Where Sterlin meets Moffet blvd there was an auto repair place where you could bu a Coke in a 6 1/2 oz bottle for a dime. Ingredients 1 1 2 oz Plantation Barbados 5-Year Rum 1 2 oz Saint James Royal Ambr Rhum Agricole 1 . Lived in Mtn View on Nilda Ave from 1957-1969.Went to Bubb for kindergarten, St Joseph's for grade school, Holy Cross fot high school. In the 60's on the corner of Middlefield Road and Moffett Blvd. But to leave this on for weeks and weeks is very ridiculous and very boring. their facilities. Hubbard and Johnson was on the corner of El Monte and El Camino, where Longs and Starbucks are today. Greetings.. where the Albertson's was. Located in the South of Market district of San Francisco, the mission of the St. James Infirmary is to provide compassionate and non-judgmental health care and social services for all sex workers while preventing occupational illnesses and injuries through a comprehensive continuum of services. It is known for its kitchy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman. Jocelyn's Bike shop, Movie Rental Place next to the post office, and Jack "n" Jill kids clothing store was there, I think close to the Vacum Cleaner sales and repair place. Blossom Valley Shopping Center (Cuesta and Miramonte) View, where Google is now, I had some classmate that lived out there and back then it was dirt roads and chicken coops. Drive-in Movie Theater where Walgreen's is. I also enjoyed a great Steely Dan concert in the late 90's at Shoreline Ampitheater. Very special indeed! baseball league teams and games. Camino. 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. 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. For a taste of the restaurants in the area circa 1969, you can see this document preserved at the Computer History Museum. A butcher shop was where Red Rock Coffee Co. is now. You are correct Emporium, I used to shop there all the time. Palm variety was a store with tons of household knick knacks. The Old Mill and Mayfield malls were already mostly derelict. I liked I lived right behind the Mayfield Mall, and mostly what I remember are annual magic shows, Easter egg hunts, great decorations at Christmas, and the fantastic egg-rolls that a man sold from a cart. (I lived in Old MV) Tidal lands existed along the bay. Imagine. The restrooms in the parks are I went to St. Joseph's Elementary and we had to buy our burlap pants and sweaters at the J.C. Penney store on Castro. A big Tower Records across the street, a "Best" (not the same place as Best Buy) where I bought a ton of stuff, a hobby shop, and so on. The wait to eat inside is a little much, though. Does anyone remember the name of the diner on the lower level of the Mall? Clarke's is great. Most neighborhood streets were without roundabouts (as they are now) Then the City I have not returned home to Mountain View for decades and just now saw pictures of the town. I could go on forever on how much this city has changed. Unfortunately, Moffett had been closed. Thank-you 1, Graduated from MVHS in 1975 while working at A&W riding my 125 Honda yep it is Eric. The first 2 years of St. Joseph's School were held in the old classrooms of at what is now St. Francis High School. Computer, and I have such fond memories of that machine. There are still some very good bookstores in DT Mountain View. In the 70's, the shopping center went belly-up, stood vacant for years I recall a Frye's market and Cost Plus in there. Across the street on Evelyn (which was a dirt road in places) was Ferry-Morse, but HP more recently occupied the site. Had a Sears, JCPenney, other nice shops inside and out. Before it was torn down, did the community come out to stop development, like they did for the Milk Pail? Great place to grow up. One was on ElCamino Real where the Amber Cafe is now located. I remember that Mayfield Mall closed right around 1983 when we moved. But can anyone please help me remember the name of the pre-school on San Ramon Ave. where The Fountains retirement community is built. Carlotta Shopping Center? Antipasto salad to die for, (Hold the anchovies please) View in 1975. And the Mountain View Bakery, the Navy used to buy cakes from them for every occasion. Carr's pet store on Evelyn I only lived in Mtn. I've recently moved here from Louisiana, married, and bought a lil condo. On Saturdays I'd drive up El Camino. Mayfield Mall was where The Crossings condos were buildt. St James Infirmary Health & Welfare Clinics Website 22 YEARS IN BUSINESS (415) 554-8494 730 Polk St San Francisco, CA 94109 CLOSED NOW Showing 1-1 of 1 Map View Places Near Mountain View, CA with St James Infirmary Los Altos (3 miles) Sunnyvale (5 miles) Palo Alto (8 miles) Cupertino (8 miles) Stanford (8 miles) Alviso (10 miles) Someone mentioned it closed in about 1980, but I say it hung on a few years longer than that, maybe till about 1985. the best mexican food was on castro the "cabana". I don't know when or why they would use it, maybe as a backup? The library had only one story and was overcrowded. Middlefield Mall 20 planes about 2 minutes apart, talk about noise pollution. Bells would ring from St. Joseph's at noon and the whistle would blow at 5:00 from the downtown fire station everyday, so kids always knew when to go home for meals. Mt View in the 60-70's was the best Can't remember for sure, but I think they had sound to outside. I worked at the Sav-Mor food store on Calderon an Church for about 5 years, along with my Brother. Stig's Bakery I fetched that post by typing O'Malley's in the Search box (toward upper right on this page). There are a few holes. Grew up in MV and graduated from MVHS in 1971. Did anyone here work for HandyMan in the 1960's or 1970s? for me. I lived on the southern end of Los Altos from 1961 through about 1985. PT, I don't think it was a library. I miss Old Cal Pizza and Stuft Pizza on Castro St. Where was Stuft Pizza located again? 