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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:20 PM Original message |
Scenes from Silicon Valley, 6/11/09: Weed-covered Jeep dealership and Deli for lease |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. I remember that place - its on El Camino right? |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, right near El Camino & Mary... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Up near Mtn View on the El, there was an old Emporium that was like that |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Oh yeah, I remember that one... |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I remember visiting Mountain View right before Tower closed there... |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I did the same thing in Campbell... |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Used to go to the Campbell tower a lot too the years before I left in 2001 |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Campbell's Tower was always a minor or "lesser" Tower... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It used to be the ONLY Tower in the area - and I used to work there |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. There were so many interesting places along Bascom Avenue there... |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Tacos Mexico... |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. And there were three Starbucks within a mile or so of each other... |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Not sure...I avoid the Bascom-Hamilton stretch because it's always a mess... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. That was on El Camino near Hwy 85. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I took the census in that neighborhood one year. 76 maybe? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Because the stuff behind the palm trees was junk. nt |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Jeep. You Can Drive Anywhere In It, EXCEPT Past a Gas Station |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Oh, no. That's really, really sad! |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I went to the Deli with the intention of doing a Web Site for them... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. When my family moved to Sunnyvale (Fremont and Hwy 9) |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I used to live on Michelangelo Drive... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I was good and ready to leave by 1976. Everything was uglied and cheapened up. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. That seems to be the American model |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The developers in the Santa Clara Valley buried some fine farm land. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You could be talking about my hometown |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Ironically, I worked in commercial real estate for a while in the 80s |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. A block off of Lawrence in Sunnyvale... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. My sister in law was the first secretary Intel hired when they got big enough |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
19. I know exactly where that is. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I don't remember the bike shop but remember a bakery and a bowling alley! |
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