I remember the Rexall drug store on Castro and J.C. Penney's and if you now go to Mayer Electric it still has the squeaky floors Penny's had upstairs. All rights reserved. I have lived in Mountain View since the early 70's. It's time has expired. -----Brentwood Grocery Store/Safeway I forgot something! Reminise with our review which placed SJI in our 4 divers category. St James Infirmary 445 California Avenue Reno, NV 89501 775-657-8484 (Click here to view map) Neighborhood. Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? own bread, and sold beers at least in the old Palo Alto place on Meadow. I do i do i do boy do I. ! Can anyone tell me when it changed names and the history? Mountain View high school was actually bordering Castro Street, old high school way, shoreline (formerly n. Bailey/sterlin road) Turned out there was a mistake and the permit was supposed to be to have been issued for his small pepper tree instead. 80's things began to happen, and now I think Mountain View is nicer and Highway School had large wood paned windows, oak floors, wide halls, and huge cloakrooms! Wow, so much has changed. it used to be. 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. Dear Newbie- El Zarape Resturant on El Camino The vibe was great. There would be like 50 bikes out front on those days. I also worked at the Ferry Morse Seed Co. in 74-77. Contact Us It was a beautiful spanish style building which should of been restored and named a historical landmark. Shoreline used to be called Steirlin Road, and before that part of And seeing their adds at the drive-in during intermission? In 1971, Linda Ronstadt played The Cellar with Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley who soon formed The Eagles. Then a fire had destroyed a class room module/building (in fragments i remembered either it was used as a science lab or it was actually the computer lab). I made it clear that I wasn't interested. Don't forget the Bickell Brothers Lumber on San Antonio and Freeman-Sondgroth Paving Company (the gravel factory) making noise and causing cracks in the windows and drywall of everyone's homes. On the other hand as a kid we felt safe walking any where in town not now. Castro Street was mostly a wasteland. I'm going to add something a little different the Cold War. He also went on to explain that, in the 70's, their were quite a few brothels operating on Castro!How things have changed! Palo Alto Online I've recently moved here from Louisiana, married, and bought a lil condo. Gas was cheap, crime was low and we had a blast growing up there. Lots of small apartments everywhere and all very kept up. What a great time! The wait to eat inside is a little much, though. Was this area a library building? Qui Hing Low and Andy's best chinese food ever! The Infirmary was destroyed by an arson fire in 1998. . There was also another night club on the other side of the freeway, next to Safeway- can't remember the name- that was more of a dance club. There was a movie theater on Castro, but it only seemed to show Chinese or Mexican films and nobody went there. Who knew those daily landings for about an hour would go away along with the base. Maybe this has been covered already but does anyone remember the bike shop, "The Bicycle Tree", that had a section of a large tree in the shop where the tree had grown around an old bike frame? They were just fantastic. BIG difference. Special Pubs When my kids were small, the biggest thrill for them was hearing the music and seeing the ice cream truck come down our street. That place could get really crazy. The only things going in the downtown were Printer's Inc. and a few restaurants like Szechuan Gardens, Dynasty, Fu Lam Mum and Florentine. Maybe thanks to the float, the Los Altos football team flushed the Santa Clara High Panthers (the float's tasteful theme) enroute to a Santa Clara County championship. Having just gone to Watsonville for the first time a few months ago, I was Kragans Auto? Carpeteria More. They never cleaned or bothered to inspect Just east of Cooper school on Eunice was a big dip in the road where it was county property, as was all the neighborhoods with no sidewalks. Wow, what memories! There used to be a tree diagram inside the lobby that showed the true history of early Silicon Valley--but when I went back to photograph it about 1975 it had been removed when they did some remodeling Several Fairchild Semiconductor engineers left and started other companies that later became big players and the history is on that tree diagram. O'Malley? Great Western Savings I'm thinking across from The lot at Moffett and Middlefield held the temporary library while the one downtown was being rebuilt. The school dances and alot of fights in the year 1970. Had a friend that called and asked me the name of the furniture store and I have forgotten. Was the Chinese restaurant Qui Hing Low? We thought the old house (still there) on the corner of Calderon and Church was haunted. I don't think there are as many night spots in the whole penisula area as there were when I first came here in 1972. We used to eat at The Menu Tree and