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. El Zarape Resturant on El Camino 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? Dad used to spend major portions of his paychecks there, a practice which ultimately destroyed his marriage to my mother. TG&Y, the Red Barn (country Gourmet now). Eddies Sport Shop, The Instep for Addidas. It had a flush toilet, but was just a small shed built over the septic tank. There were two chains, Pollos and Pollo Locos. The mens clothing store was George"s. Who remembers the mexican restaurant on el camino and bailey. Bubble gum was the best flavor. Came to Mtn View in 1967 The Infirmary was destroyed by an arson fire in 1998. . We loved Moffett and Mtn View. It is called Mtn. at Steven's Creek? Shoreline Avenue was called Bailey Avenue I believe it is still vacant. I wished Id taken more pictures , than what I have. -Shoreline Park was a landfill. I just don't know the name of it. El Zarape, Qui Hing Low, Fosters hamburgers, the original "Big Mac" at Johnny Macs, Lindas, The Red Barn, the Sylvania pit, . Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane! It was comfortable. When Mancini motors (Dodge dealership) was on the corner of Castro and El Camino. Don't forget Fairchild. Only after it became a mainstream cliche did the various after-the-fact suppositions and misconceptions begin, wrongly associating the term's origin to this region's far longer history of technology firms, already underway by the 1930s (long before not just the semiconductor industry, but other technology firms such as Hewlett-Packard, which some people, especially around Palo Alto, like to conflate today with "silicon valley" origins). Gunn Highschool across Charleston used to be a field full of cattle. I remember that Yorkshire was written on the side of the Palm Variety shopping center. Go Eagles!!! Der Wiener Schnitzel on Castro was a great place to skip off campus from Mountain View High for some munchies. So we at Los Altos High salvaged it to build a giant KNIGHT which road the winning float at the following week's Los Altos High homecoming. Loved that park. Thank you for any info. - The Emporium department store at El Camino and Hwy 85 Join to view profile ST. JAMES INFIRMARY . St Joseph church would ring the church bell during the day. I also grew up in Mountain View and attended Landels, Graham and Mountain View High on Castro Street. I remember the New Library that has since been replaced with a newer library. The store located at 85 and El Camino was The Emporium, not I Magnin. I remember the clinic on castro where alot of my friends got counceling and pills the cool thrift shop the gun shop lindas in 70s mvh alot of fun but also a bit of the wild west going on back then alot of fist fights not gangs and guns like nowdays and walkinggggg everywhere bein safe good old days. And I have seen quite a few Tower Records; in the Bay Area, L.A., Orange County and even London. This thread keeps me coming back to the site each day to see what new memories have been posted. st james infirmary 504 greenwich street, san francisco, ca 94133. total revenue. When did the Old Mill close down and whateve happened to the best pizza place that I knew of Fargo's? Versions of it (the tree got bigger with time) became posters or advertisements, and I encounter copies periodically. I also remember the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline, even after the golf course was set up. the Diamond Ranch Market in 1970 until 1971, as mentioned above, What got me into computing was the Commodore Vic-20 8 bit 6502 got that right and Commodore is not more. 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. It was a quiet bedroom community. Driving to Stanford via ElCamino Real one could smell skunks from the open fields. 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. TheSixFifty.com I had only been here for a day or two. My first job was at Menu Tree and after that I worked at Gemco. There also was an ElZarape Resturant on San Antonio Road. We ate at Ken's House of Pancake's (apple pancakes! 2. They took their hard earned allowance and bought an ice cream. doing well. The old Highway school on the corner of El Camino and Calderon. I remember in the 70s, the Monte Vista drive-in. total expenses. Grocery Store Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. At halloween time, they had the best selection of wax whistles, plastic lips, and dracula teeth. I took my parents to the Balkin Village on the Elcamino for their 25th wedding aniversary in 1973. Have read every entry and look forward to reading more : ). 1) Playing park league flag football in the 3rd grade and getting knocked out cold on a kick off by a "BIG" kid named Rudy. Target and where the DMV used to be and is now a truck driver training school. Bowling Alley on El Camino I lived in a complex of yellow apartment builings on Montecito Ave. That street seems relatively unchanged. First gourmet burgers for me the Hawaiian with pineapple.. and the friendliest of owners. That's the closest address my childhood brain can come up with. It's located on Castro St. across the street from Red Rock Cafe. One was missed ( or was not that important) The Akron store on El Camino and San Antonio, the Wherehouse replaced it.
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