Bay Meadows was fantastic right next door in San Mateo; won 21 to 1 odds on Bridgetwister!!! Somebody sprayed on the windows of "DOG CITY" and those buildings have always been Dog City in my mind.. only a moment in time. I know this is incorrect. I almost forgot: St James Infirmary. Steve - It's pretty obvious that the Voice's website is designed to place links to the three Town Square threads that have the most recent posts. I was a Mt. 5 cents/10 cent Woolworth ice cream cones at woolworths in the San antonio shopping center. People did there own thing and weren't into $ and status. It just doesn't seem as fun anymore Mountain View Library centennial celebration 1905-2005 And don't forget the Camino Bowl, a great place to go bowling before it got torn down and replaced with businesses/condo units. We lived on Cornelia Ct., and I attended Bubb School for the 4th - 6th grades when we moved back to Green Bay, Wi. It was a hofbrau or road stop kind of place. St. James Infirmary with Wonder Woman on Moffett Blvd, and the Cottage, and nobody has mentioned Andy's, the best Chinese food in town. It was the site of the old Highway School. - Cherry Chase golf course where Cuernavaca is now Dear Community, It has been quite an exciting year full of activism and progress toward the full realization of sex worker rights. They had the best selection of cheesecakes The first job I ever had was scooping ice cream in THAT Thrifty's Drugs, when cones were 5, 10, & 15 cents. Does Anyone Remember the La Cabana? Even Wonder Woman couldn't save the place (or herself). Did lots of educational games of learning on the 2e ! View from '56 to '79 with a detour through the USMC abd SE.Asia. The parks would take us on a tour to the downtown firehouse and police station where we got to slide down the firepole! View was a ghost town on weekends. But as for Mountain View, it is better than ever. and it was a treat to go to the candy store afterwards. Phone Number: (415) 554-8494. (I worked there from 1976-1984). Nostalgia is great, but I think I prefer the current downtown MV to the sleepy street of the 1970s. View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. Mayfield Mall Construction went on for quite a while and the place was really novel with JC Penny holding the anchor spot. Hubbard and Johnson was on the corner of El Monte and El Camino, where Longs and Starbucks are today. Slot car racing at a small shopping mall on san antonio road. I can remember the name. hundreds of cows. As a community, Moutain View is far better off having had such people as molders of what we have today. There was a "Variety Store" at Blossom Valley shopping center on the corner nearest to St. Francis. and those Cinco de Mayo dances that Mountain View high school would have at Rengstorff park or sometimes at the Portuguese hall on Stierlin (boy did you open a can or worms) i could go on and on. We had a wonderful wholesale bakery in that neighborhood, where you could buy a big bag of shortbread cookies for a $1. What an interesting question. Lockheed shared Moffett NAS with the Navy VP-31 squadron, flying P-3 Orions day and night, patrolling the waters of the west coast for USSR submarines. 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. Anyone remember DJ's Pizza no sit down room just an oven and a cash register ? Gas was cheap, crime was low and we had a blast growing up there. Some of the best people and food ever. Wow. thinking how much it reminded me of Mountain View of the 70's. Feinschmuckers Deli, remember Best products store. Mountain View near Castro was a wonderful place to live. ), 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. 5-1 or 3-1 etc.. I don't remember if it was in Mountain View or Palo Alto. Those days of MV being a quiet, bucolic suburb are over. My father liked Indian history and so I did too. Are you thinking of White Front in Sunnyvale by Toys R Us. Who knew those daily landings for about an hour would go away along with the base. In 1971, Linda Ronstadt played The Cellar with Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley who soon formed The Eagles. A&W near the corner with Castro. There was a frozen North Pole and Santa sat in his house nearby. It seemed like a great concept. There was also a Kelly's at Stanford Shopping Center before it went so upscale. When those establishments are gone, they will lament the passing of their youth like the many posts above. Drive-in Movie Theater where Walgreen's is. The original Mountain View location has always been better than the recent chain locations IMO. In the 80's 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 only hardware/nursery