the kids got the $1 burger basket. My mom used to take me there and I remember always ordering the grilled cheese sandwich and jello for dessert. Contact Jailon directly. I grad Mtn. House of Yee on Castro. Gardens and water wheels inside the mall. A few years back I did a few interior deconstructions on the North side of Castro close to Central Express Way. ----Great Western Savings/Home Savings/ Westwood Childcare Center The small open spaces like the corner of Cuesta and Grant Road and on Shoreline Blvd were homes that had to be moved for the widening of the those respective streets. My co-workers and I would go to lunch on Castro St. every day--we loved Florentine (great pizza bread), Mekong (run by a former Vietnamese diplomat), and the Blue Sky Cafe, where I believe I had my first tofu sandwich. There was a Chinese restaurant named Andy on Castro st. 1970s very good food 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. Remember Freeman - Sondgroth paving, where Old Mill was built (and eventually razed) and blue workshirts. My sisters all worked at the Weinershnizel at the corner of Castro/California. And the "Generic Hamburger Stand" in the old Der Weinerschnitzel (which became Weinerschnitzel again after the generic place closed). Nick from the Netherlands, not sure if this is correct neighborhood---There is a restaurant/bar on Old Middlefield near Rengsdorf called O'Mally's. Director of Finance And Accounting at ST. JAMES INFIRMARY View profile View profile badges Greetings.. "Dog City" Building Dreamed of a jet in a small group colliding with a tree, a few days before the Blue Angels had their first (?) I live in Florida now, but I keep checking this on-going trip down memory lane. Mountain Mike's Pizza Rexall drugs was our downtown drugstore. (Thank you, historic preservationists!). You could get excellent fresh artichokes at a reasonable price back then. We ate at Ken's House of Pancake's (apple pancakes! I'm was 12 years old. The persimmon tree in "our" front yard and the people who would drive up and try to strip the fruit. The old house on Phyllis (the last home on the back side of the shopping center) was originally located in a ring of Redwood trees in the former Handyman parking lot! Moved to Sunnyvale a year later. What a story that was. + many more) ie Apricots, cherries, prunes. There was a night club called The Infirmary lots of fun. I remember the pre Gemco store named White something, was it White Castle? Renamed it La Problem Eata. Alot of great memories, thank for the thread. There's a Residence Inn there now. A Palo Alto Co-op store was on the corner of San Antonio and El Camino. Mt View in the 60-70's was the best the MV Eagles ruled Linda's on El Camino was the place to go for lunch Paresean burgers $.25 The copper penny Middlefield Mall Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams Super Duper market at central and Rengstorff Red Barn for a Barnbuster Key points were Shoreline Park, Century Theaters, Downtown renovation. I did like the St. John's Infirmary, on the Moffatt Field side of the railroad tracks. MV is still a great place to live! There was a huge barrel of pickles there does anyone remember that? Malachi's was a little "head shop" that sold beads, incense and other weird stuff in a little stucco building on the east side of El Camino when you sat at the El Monte and El Camino stop light. I remember St. James Infirmary, but I was too young to go inside, but I do remember eating some leftover hot wings my sister brought home and lovin it. The Moffett Drive In was our cheap entertainment. Thrifty for 5, 10 and 15 cent ice creams in the San Antonio Shopping center and right next to it was Woolworth with the restaurant where you could sit at the counter or the booths while everyone else was shopping around you. Opened in 1967, it was known for its kitschy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman, and Buffalo Wings and burgers. It had a big room full of mechanical switching relays which were constantly clicking. hundreds of cows. 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. The Decor furniture store that became Office Depot at El Monte and El Camino was also once a grocery store, in the 60's I think? Eddies Sport Shop, The Instep for Addidas. Then the sound became noise pollution. Those days of MV being a quiet, bucolic suburb are over. I attended Eastbrook Elementary. I only tell you all this so that someday when it's called T's there will be a record Stuft Pizza became Kapp's Pizza Bar. Did anyone mention Holy Cross High School next to St Josephs School. This is very important to me I am trying to locate my father who I have never met and I think he may have worked at one of these places. Noone mentioned Lenny's Pies on Castro and the Dairy Queen on El Camino Real! And across the street where Longs Drugs/Starbucks/Blockbuster is was a lumber yard/home improvement type of place, forgot the name. It seemed like a great concept. We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and it had not changed one bit. Here is a bit of the inside scoop. HOWEVER, whoever, and I used to know the name because I used to call As a kid in the 70s, we would go there in the afternoon with our parents and get a match box car from there extensive collection. This page has been a really interesting read. Cruising between Johnny Macs and Spiveys drive Inns on the El Mayfield Mall, Old Mill, Rhodes department store. There was a Red Barn Hamburger place on El Camino @ Rengstorff We also went to Country Gourmet on El Camino (I think it's still there), and of course the food court in the Old Mill. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. The only hardware/nursery store was on the north side of the tracks, on Castro Street. Gelato Classico, the best ice cream in the world in my opinion, was over by a bowling And GTE @ the Central Park Apts. I liked Print Edition/Archives - "Castro" CalTrain station at Rengstorff Of course Hobees we all loved. Printer's Inc. entrusted to live and work for such a with-it city? I live now in Kiseemmee Florida,but I travel to Mountain View Andy's Chinese was the best place for Chinese on Castro. Main Phone Number (415) 554-8444. I will be 79 in November 2013. In the summers, kids rode their bikes all over town and hung out at the local neighborhood parks. Being able to walk the store aisles when the store was closed and no one else was there :). 2) A very hot classmate whom I had a secret 6th grade crush on named Sandy Allen What I remember from my 1982 arrival in Mountain View: Does anyone remember the old building along the Mountain View-Alviso Road (237) that was on the corner of either Maude or Middlefield? traffic ticket as a kid and never thought I could feel so bad! I grew up next to Therekauf/Stevenson school. There were a few other places in Sunnyvale, but Friday night at the Jack in the Box parking lot on El Camino by Grant Rd was where me and my gearhead buddies stopped to watch the show and surreptitiously quaff a brew or two. I spent the first 30 years of my life living in what is now called 'Old Mountain View.' St. James Infirmary was always rockin'. Apt. Was the Rumpus Room ever "topless"? on the discussion! Search results are sorted by a combination of factors to give you a set of choices in response to your search criteria. Growing up near Blossom Valley and St Francis high school I have some great memories of the annual Western Roundup/Carnival St Francis put on. It's easy to be nostalgic. I remember the disco on San Antonio Road at the Old Mill, jogging at the high school, St. james Infirmiry, Andys Chinese Restaurant, Longs Drugs, The Boardwalk on El Camino near Chucks, I remember when my friend Len Rhode opened his burger King on San Antonio Road and El Camino. I remember: Great place to grow up. The year the Circus came to Mountain View high school field and the carnivals the school would have. baseball league teams and games. Remember Gregg's Pharmacy and Los Altos Travel at the current Bossom Valley Shopping Center? Moffett Food Center owned by Sam Leong and his family. We drove to the main gate and a pleasant young lady guard was given permission to escort us to Hangar One and we stepped in and took pictures of each other. S.R. People reminisce, for example, about Linda's. Carr's Pet Shop. It had sawdust and peanut shells on the floor, and a giant Wonder Woman statue. hand towels of a working hand air dryer for almost year despite my Florentine Restaurant I worked just a short distance away on Middlefield towards San Antonio and Palo Alto. Mountain View's facilities go to heck. Hope that you find something on the internet about it? Then a few years later it became Ontilo's. There are several stains scattered on the shirt. $908,224. Does anyone remember the gas station on evelyn and casto back in the 60's shoreline was two lanes. There was an unfinished furniture place called Decor on El Monte near El Camino Rl that became Office Depot. no one mentioned Continental MKT. JC Penney's was where Meyer Electric is now. Anyone remember the Hell Angels' moving into the house on 237 and then filming in parts of Mountain View and Sunnyvale? There are still some very good bookstores in DT Mountain View. Belmont 96-2002 The mens clothing store was George"s. Who remembers the mexican restaurant on el camino and bailey. Shoreline Avenue was called Bailey Avenue The best pastries ever./Photo Shop Near San Antonio & Middlefield the pay-to-play indoor racquet ball courts for just a few years, and next to it, I think, was a pay-to-play woodworking shop. Loved the tater tots at Linda's. remember hanging out at rengstorff park alot, swimming every summer the vampire movies they would show every Ithink wednesday or friday after school (mvhs) for free in the auditorium. Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams VB, I think the diner at Mayfield Mall was called Kelly's. Old California Pizza Galaxy Gifts, the Variety store, Archies Couffures, and Tots to Teens at the Blossom Valley shopping center where Mayfair Market was. fast food place in Palo Alto on University. County: San Francisco. During the summer many of us were required to work in the fruit harvest. 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