It had a flush toilet, but was just a small shed built over the septic tank. Before it was torn down, did the community come out to stop development, like they did for the Milk Pail? I cannot believe I am reading this article still. -Whisman Station was a big industrial campus for GE. They had a huge selection of bottled beers from around the world. Open fields around the neighborhood were great places for playing baseball and hide and seek. Ya Luv these comments.. OJ Cooper school. St James Infirmary Moffett Blvd and Mariner Dr Mountain View Alas. 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. -Shoreline Park was a landfill. He had more cattle up off Skyline and near Half Moon Bay My friends and I would literally rollerskate down the middle of Castro St., on Saturday's with no problem. remember hanging out at rengstorff park alot, swimming every summer the vampire movies they would show every Ithink wednesday or friday after school (mvhs) for free in the auditorium. At the little mall with the hobby store upstairs they used to decorate extensively for Christmas. Mtn view has come a loooog ways but I loved it better when it was smaller and slower. Hello California! There was an underpass that allowed children to go beneath the busy road to get to school. I was a kid here in the 1960's, My family moved here in 59. So sad to see all this go away.. Perhaps one day they will some how rebuild things.. You never know.. A butcher shop was where Red Rock Coffee Co. is now. 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. 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. james that burned down.and Gyro's house of terror at the old mill ..before it became a tent in san jose>> The Greatful Dead would come into town!!!!!!! I can remember the name. Downtown was a quest area with a few Chinese restaurant. I believe they also had live music and entertainment from Greek/Mediterranean culture. hand towels of a working hand air dryer for almost year despite my . Where the loop is now. Drinking suicides through red licorice as our straw. View St James Infirmary (www.stjamesinfirmary.org) location in California, United States , revenue, industry and description. Its been a long time since ive been though there. First gourmet burgers for me the Hawaiian with pineapple.. and the friendliest of owners. Linda's Hamburger Joint on El Camino There was always lots to do in the neighborhood- during summer, the owner of the little east side grocery store would have a monthly quick-draw competition in the side parking lot. Coming home from Foothill College. - Farms on Charleston north of 101, orchards on Whisman & elsewhere Food Fair turned into Harry's Was this area a library building? During the early years I lived on Leong Dr. My home had a 3 foot chain link fence; green with white trim; and was directly across the street from the 76 gas station; and next to That service station was the Denny's restaurant. This page has been a really interesting read. -Downtown Mountain View was kind of a ghost town. train go by when you were watching movies in the Old Mill Theaters. I remember the Wherehouse Records store at El Camino between Clark and El Monte, although I bought most of my LPs at Tower Records on San Antonio in the 70's and 80's. I don't remember if it was in Mountain View or Palo Alto. Unfortunately, Moffett had been closed. That was $3,592,796. There are many more places I can talk about while I lived in the area. TheSixFifty.com This was before 237 was an expressway. I spend a lot of time and money in Mountain View, used to live there Belmont 96-2002 I think it closed around 1971 and that's when St Francis High School was allowed to enroll girls. And who remembers Rod Martin karate studios on El Camino near the San Antonio shopping center? The Japanese teppan place I was trying to think of was called Shogun, on El Camino west of San Antonio. Imperial Gardens even had a water wheel going in their back yard. Crusin with Dave G and the Cuz Glenn. 2023 Mountain View Online. Rexall drugs was our downtown drugstore. View High in 87. But the best night was seeing the original Limelighters (Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, Glenn Yarbrough). 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. the MV Eagles ruled Steve, Is someone making you read this stuff? I see from maps now there is a pocket park on Sierra Vista by Middlefield. Moffett Food Center owned by Sam Leong and his family. fatality. Mt View in the 60-70's was the best the MV Eagles ruled Linda's on El Camino was the place to go for lunch Paresean burgers $.25 The copper penny Middlefield Mall Thrifty's at the San Antonio Shopping Center for ice creams Super Duper market at central and Rengstorff Red Barn for a Barnbuster Loved the tater tots at Linda's. Mountain View high school was actually bordering Castro Street, old high school way, shoreline (formerly n. Bailey/sterlin road) Today, my Aunt, Betty Todd (deCurtoni) passed away at the age of 84. Remember???? Two a&w's in town (frequented the one on el CAMINO air) Anyone remember Clints ice cream? There was a Chinese restaurant named Andy on Castro st. 1970s very good food Also, does anyone remember Otto's Cheesecake downtown MV? The E.M. club at Moffett Field naval Base was a great place to go. Shogun was about a half a block up El Camino from Rambus. [melissabee, 11/08/2009] Uniroyal Gal - Confirmed Gone All sources list the location of St. James Infirmary Bar & Grill as 390 Moffet Blvd. It was a nice time and if I could, I would go back; maybe in the near future! Going to Linda's for Parisian burgers and tator tots,double features at Mtn View