store was on the north side of the tracks, on Castro Street. mortuary, all you can eat (pre-mega buffet) Chinese buffet near middle field road/San Antonio rd) It was a great time but I grew up and moved to other places for my career. There's also a history center in the library. Primary Menu Newsroom; Public Meetings; About HCAI; Subscribe; Careers; Log In; Scroll navigation Left Building Safety & Finance. The library had only one story and was overcrowded. And GTE @ the Central Park Apts. Florentine Restaurant ( The only Italian place in the middle of all the Chinese Restaurants ) was located where Xanh now is. I always thought the food there was better than Taco Bell. The Togos have moved around and changed a lot, but Togos used to be really great. St James Infirmary Moffett Blvd and Mariner Dr Mountain View Alas. We lived in Palo Alto and it was a completely different world south of San Antonio road, much different from snooty Palo Alto. Dave Fisher Louie comicbooks and texan horns at the elzarape. If you had to grow up somewhere in the 60's and 70's, Mountain View had it all and was a real community where we all knew each other (absolute Americana). The little lady in the kitchen i think her name was "short" best tacos for 25 cents. I will never forget how nice they would fix up Mayfield Mall for Christmas. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-St-James-Infirmary/330535863804 View. 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. We used to have regular apricot fights in the orchards that are now Cuesta Park. BF, "the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline." Search on line for "Rengsdorff house". The old Nob Hill was Fry's Grocery Store. I will give you a pass on that since you are a I remember the Menu Treeall you can eat. TG&Y between Safeway and Walgreens. In the 50's, MV had a downtown city park on Castro. Washboard Leo does St. James Infirmary as a novelty number, inventing a different story line in which St. James Infirmary is not even mentioned, and the emphasis is on his own funeral. I encountered hundreds of rat carcasses. Also had an acre of land. St. James Infirmary just outside of Moffett Field Naval Air Station was a frequent place as well as The Country Store, but that was south past Sunnyvale on El Camino. 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. Now, did anyone mention Frankie Johnnie & Luigi Too!? 4. Mountain View was a working-class town back in the 60s and 70s, and while I still love living here, I'm sad that high-tech has made it so hard to afford to live here. Downtown / Midtown Cross Street. Everyone knows who owns big chunks of that land now. S.R. Apt. The name of the store was called Palm Yorkshire Clothes in the Palm Plaza shopping Center. It was a beautiful spanish style building which should of been restored and named a historical landmark. History. Become a Member 85 was Central Expressway Does anyone remember the name of this place? You could buy beer by waiting outside Mayfair Market for someone "cool" to walk in and ask them to score you a six. Shoppers World at ECR and Escuela(Cost Plus, now - at least as of the early 2000s) AND, There were greenhouses along 237 for as far as the eye could see, along with Ferry Morse Seed Company. Car dealership n Castro and el CAMINO. Poking around the unrestored Rengsdorff house in that surreal setting all sky and wet/flat lands, pre-development and amplitheater. There was a Pier One in the underground area and the Mall had a good record store. In the meantime I'll ask my family that still live in there if they know the name. Versions of it (the tree got bigger with time) became posters or advertisements, and I encounter copies periodically. Always busy and great New York Style pizza never had any since!! 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. He was in port until early February and they sailed to Japan and Korean War. Hello California! It was a nice time and if I could, I would go back; maybe in the near future! Gregg's Pharmacy 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. Speed limit was 55 mph on all freeways (coming again soon? They had a neat fish tank inside. I did in 1978 and broke my arm on the monkey bars. but I sure do miss Uncle Otto's Cheesecake and Stigs Pastry shop on Castro. You call and requested a bus to pick you up for only 10 cents. Oh, if anyone can remember a few other night spots in Mountain View, one by the Old Mill Mall and another I believe was Froggers or a name similar. I think Rotten Robbie's is still on the corner of Whisman and Middlefield, maybe even the Wagon Wheel restaurant next to it. I would hope it still exists in someones attic and wasnt destroyed. As for restaurants, I was saving my pennies in those years. Wherehouse Records, Chuck's Cellar on El Camino was mentioned and John Stewart of Kingston Trio fame. We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and shopped at Bettancourt Grocery. The copper penny that place but it was short-lived. Cocktail Love. funniest dance place ever! Go Eagles! It was crazy but totally fun!! Try to find a gun shop in Mountain View today. 