The only things going in the downtown were Printer's Inc. and a few restaurants like Szechuan Gardens, Dynasty, Fu Lam Mum and Florentine. There was a big cattle ranch out there too. I lived in a complex of yellow apartment builings on Montecito Ave. That street seems relatively unchanged. We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and shopped at Bettancourt Grocery. We thought the old house (still there) on the corner of Calderon and Church was haunted. I also worked at the Ferry Morse Seed Co. in 74-77. MV is still a great place to live! Steve, Is someone making you read this stuff? They had a neat stairway with upper level seating. 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. but I sure do miss Uncle Otto's Cheesecake and Stigs Pastry shop on Castro. Tater tots and Parisian Burgers. And the Mountain View Bakery, the Navy used to buy cakes from them for every occasion. The restrooms in the parks are ST. JAMES INFIRMARY Hospitals and Health Care San Francisco, California 403 followers It is our mission to meet the needs of people engaged in the sex trade through advocacy, direct services . ***. - The constant drone of P-3 Orion aircraft overhead Two a&w's in town (frequented the one on el CAMINO air) El Zarape Resturant on El Camino View renter in Mountain View from '73 through '85 then returned to Florida. I also remember the 50s holdout restaurant Linda's, farther down El Camino (at Escuela, evidently). Los Gatos and Mountain View have SV's best downtowns IMO. I worked at Rhodes which became Liberty House, which became random stores which is now a new mega mixed used complex. .25 cents for mixed drinks. Some old photos were also in the lock shop plus the lock shop has not altered building it is the Jehning Family Lock Museum. Fremont Fire Dist. Dreamed of a jet in a small group colliding with a tree, a few days before the Blue Angels had their first (?) Drive-in Movie Theater where Walgreen's is. Mountain View was the southernmost town with the 415 area code. I think it may have been some other kind of supermarket in the interim. In the shopping Center was the Oasis Laundry that started out with popcorn and treats The lot was empty for several years. I remember seeing the Exorcist with my girlfriend at the time in the View I'd appreciate some help. Tour buses would take visitors on tours to see all the trees in blossom that were a sight to behold. The mall with Sears and JC Penney was San Antonio Shooping Center on the corner of El Camino Real and San Antonio Road, across the street from what was Tower Records. Definitely check out the History Center if you get a chance. View High. My mom wored for Wells Fargo Bank but it wasn't always a wells, we also owned a short lived book store in Blossom Valley Center, how about the deli and donut store, old cal pizza use to be a paint store, now the safeway. La Petit Boulangerie, Florentines Pasta Shop, TOGO's!!!!! I joined the Navy in Mt View in 1961, went on an old Destroyer, was in Vietnam in 1964, the Tonkin Gulf Incident, got out in 1965 and went to work for a small electronics company as a Field Service Engineer. I thought that was absolutely amazing. And the center's hobby shop was a fun place to browse. The crowds on Castro used to be nicer and more polite and drivers used to drive better. It was the best place to grow up, My first job was at the Best store in the San Antonio center, then at Rogers deli on middle field and whisman. Knights pharmacy was my grandmas go to pharmacy. You could get a hamburger for 39 cents. I have fond memories of taking my little sister there in her stroller so I could get free candy from the manager. Having just gone to Watsonville for the first time a few months ago, I was These all mostly faded-out by the late 1990s. View- was also a mailman there for a couple of years in late 60's. I will be 79 in November 2013. Harry's Hofbrau (my favorite) I used to love to go in there and watch the monkeys and dream about having one of my own. Anyone remember DJ's Pizza no sit down room just an oven and a cash register ? Linda's on El Camino was the place to go for lunch Paresean burgers $.25 St James Infirmary located at 445 California Avenue Reno NV 89501, view menus, pictures, reviews, directions and more . Don't forget Bob's Big Boy and Linda's on El Camino. It was also easier on the pocketbook. Went to Crittenden in the late 60's . Go Eagles! that place but it was short-lived. JCPenneys was on Castro Street When I was pregnant a few years back, I had a sudden craving for these cookies from my childhood! 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. Many of the streets were unpaved and had chickens and peacocks roaming around. Does any one remember that Mountain View was owned by the 7th Day Adventist who spent a few years looking to move away (BEFORE the computer movement)? Don't forget the Red Barn with 19 cent burgers, Taco Tico and I saw someone else mentioned El Zarrape (the best). TG&Y between Safeway and Walgreens. No longer. 85 was Central Expressway My mom used to take me there and I remember always ordering the grilled cheese sandwich and jello for dessert. There are several stains scattered on the shirt. 