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The development of Ramona Street, named after the 1884 novel Ramona, [2] was an early successful attempt to expand laterally the central commercial district. Pedro Joseph de Lemos, a craftsman, graphic artist and curator of the Stanford Museum had been concerned with the larger scale and somewhat linear development along University Avenue.
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The city of Palo Alto was established in 1894 by the American industrialist Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Stanford, when they founded Stanford University in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr. Palo Alto later expanded and now borders East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo ...
165 University Avenue or Lucky Building or Karma Building is a small rented office building on University Avenue, the main commercial street in downtown Palo Alto, California, that gave rise to Plug and Play Tech Center and to the Amidi Group.
Commercial building, north side of Ramona St. from University Ave. — in the Ramona Street Architectural District of Palo Alto, California. On the National Register of Historic Places in Santa Clara County, California. Date: 27 May 2012, 14:48:37: Source: Own work: Author: Sanfranman59
The Professorville Historic District reflects the area's origins and its early years related to the founding of both Stanford University and Palo Alto itself. Stanford University allowed professors to build houses on Stanford land, but would only lease the land. Professorville was the closest place to the campus and downtown Palo Alto that was ...
A commemorative plaque that designates this site as California Historical Landmark 857 commemorating the site of John Adam Squire House at 900 University Avenue, Palo Alto, California. The plaque was placed by the California State Parks in cooperation with the Palo Alto Historical Association and the city of Palo Alto, on January 27, 1973.
Keystone Palo Alto, at 260 California Avenue, opened 20 January 1977. [10] The Keystone Palo Alto closed in 1986. [9] The club became the Vortex in the mid-1980s, then The Edge in 1989, [11] and closed in April 2000. It was remade into a restaurant, finally as Illusions, a restaurant and nightclub.