvd was Sterlein Rd the entire length. Bubb Elementary School opened without asphalt pavement. I remember the wonderful Chinese bakery on Castro that had the best black bean buns..I still haven't found any to rival them. People came from miles to have New York style pizza/dinners. Best of all was C Grafton. I seem to be the only one in my family that remembers it and I can't find a picture or any other information. Thanks for any reply, O'Malley's Sports Pub (under that name) isn't quite three years old according to Elena Kadavny's blog post on this website, reporting the sale, remodeling, and renaming of what for some years had been Francesca's. but others are not Fairchild, Atari, National Semi, Intel All these parts but no real use until the computer, more jobs more people. All rights reserved. And I second the notion of Web Link being a AWESOME place on the web to see the rich history of Mountain View. (It was beautiful) The downtown was 2 narrow lanes with no parking and there was nothing going Did lots of educational games of learning on the 2e ! Thanks for any insight! It was a quiet bedroom community. My first "job" was gathering eggs at a chicken farm on Old Middlefield in early 50s' (the fork hadnt been built yet, so there was just "Middlefield Rd" no "old" Middlefield. I now live in Napa Valley and I haven't found anything like that here. Can't remember for sure, but I think they had sound to outside. It stimulates my aging brain. For the longest time on ECR (80's) there was a great little store selling seat covers (I think it was near Castro). Andys and Qui Hing Lo were the two best restaurants. Go Eagles! It was located off Middlefield near Ellis Street. Circulation & Delivery Eddie's Gun Shop Linda's drive-in had the BEST hamburgers (Parisian burger) and fries in town. The Scuitlebutt on El Camino Real. And the Old Mill was really nice, and seems like it was a terrrible place to Shoreline Park was the dump for the city There was The old Mill Mall, had nice shops inside and I remember a little coffee and cake shop that you could sit and read in while eating. Foothill College, the new campus in Los Altos Hills was talked about thruout California, for its inovative architectural style; this topic was an English class required paper for the first couple of years. I remember the big white-and-red sign very well. Fiesta Bowl in Palo Alto/The Hotel was the Cabana Hyatt house where the Beatles stayed (now the Crowne Plaza). I spent the first 30 years of my life living in what is now called 'Old Mountain View.' He also went on to explain that, in the 70's, their were quite a few brothels operating on Castro!How things have changed! Handyman was over by the Oasis Laundry and had tons of hardware stuff. I went to Landels elementry school until 1979. Later years the Poblanita restaurant on Castro for the Milanesa, yummy! There was a music store on Castro Street where I took classical guitar lessons back in the 70s when I was 9-10 years old, and later bass guitar lessons. Get introduced. That mall also had another restaurant that had live jazz music by The Danny Hull Quintet? I CAN STILL VISUALIZE THE BILL BOARDS ON THE WALL.. Mr Knight was a wonderful employer and friend. PT, I don't think it was a library. Surely so that's the first and possibly only place I would go to eat if I ever came back to visit. Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. I enjoy reminiscing the things that made Mountain View so great. Arby's on San Antonio, where I worked for a while, and was taught that a fry should break, never bend. A huge pepper tree was like a secret room. Mayfield Mall Construction went on for quite a while and the place was really novel with JC Penny holding the anchor spot. The Wunderman house is there still. You could buy fresh ravioli at the old State Street Deli on Castro and State. Reminise with our review which placed SJI in our 4 divers category. It just doesn't seem as fun anymore A&W near the corner with Castro. I grad Mtn. Having just gone to Watsonville for the first time a few months ago, I was Any one work with/through the Youth Opportunity Program (high school students) at the Mountain View Post Office? Versions of it (the tree got bigger with time) became posters or advertisements, and I encounter copies periodically. I got Frankie, Johnny and Luigi's Pizza to go once and it was good. The Safeway on Shoreline was tiny compared to today with an empty restarant space next to it, and when the Grateful Dead came to play Shoreline the deadheads would always take over the parking lot. I have another memory I haven't seen mentioned yet: a restaurant called Woody's that was on Middlefield (or Old Middlefield?) But the best night was seeing the original Limelighters (Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, Glenn