I believe I saw the original JUNGLE BOOK movie at the theater there : ) I also forgot to mention Castro City Market on Rengstorff west of Central Expressway right by the Amtrak commuter train stop at the same location. History. Served with from San Diego, CA. Tackle football on the weekends at Monta Loma school with the forniers and walshes in the mud. Back over across I was a kid here in the 1960's, My family moved here in 59. Navy jets flew overhead constantly, then it was the Orion P-3 submarine chasers. I live in Mountain View from 1958-1976 it was and still is one of I almost forgot: chicken. My kindergarden classroom was the 1st near the entrance, I remember feeling excited and part of an elite school that invested in Apple computers. Bob's Big Boy, When did the Old Mill and Fargo's Pizza close. We lived on Parker Ct. 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. I don't know who occupies the site now. View was 'Yorkshire' and all numbers began YO7-xxxx. I remember when the "Dog City" building (corner of Castro and Mercy) was vacant, for years, and full of dogs. Our first home! Miramonte School. I remember Bank of America where it used to be next to that tire store, and is now a sushi restaurant in front (if you go inside and look at the floor, you'll still see the original mosaic flooring at the entrance), the Asian supermarket being some sort of drug store? Linda's and the Red Barn The Emporium on El Camino and Sylvan 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. Palo Alto Online The Huntingdon Apts $125 a month rent now The E.M. club at Moffett Field naval Base was a great place to go. I think the biggest change is East Mt. Came to Mtn View in 1967 I bought my first maternity clothes at JC Penney's near the drugstore on Castro. El Camino was the best I've ever tasted, and is sadly long gone now. Walking miles to the nearest 7-11 past St Francis for slurpees. I think Rotten Robbie's is still on the corner of Whisman and Middlefield, maybe even the Wagon Wheel restaurant next to it. doing well. Going to Linda's for Parisian burgers and tator tots,double features at Mtn View theatre on Saturdays. Los Gatos and Mountain View have SV's best downtowns IMO. When I got here in '86 the Shoreline Amphitheater had just recently been converted from the dump and methane fires were breaking out when the garbage caught fire. Now it is El Charro's Mexican Restauraunt. Dairy Pail (San Antonio/california) was a drive thru. Maybe if we had renamed it "Peking buisness district" it would still be there. that machine that cheapie simple stuff was really expensive back What a place to hang-out in the 40's. I swam for the Mountain View Dolphin's swim team, at Mountain View High School which was on Castro Street in the 1960's. AND, There were greenhouses along 237 for as far as the eye could see, along with Ferry Morse Seed Company. best city in Northern California.I attended MVHS AT Castro street. Also had an acre of land. Betty is the last of a generation of the deCurtoni family who settled in Mountain View from San Francisco in 1906, on what was the family ranch along Church Street (35 Church Street, still in family) belonging to her Grandfather and Grandmother, Frank and Mattie. I seen the fire dept. Director of Finance And Accounting at ST. JAMES INFIRMARY View profile View profile badges There was an unfinished furniture place called Decor on El Monte near El Camino Rl that became Office Depot. Thanks for the memories people. I can almost remember their "3rd Annual Going Out of Business Sale" with 25 cent shots of Jack Daniels and 10 cent draft beers. Truly a classic '70s dive. You could buy beer by waiting outside Mayfair Market for someone "cool" to walk in and ask them to score you a six. Does anyone remember the gas station on the corner of Castro and California Street. Across the street from the school was a small gas station store that sold penny candy. You could drive up el camino and art would be sitting outside reading. Our baby was born in March and I came home to Indianapolis Indiana to stay with my parents until his leave in September 1953. That remained mainly an electronics trade term for decades, although by the 1990s, general journalism was using it for the geographical area. at Steven's Creek? Taking Amtrak to San Jose train station by dropping off my bags at the Amtrak shelter, driving back home, and walking back the 2 blocks to catch the train. own bread, and sold beers at least in the old Palo Alto place on Meadow. Circulation & Delivery He explained that this was restraunt row, and it kind of came with the territory. and is where Silicon Valley essentially started. In the 60's on the corner of Middlefield Road and Moffett Blvd. At corner of Castro/El Camino where Wash. Mutual located, Mancini Motor (Chrysler Dealer)had world globe on a top of round column, that column with globe came from Treasure Island World Fair in 1930's. At the time was a 4 year student at the relocated MVHS class of '85. I remember the P-3s flying over, often with a prop feathered for training. I'd say more, but, well, there's a little book you can pick up at the library or at Books Inc that has tons of photos of Mountain View's history and will probably answer a lot of your questions. where Rengstoff and El Camino split off with El Monte .. that was a dirt I frequented it in the mid 90s. Crusin with Dave G and the Cuz Glenn. Eddies Sport Shop, The Instep for Addidas. 