theatre on Saturdays. Spectra Physics Lasers started up 1961 in Mt. There was a party supply store on the corner of Old Middlefield/Middlefield, and my grandmother would clean their linens for side money. A friend of mine had a bad experience at Kirk's Steakburgers and turned vegetarian. on Castro back before that. House of Yee, an old movie theater, TAP Plastics, a good Mexican place down at the train tracks end. How about the California Bakery and the Beauty College right in town and how you always took out of town visitors to Andy's restaurant for the best chinese food or Linda's for the magnificent Perisian burgers and tater tots. It has the peanut shells on the floor and it was a great singles dive. Thank you for any info. I do i do i do boy do I. ! Old California Pizza Galaxy Gifts, the Variety store, Archies Couffures, and Tots to Teens at the Blossom Valley shopping center where Mayfair Market was. I went to Two Guys From Italy back in the 80's which was also good but is now a Burger King. I recall that Fargo's was a pretty happening spot for live music in its day. Camino. Anyone remember the Community School of Music on California street. Where else do you go to buy hot rodding parts. mortuary, all you can eat (pre-mega buffet) Chinese buffet near middle field road/San Antonio rd) Wow, I read every response. and it was a treat to go to the candy store afterwards. Does anyone else remember playing at the little playground there before the movie started? TownSquare My 'Tiny Tots' (preschool) was at the Adobe Building where we would take walks holding onto a rope to cross the Expressway! It was more laid back and had more friendly and fewer conceited image conscious people. Change has made the campus unrecognizable. Original post made I will be 79 in November 2013. - El Camino Real was just 2 lanes each way in places, some blocks lacking sidewalks, some with diagonal parking "Dog City" Building Makes me hungry just thinking about it. The grocery store in same center was my "pac man " destination. the best mexican food was on castro the "cabana". After the station was gone. disgusting, particularly the ones on Terminal Ave that went without A few years back I did a few interior deconstructions on the North side of Castro close to Central Express Way. It was officially opened by Portfolio Minister . It is bustling, vibrant, filled with great restaurants. The Huntingdon Apts $125 a month rent now Does anyone remember the name of this bakery? In the mid 80's is when everything started to change..I have a little memory of downtown, I'm a Castro City resident, so I remember San Antonio and the Old Mill more. Mayfield Mall was where The Crossings condos were buildt. Andy's Chinese was the best place for Chinese on Castro. were a lot less photos of people's lives back then. Maybe if we had renamed it "Peking buisness district" it would still be there. I wished Id taken more pictures , than what I have. When the infamous 'dog house' was built. It seemed like a great concept. Sometimes I don't even recognize the downtown area. I encountered hundreds of rat carcasses. Linda's on El Camino was the place to go for lunch Paresean burgers $.25 Thank you for that :) The Almanac Middlefield Mall It was replaced by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. St. James Infirmary - A peer-based occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers and their families Happy New Year Everyone! My friends worked at the movie theater and some also worked at Village Host a pizza place in downtown. got that right and Commodore is not more. I was here in the 70's though I lived in Palo Alto. The book also said that the owners of Fargo's wanted to build a hotel on the site, but that project obviously didn't go through. 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. 503 were here. I'm thinking across from I was teaching at Foothill Jr. College. I thought that was absolutely amazing. We had a wonderful wholesale bakery in that neighborhood, where you could buy a big bag of shortbread cookies for a $1. .25 cents for mixed drinks. Maybe thanks to the float, the Los Altos football team flushed the Santa Clara High Panthers (the float's tasteful theme) enroute to a Santa Clara County championship. View High in 78 and remember all the places mentioned. - Highway 101 was 3 lanes each direction, Hwy 85 was 2 lanes and ended at Stevens Creek Blvd. (It was beautiful) Everybody actually went to Shakey's Pizza in P.A. Downtown only had Chinese Restaurant's except for the Weinersnitzel on the corner of Castro and California Street. Downtown Mtn View was a vital business district for everyone. I have fond memories of the Mountain View Movie theater and remember Palm Plaza, long since torn down. We'll see if the condo development goes through for that location. That place could get really crazy. it was Baily Rd (Now Shoreline park) Thanks for the recap Charlie. The nightclub at the Old Mill was called Fargo's. Right next door was a large building, light blue and cube-shaped without windows or features of any kind other than a US Air Force sign on top. Oh the perils of middle age, ugh! I was out of the area for a while and when I can back it was a Harry's Hofbrau, but Can anyone tell me when it changed names and the history? Posted by Elizabeth, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood, on Feb 22, 2011 at 3:15 pm The persimmon tree in "our" front yard and the people who would drive up and try to strip the fruit. There was a music store on Castro Street where I took classical guitar lessons back in the 70s when I was 9-10 years old, and later bass guitar lessons. Who