Yarbrough). That remained mainly an electronics trade term for decades, although by the 1990s, general journalism was using it for the geographical area. Web Link That page includes comments from the new owner. Worked at A & W for school credit in 1974 and 1975 for MVHS then after graduation moved to San Jose/Los Gatos area joined US Navy and retired.Live in MS now, Let's not forget when the Hells Angels Visited this little town And don't forget the Camino Bowl, a great place to go bowling before it got torn down and replaced with businesses/condo units. I spent my early childhood in Mountain view in the 1970s. Landell's Elementary. I remember going to both Fargo's (Old Mill Sh. The Old Mill shopping center was kind of cool. I also briefly had a place in your fair city. I could go on. wow I forgot about some of the places listed above. Great Western Savings We left the Navy in 1955 after John made two nine month cruises on the Princeton. That location is now a Hampton Inn. I remember: Bubble gum was the best flavor. One was missed ( or was not that important) The Akron store on El Camino and San Antonio, the Wherehouse replaced it. Downtown Mtn View was a vital business district for everyone. I forgot something! liked that place and the one at Stanford. I haven't used it, but you might be able to find some helpful resources there. The Cellar was in the 4900 block of El Camino, on the Los Altos side and operated from 1969-85. Become a Member Went to Landels Elementary and Graham Junior High. Still had the bumper sticker "Can't read? View- was also a mailman there for a couple of years in late 60's. I will be 79 in November 2013. And all the great air shows at Moffett and yes when the Blue Angels came to town one place they would hang out was St. James. My sister worked at Handy Man and also payless donuts. As for the slot car racing place in Mt View, it was called D&S Hobby, in Carlotta Shopping Center, which used to be across from Franciscan Glass, off the west bound loop of the San Antonio Rd overpass. thinking how much it reminded me of Mountain View of the 70's. Does anyone remember Johnny Macs drive-in? Who was that guy who wore a dress and sat in the bleachers? View, where Google is now, I had some classmate that lived out there and back then it was dirt roads and chicken coops. Remembering that when our family drove to First Baptist Los Altos we went up Castro St. to many times and saw Doberman Pincher dogs inside as guard dogs at the newly built High Rise down town, dog poop on the vacant expance of concrete floors when you look into the windows here BoofA is currently standing . as it was completely VACANT. I am not sure it was called Payless Drug Store, which is now Rite-aid Shogun was about a half a block up El Camino from Rambus. I live in Mountain View from 1958-1976 it was and still is one of Going into the back of the store was always a scandalous adventure as a child Grew a huge garden every summer. My uncle had a Moped (gas powered scooter) club. 85 then what did they call it? A&E Stuft Pizza Funny I can't remember the name of that music store. despite the rude owners great sushi. At the time was a 4 year student at the relocated MVHS class of '85. The "shoreline house" was actually the home of Henry Rengstorff. I was wrong re Hobee's beginnings was Rengsdorff at Alma. I'm going to add something a little different the Cold War. Town dump at the end of Stierlin road. Tidal lands existed along the bay. near NW corner of Middlefield at Rengsdorf. I would like to know what the name of the furniture store was where Wholefoods market is now on El Camino in Mtn. Watching SP commute trains at San Antonio and Alma I lived on stierlin rd near the dumps lived next to the Capote family. it used to be. mortuary, all you can eat (pre-mega buffet) Chinese buffet near middle field road/San Antonio rd) no one mentioned Continental MKT. It's was a PayLess the last time I noticed. The nightclub at the Old Mill was called Fargo's. San Antonio Center, Tower Records for a time, more and cheaper housing, The lumber yard and hardware store on El Monte near El Camino was called Hubbard & Johnson; I used to do a lot of business there. I remember the Balkan Village with its Greek themed architecture. A lot has changed since then. She made donuts with leftover dough the size of bike tires. Wherehouse Records, Chuck's Cellar on El Camino was mentioned and John Stewart of Kingston Trio fame. It was full of inexpensive children's toys and candy, and had this amazing candy smell that I still remember to this day. A few years back I did a few interior deconstructions on the North side of Castro close to Central Express Way. I remember all the fruit orchards around and Libby's canning factory in Sunnyvale. Highway School had large wood paned windows, oak floors, wide