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 Old Mill shopping center was kind of cool. I also remember the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline, even after the golf course was set up. now. The ward was a joint initiative between the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the St. James Municipal Corporation. Awalt High School for swimming lessons on Bryant and Truman Seeing Whitesnake at Shoreline Amphitheater and then being there when they had to close it down to clean all the methane (because flicked lit cigarettes were flaring up) lolgood timesgood times, Thank you everyone for the 60's memories my family and I lived on stierlin rd. About where the Hausner Day school is now on San Antonio between Middlefield and Alma, there was an Indian mound (Ohlone--pre Spanish era) camping/living area. I bought my first maternity clothes at JC Penney's near the drugstore on Castro. The "new" MVHS used to host a carnival in its parking lot on Bryant Avenue in the 80's and there was also one that stopped at the Sears parking lot on San Antonio Rd. My parents lived on View Street which is 2 blocks from Castro Street. 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. 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. Remember???? It was replaced by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Computer, and I have such fond memories of that machine. Shaw's Ice Cream. Or, taking a local bus home from San Francisco Airport, down El Camino to my street (View), and rolling the bag home. That mall was a flop from Day One and has since been sort-of-converted back into something else. I do however have two clear memories of this period. Middlefield Mall 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. 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. Loved that park. (After returning from two rainy years near Portland, a few times. St. James Infirmary - A peer-based occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers and their families Happy New Year Everyone! Once in a while I would walk down Castro street and some guy in a Ford Mustang would try to pick me up, a lad of 18 at the time. :-( from the shopping center where Walgreens is at grant and el camino, I believe they also had live music and entertainment from Greek/Mediterranean culture. Mountain View has changed a lot in 29 years, so my recollection of where things were may be off (esp. We thought we were in heaven and loved our life there until one night John came home and told me his division was being transferred to San Diego North Island and the aircraft carrier USS Princeton CV 37. We lived in a trailer park just going north on 101 from the main gate at Moffett. Thanks for any pet related recollections you may have. There was an appliance store in town that had TV in their window and it was on after they closed. More details in a comment posted to this local 2012 article: Web Link. I remember the Old Mill theaters and seeing Return Of The Jedi. Fiesta Bowl in Palo Alto/The Hotel was the Cabana Hyatt house where the Beatles stayed (now the Crowne Plaza). (Probably "Looking Back") Carrs pet store at the beginning of Castro Street was where me and my dad would always go to buy chicken feed for our chickens. Drinking suicides through red licorice as our straw. There was Rainbow Record Store at the light on Grant Road as you approach the shopping center. In 1971, Linda Ronstadt played The Cellar with Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley who soon formed The Eagles. I know Mtn. House of Yee, an old movie theater, TAP Plastics, a good Mexican place down at the train tracks end. We had to say indoors and make sure cars were in covered parking. The current city hall and MVCPA did not exist. 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. Yes there were also the yearly Navy air shows. St. JAMES Infirmary was the name of the dive on Moffett with Muffler Guy and Wonder Woman. St. James Infirmary suffered a huge fire in late '97. Does anybody remember the Sunnyview Family Club, down on Esceula? It was sooo easy to cut classes back then some of my friends volunteered there and always signed anyone sick. How bout the Greek resturant on elcamino. Thanks for any insight! He and my mother are buried next to each other at Alta Mesa Cemetery on Charleston. Directions Advertisement. Does anyone know what was at the northeast side of the Moffett and W. Middlefield intersect? Where the amp. Smelling patchoulli and knowing that the "Dead" were here wonder woman inside??? Someone said that Linda's sold horse meat burgers. Oh, how I long for the old days!!! The persimmon tree in "our" front yard and the people who would drive up and try to strip the fruit. fatality. It was later disclosed that this was one of two centers where the US controlled their defense satellites, and downloaded intelligence. Preferred listings, or those with featured website buttons, indicate YP advertisers who directly provide information about their businesses to help consumers make more informed buying decisions. Sometimes the lines were around the block. . As for the tire store it was located where the bead store is now. Oh the perils of middle age, ugh! 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. Wasn't there a Card Room called SUTTERS on 237? It was unmanned but still wired in. I know this blog is a few years old but he ran across it and boy can you bring me down memory lane I'm sure I will repeat a lot of the familiar places in Mountain View but I just wanted to share them as well. The Scuitlebutt on El Camino Real. Red Barn for a Barnbuster I developed a routine I still remember fondly. I am sure it isn't hard to keep up with the current events, sports and crime of this town a week at a time. The inside was as cool as the outside. Join to view full profile. I lived on Colony St and went to Powell School, Crittenden and Mountain View HS on Castro street. This my wife's quest and wants to know where he went. 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