remembers Frankie, Johnnie and luigo too, before major expansion, on Friday and Saturday nights the line to get was so long. During the summer many of us were required to work in the fruit harvest. So, though I now live about 50 miles away, downtown MV has become a kind of Mecca for me. I lived in the Cuesta Park area growing up (my parents still live in the same house) and have rented several apartments/duplexes/houses in other parts of our town over the years, but just moved to a tiny house in Old Mountain View with my daughter and new husband. Go Eagles and Keep the Faith My folks moved to Mountain View from San Bruno in 1962 when I was 4. The Navy was in town, Moffitt Field was booming and the Blue Angels had their air show every year (my family would watch the show from our roof). They give me the best care one could hope for. Shockley lab the real birth of silcon valley is still on San Antonio road as a furniture store. I also remember the spooky old house standing alone somewhere along Shoreline, even after the golf course was set up. Can anyone tell me about a restaurant called Saint James Infirmary in Mountain View? Mobile site. There were Qui Hing Low and Andy's best chinese food ever! a fruit/vegetable stand. (Probably "Looking Back") Mountain View was starting to have some interesting stores, so sometimes I'd stop there. Going into the back of the store was always a scandalous adventure as a child We heard every announcement. GTE's greatly reduced operation was moved to Santa Clara a few years ago. The town had a Bobs Big Boy, Linda's drive in, foster freeze, Wiener schnitzel, st James infirmary, Denny's restayeant (great for after a long night if dancing), GEMCO, Carrs pet store, emporium, mervyns, Sears, tower RECords, warehouse records, jcpennys, cost plus, tony Roma's, lots of used car lots along el CAMINO real, kens house of pancakes, thrift store next to cuisimanos (sp?) ***. The concession stand at McElvey Park was run for ever by an old guy named Levy, who loved baseball. Yes there were also the yearly Navy air shows. Some of the best people and food ever. really had an attitude and only helped the people they wanted to. When Pacific Press was still in town. The Shenandoah military housing is adjacent to this site. My parents work for the Government Telecommunication Co. GTE. (I worked there from 1976-1984). Baileys Pharmacy, The Menu Tree had that awesome place to get the BEST fish and chips I have EVER had (seriously), Round Table Pizza, The Boardwalk bar and grill I worked at GTE Government Systems (formerly GTE Sylvania, formerly Electronic Defense Laboratories) from 1983 to 1990. I remember when they opened up Fro Yo at that shopping center, when Safeway was Brentwood market and opened into a liquor store, there was a deli next store called Feinshmeckers? This is very important to me I am trying to locate my father who I have never met and I think he may have worked at one of these places. I remember the Balkan Village with its Greek themed architecture. I spent the first 30 years of my life living in what is now called 'Old Mountain View.' ----Jocelyn's Bike Shop. Now it is a Karate Studio. Join to view profile ST. JAMES INFIRMARY . (I saw Swiss Family Robinson there! Just east of Cooper school on Eunice was a big dip in the road where it was county property, as was all the neighborhoods with no sidewalks. 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. View since 1992I live on the East Coast now. They are planning to move soon to San Jose area. Did anyone go to Crittenden for elementary school?! Speed limit was 55 mph on all freeways (coming again soon? 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. total expenses. Thank you, this is definitely the place I remembered along 237 (The Beer Garden) but I'd forgotten about the old date palm. View, CA .. 1967-1998 .. A Fan Page For Those Who Loved This One Of A Kind Place! Does anyone remember the name of the diner on the lower level of the Mall? Grew up in MV and graduated from MVHS in 1971. View and Sunnyvale at all times day and night and never had a worry. This used to be my playgournd. Imagine. On El Camino near Mathilda was this huge langendorff bread sign that sliced bread of buttered the slice. 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. This is an old town paper not the SF ChronicleThe Home Page has plenty of updates and current news for your viewing pleasure now kindly stay out of the Town Square if you have nothing nice to say Truly a classic '70s dive. Home I do remember the French Quarter food mart and the Mexican restaurant was called La Posada. He explained that this was restraunt row, and it kind of came with the territory. Actually, the Nob Hill where it is today was Handyman, a home center. What about the holiday decorations in both the Mayfield Mall and Old Mill Mall and shops like that jelly belly booth with every imaginable flavor I so enjoyed. I believe Bazaar was in between the other two names. Carr's pet store on Evelyn As a kid my friends and I would like to knock on the windows and aggrevate them. thinking how much it reminded me of Mountain View of the 70's. Also, Chef Chu's nearby, my first exposure to high-end Chinese food. Went into Intel before D2, their first modern Fab area was built--have been to all Intl site in western part of US, Oregon, New Mex, Ariz. S.R. We had a "Food Fair" grocery store on El CAMINO between Castro and grant/237 I miss Old Cal Pizza and Stuft Pizza on Castro St. Where was Stuft Pizza located again? Kind of a working hand air dryer for almost year despite my Station! 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