halls, and huge cloakrooms! One was on ElCamino Real where the Amber Cafe is now located. - Highway 237 had traffic signals; was called Mountain View-Alviso Road The El Camino foreign auto repair/sales where Fred Stengle sold me a rebuilt forest green 1966 MGB for $2,000, and the foreign auto repair guys west of there on Miramonte who later kept it running (re-rebuilding it piece by piece). We'll see if the condo development goes through for that location. Drive-in Movie Theater where Walgreen's is. My daughter and her friends hang out at the In-n-Out burger on Grant or at our local smoothie places. Played Little League for Johnny Macs the first year of the league -- 1955? I remember the cookie factory well. You could get a hamburger for 39 cents. It was the site of the old Highway School. I'm trying to remember where the beauty college was located at, fond memories of downtown. St James Infirmary Moffett Blvd and Mariner Dr Mountain View Alas. No grass, just blacktop. alley on El Camino before it moved to Castro. color TV set for like $325. Feinschmuckers Deli, remember Best products store. I also remember the huge billboard on 237,alongside the crop fields, advertising Tai Ming Lo restaurant in bold red letters. And to this very day, Prince's music reminds me of how happy I was to have discovered Mountain View! Even our long time neighbors can't recall the name. and saw a ton of great kid movies there in my pajamas! It might have been called Samurai, but I can't recall. Children can walk at night without fear. It was replaced by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Steve, Is someone making you read this stuff? I made it clear that I wasn't interested. -The Mayfiled Mall "site" was actually Mayfield Mall When Pacific Press was still in town. Some old photos were also in the lock shop plus the lock shop has not altered building it is the Jehning Family Lock Museum. Don't forget Andy's Chinese Restaurant on Castro Street. The copper penny Target and where the DMV used to be and is now a truck driver training school. The shopping center on castro was called Palm Plaza and the thrift shop was Palm Variety. Key points were Shoreline Park, Century Theaters, Downtown renovation. The list goes on and on. During the summer many of us were required to work in the fruit harvest. OJ Cooper school. Andy's Chinese Restaurant. I do remember the French Quarter food mart and the Mexican restaurant was called La Posada. Harry's Hofbrau (my favorite) The Bowling alley was/is called El Camino bowl ( I hung out there a lot from age 10 to 19) Web Link. ie Apricots, cherries, prunes. Linda's Hamburger Joint on El Camino Had a Sears, JCPenney, other nice shops inside and out. Find related and similar companies as well as employees by title and much more. Change has made the campus unrecognizable. YP advertisers receive higher placement in the default ordering of search results and may appear in sponsored listings on the top, side, or bottom of the search results page. We used to eat at The Menu Tree and the kids got the $1 burger basket. Fremont Fire Dist. Eating at the "picnic tables at Clarke's" with my mom quite often. from 1973 to 1978. net assets. Born 1978 @ the El Camino hospital. The ward was a joint initiative between the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the St. James Municipal Corporation. I think it is like over $3000 for a studio. Fabric store in the Purity Market building (Later torn down) Just loved reading all these posts and bringing back all the memories. Kamei House Chinese Restaurant https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-St-James-Infirmary/330535863804 Very special indeed! After the Mac was introduced in 1984 I often went to Computerware, on California Avenue in Palo Alto. I remember the New Library that has since been replaced with a newer library. Drying apricots in the orchards on Grant Road 80's things began to happen, and now I think Mountain View is nicer and A man named Chester F. Awalt donated 40 acres of orchard land to MVLA High School District for a much needed third high school; they named the school Chester F. Awalt HS. Primary Menu Newsroom; Public Meetings; About HCAI; Subscribe; Careers; Log In; Scroll navigation Left Building Safety & Finance. I spend a lot of time and money in Mountain View, used to live there Great town to start a career in Semiconductors. Sponsored content Director of Finance And Accounting at ST. JAMES INFIRMARY View profile View profile badges Munson's Drugstore on El Camino and Castro My sister made one big donut with the leftover dough at the end of the shift and would bring it to the parties in a big pink box. Canning factory in Sunnyvale some helpful resources there Baseball Field/Park Shoreline Blvd was rd! 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