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. Loved the tater tots at Linda's. I live on the East Coast now, 35yrs. 5-1 or 3-1 etc.. I worked at the Sav-Mor food store on Calderon an Church for about 5 years, along with my Brother. Foster's Freeze Ice Cream on El Camino Real 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. Steve, Is someone making you read this stuff? United States Phone Number: (415) 554-8494 (Main Phone Number) (415) 554-8444 (Domestic Fax) Website: Main Website Facebook E-mail: admin@stjamesinfirmary.org (Main Email) Hours: Not available . In the 80's I remember all the fruit orchards around and Libby's canning factory in Sunnyvale. Ferry Morse Seed Company Mountain View has provided some good times and good memories. Please if any one has any thing that could help I would appreciate it. I also remember the huge billboard on 237,alongside the crop fields, advertising Tai Ming Lo restaurant in bold red letters. I lived in Sunnyvale and San Jose for quite a few years. Mayfield Mall was where The Crossings condos were buildt. Find related and similar companies as well as employees by title and much more. on the discussion! There was so much land there before, and it devastates me to only have fragments of memory.. Wow, it great to read about MV in the 60's and 70's..I was born and raise in MV. Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams I also remember another Japanese restaurant on El Camino west of San Antonio that did teppan style (similar to Benihana). In 1971, Linda Ronstadt played The Cellar with Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley who soon formed The Eagles. Mountain View Library centennial celebration 1905-2005 Gas was cheap, crime was low and we had a blast growing up there. We could see Monte Vista drive in from our roof . Downtown / Midtown Cross Street. Taco la Paz on El Camino Real, a Taco Bell knock-off, where I also worked for a couple years. I remember delivering flyers announcing store-opening specials (and being paid the handsome wage of 35 cents! Castro Street in the 70s was a ghost town. The Army Surplus store on San Antonio was a cool place to find war fashion and boots. The Boardwalk is a good burger and beer place on the El Camino with a friendly vibe. They had a student built Totem with Paly, Cubberley, Wilbur and Jordan mascot heads. the second crash in as many years. Man what a time You could actually walk across town or to school and not worry about anything but being late. 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. Some guy would provide entertainment by dancing and picking up a dinner table with his teeth and begin swinging it around.I ended up on his shoulders while he was doing a greek dance step and the whole room got up and everybody started dancing to the greek music . Fond memories of seeing "Animal House" there in around 1978. And across the street where Longs Drugs/Starbucks/Blockbuster is was a lumber yard/home improvement type of place, forgot the name. Der Wiener Schnitzel on Castro was a great place to skip off campus from Mountain View High for some munchies. I assume the owners knew about the misspelling and either enjoyed the humor of it, or just didn't care. Original post made by Richard Gambatese, Old Mountain View, on Feb 6, 2009 I was a couselor at the Mt.View Methadone Clinic which was in the County Building at the intersection of Stirlin Rd and Moffett Blvd. - The Emporium department store at El Camino and Hwy 85 My father liked Indian history and so I did too. OJ Cooper school. El Chico's Italian was on El Camino to the south. I believe Bazaar was in between the other two names. The house prices went up, $450,000. Bowling Alley There also was an ElZarape Resturant on San Antonio Road. TV was black and white till them Bokman Chevy and Tuban Ford We tried to be a Palo Alto, thats why people eat in parking spaces on Castro street! St James Infirmary on mountain dulcimer - YouTube The narrator, Joe McKennedy, seems to be a jerk. 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. Ken's House of Pancakes' German Babies souffl pancakes with powdered sugar & lemon wedges. Did we grow up OK? YP - The Real Yellow PagesSM - helps you find the right local businesses to meet your specific needs. I only lived in Mtn. 