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. Mountain View (and the rest of the Peninsula seems quite different now). The painting behind the altar of the Holy Family was still there. We moved 12 years ago. Fremont Fire Dist. where We lived on Parker Ct. If it bent, we threw them out. VIEW HISTORICAL SPOTS IT TIME TO MOVE ON. In the 60's on the corner of Middlefield Road and Moffett Blvd. Munson's Drugstore on El Camino and Castro The Moffett Drive In was our cheap entertainment. Also, I remember the Copper Penny a big A-frame restaurant near St. James Infirmary Address: 730 Polk St San Francisco, CA 94109 HCAI ID: 306380604; Facility License Type: Clinic; A butcher shop was where Red Rock Coffee Co. is now. The only other big event was the art and wine festival and a chinatown. It was a great place to go and drink and dance. 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. It was the first place I'd ever found Jelly-Bellies. similar to The Cheesecake Factory. The King of Clubs was a big Navy bar and we used to go to Denny's across the street. The St. James Infirmary is located about 5 minutes drive from downtown Montego Bay. 20 planes about 2 minutes apart, talk about noise pollution. We went wild over it. I believe Bazaar was in between the other two names. Whenever the free time I always like to revisit entire areas and scenes. (Sunnyvale went the "planned route" and tore up Murphy Avenue to give it over to a covered mall in the 70s. Miss you. The only things going in the downtown were Printer's Inc. and a few restaurants like Szechuan Gardens, Dynasty, Fu Lam Mum and Florentine. It's easy to be nostalgic. You had to have a membership card to get in, I think the card was $1. We lived in a trailer park just going north on 101 from the main gate at Moffett. I remember going to both Fargo's (Old Mill Sh. st james infirmary 504 greenwich street, san francisco, ca 94133. total revenue. Everyone remembers the Old Mill, but do you remember the fantastic candy store there? Stewart recorded his "Lonesome Picker Rides Again" album there. D.V., when you mentioned Baeders cookies I knew it was you cuz. Sun and SGI were a couple of the large employers, fighting out the workstation market. 730 Polk St San Francisco CA 94109 (415) 554-8494. Does anyone remember the name of the coffee shop next to rower records? Sometimes the lines were around the block. They never cleaned or bothered to inspect Families. Miramonte School. Can't remember for sure, but I think they had sound to outside. When Bloomingdales moved to their smaller store built in the mall parking lot, the old building was torn down to make more smaller independent stores since large department stores have lost their appeal. It's driving us all crazy. It was known to be Mountain View High School's teachers watering hole. Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class I bought a coffee table and oak side tables there. Does anyone remember the name of this place? We loved Moffett and Mtn View. It opened in 1970 and closed in 1995. I used to get a postcard in the mail for a discount. Google, Ebay and others seem to like that area. Middlefield Mall That was He had more cattle up off Skyline and near Half Moon Bay There are tons of photos and books, and if you go on the right day, long-time residents and natives from the Historical Association are usually around and they are happy to recount the "old days" - although to most of them, that usually means a couple decades before the 70s. fast food place in Palo Alto on University. But can anyone please help me remember the name of the pre-school on San Ramon Ave. where The Fountains retirement community is built. Little violets that filled the back shady patio if the landlord was slow to mow. Go Eagles!!! Los Gatos and Mountain View have SV's best downtowns IMO. Go Eagles and Keep the Faith I use to live in San Carlos ave. My Grandma used to take me to Mervyn's downtown when it was still a diner, and not a bar. The movie theater was pretty small.I recall we usually chose the Varsity Theater up in Palo Alto over the small MV theater. Carlotta Shopping Center? 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