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. In the summers, kids rode their bikes all over town and hung out at the local neighborhood parks. I think with the aging of the baby boomer generation, the place has gentrified into a lot of expensive condos. Ming Pan Florist and the Moffet Drive-in Theatre too! "Dog City" Building The field behind Cooper School was not a park yet! I ALWAYS START WITH THE SURROUNDING TOWNS TOO.. THEN WORK DOWN TO MTN VIEW.. Trying to locate a Amazon parrot that was left at a store in that time frame. Town dump at the end of Stierlin road. A&E Mt View in the 60-70's was the best the Library, the City Hall area, Steven's Creek trail Mountain View is They give me the best care one could hope for. When I want to go to Target, he reminds me that it used to be Gemco:) When I craved a burger, he took me to Clarke's. sewage treatment plant and the airport spewing noise and leaded exhaust I have also taken several nice walks in Shoreline and Cuesta Parks. There was a frozen North Pole and Santa sat in his house nearby. Bullfarbers ? Next door, was a Gelato ice cream shop. Der Wienerscnitzel, Harry's Hofbrau (best place EVER) And the Old Mill was really nice, and seems like it was a terrrible place to At halloween time, they had the best selection of wax whistles, plastic lips, and dracula teeth. Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class Mountain View (and the rest of the Peninsula seems quite different now). I will give you a pass on that since you are a Home & Real Estate A Palo Alto Co-op store was on the corner of San Antonio and El Camino. I cannot believe I am reading this article still. The public library on Franklin Street, where Miss Marion the Librarian and Miss Meta Antisdell were like surrogate parents to me. Now reside in New Mexico. A huge pepper tree was like a secret room. There were a lot of Country Stores throughout the bay area, little shops. I always loved Frankie Johnnie and Luigi too. I remember walking through the construction site where the new Mtn View Police Department is now standing, picked up spent shell casings in the basement level, before it had a roof over it. St James Infirmary 445 California Avenue Reno, NV 89501 775-657-8484 (Click here to view map) Neighborhood. The site of Nob Hill on Grant Road was a Hubbard & Johnson hardware store before it's more recent incarnations. funniest dance place ever! 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. There were I just wonder if anyone from the 70's can remember the name of the bakery that was located on San Rafael Avenue off of Terra Bella in Mountain View. I was born and raised in Mountain View and, except for about 6 years out-of-state for college, I've spent my whole life here. Later years the Poblanita restaurant on Castro for the Milanesa, yummy! I used to love to go there as a kid with my great-uncle who spoiled me rotten with pancakes. Worked at A & W for school credit in 1974 and 1975 for MVHS then after graduation moved to San Jose/Los Gatos area joined US Navy and retired.Live in MS now, Let's not forget when the Hells Angels Visited this little town We went to Mass at St Joseph Church and shopped at Bettancourt Grocery. I attended Eastbrook Elementary. Dances on friday night at the rec center were great.. Eagles Rule!!! I have seen several of those trees over the years and they werent accurate as far as the 1950s and 60's are concerned Hewlett/Packard and Varian werent on one of them which indicated the authors lack of knowledge and research efforts. We went on to have a total of eight children (with set of boy-girl twins) and we had all twenty-one of our grandchildren before we lost John at his 75th birthday Christmas 2006. View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. The mobile home park community; I went to Theuerkauf elementary. The Kaiser bldg was a shopping center with a grocery store Lucky and the best bakery. The place was torn down when 237 was rebuilt years ago. I encountered hundreds of rat carcasses. Gardens and water wheels inside the mall. View for a bit over a year, but that is one memory of mine. "Continental market" was at the old safeway on california/San Antonio road. Mountain View was starting to have some interesting stores, so sometimes I'd stop there. Nob Hills previous location across the parking lot was called Fry's Food Store, then Food Fair, which had relocated from El Camino and Bonita Av. I grew up there in the late 70's when my grandfather retired from TWA we moved from Mountain View to Florida. One was missed ( or was not that important) The Akron store on El Camino and San Antonio, the Wherehouse replaced it. Then the sound became noise pollution. Web Link. 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