Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. 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. Most of my neighbors and friends like me can remember purchasing the broken cookies for a penny and that these cookies were the best ever. Moffet Drive In..worked there in the 60's along with the Shell station at San Antonio and El Camino. There was also a Kelly's at Stanford Shopping Center before it went so upscale. Yes there were also the yearly Navy air shows. The Simpson Buick car dealership used to be on the northeast corner of El Camino Real and Castro with a Chrysler dealer that had a huge tower with a globe on top on the opposite corner where the big bank is now. We lived on Parker Ct. View memories of that era: Dog City on Castro, Linda's Drive In, a favorite from the early 60's when I attended high school in Palo Alto, Susie's Diner, and next door- Art's Chili Bowl- where you could get 5 way chili while Art snoozed in his recliner in the middle of the room, and for pizza, Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi too- the only place still in business after 50 years! Mayfield Mall and Old Mill for shopping Centers The mall where the Crossings is now was The Old Mill. It's time has expired. Florentine Restaurant ( The only Italian place in the middle of all the Chinese Restaurants ) was located where Xanh now is. And to this very day, Prince's music reminds me of how happy I was to have discovered Mountain View! Redwood City Pulse, 2023 Mountain View Online The Shenandoah military housing is adjacent to this site. I am kind of amazed at how many people get that wrong. The Kaiser bldg was a shopping center with a grocery store Lucky and the best bakery. We left the Navy in 1955 after John made two nine month cruises on the Princeton. It was mostly known as the place to get Chinese food. Fiesta Bowl in Palo Alto/The Hotel was the Cabana Hyatt house where the Beatles stayed (now the Crowne Plaza). No grass, just blacktop. Sponsored content Central Expressway was two lanes a dirt road with no lights. + many more) View high. And the "Generic Hamburger Stand" in the old Der Weinerschnitzel (which became Weinerschnitzel again after the generic place closed). 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. It stimulates my aging brain. -The Mayfiled Mall "site" was actually Mayfield Mall The first time we saw "Great America" parkway..and all the drive in movie theaters and how we would sneak are friends in and have great ol' times. Vintage Sport T Jersey St. James Infirmary Bar Resturant Mountain View Ca. the MV Eagles ruled The other was located after you pass the train tracks going towards Moffet on left side near the corner of Moffet and Sterling. Miles Tone wrote: "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"? 80's things began to happen, and now I think Mountain View is nicer and Always busy and great New York Style pizza never had any since!! And the Mountain View Bakery, the Navy used to buy cakes from them for every occasion. I think the globe on the building came from '39 or '40 worlds fair(s), but don't quote me on that. Was it part of 237? This was such a great place in the mid to late 70's - the Baylands Park, the old white house near Shoreline. It was the first place I'd ever found Jelly-Bellies. calls to this department. Mountain View was sleepy and boring and we used to consider it lower class My folks moved to Mountain View from San Bruno in 1962 when I was 4. Thanks for bringing back some good-ole memories! We used to eat at The Menu Tree and the kids got the $1 burger basket. yes,st. Mountain View was starting to have some interesting stores, so sometimes I'd stop there. PR MediaRelease Where the loop is now. Taco la Paz on El Camino Real, a Taco Bell knock-off, where I also worked for a couple years. In the meantime I'll ask my family that still live in there if they know the name. Is the staff stagnant, lazy and amateur. Mountain View Hight was located in downtown M.V. The Foothill Owl mascot used to reside in the highway school tower. Aikido lessons in a hot second floor dojo above Castro Street. Still had the bumper sticker "Can't read? Fotomat Drive Up The library had only one story and was overcrowded. Sometimes I don't even recognize the downtown area. Kragans Auto? I think it may have been some other kind of supermarket in the interim. Clarke's is great. I think it is like over $3000 for a studio. Get used to it. Also had an acre of land. It's not still there, is it? 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. 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. The redwood in front of city hall wasn't merely damaged, but actually accidentally cut down and then someone said "whoops!" The original Mountain View location has always been better than the recent chain locations IMO. Reading all the comments brought back fond memories - I grew up in Mtn View in the late 60's, early 70's, in the neighborhood that is bordered by 101, Middlefield Road, Shoreline (Sterling), and Moffit. What did they used to call 85 before it was a highway and ended Mountain View was obviously a bigger success.) Mountain View Library was very small and crowded. I think the biggest change is East Mt. I also briefly had a place in your fair city. I have not returned home to Mountain View for decades and just now saw pictures of the town. St. James Infirmary with Wonder Woman on Moffett Blvd, and the Cottage, and nobody has mentioned Andy's, the best Chinese food in town. i went to monta loma back in 1979 then i moved to oakdale. There was also a pizza place called Fargo's that had live music on weekends. I also grew up in Mountain View and attended Landels, Graham and Mountain View High on Castro Street. Malachi's was a little "head shop" that sold beads, incense and other weird stuff in a little stucco building on the east side of El Camino when you sat at the El Monte and El Camino stop light. I live in Mountain View from 1958-1976 it was and still is one of Baseball team sponsors, Civitan, Freeman Songroth, Gienger and Hays Funeral Parlor, Raytheon, Cliffs Chevron, Kiwanis, Collishaw Sprinklers, RW Consruction, Oddfellows. But the best night was seeing the original Limelighters (Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, Glenn Yarbrough). Dave Fisher It closed in 80/81 school year. best city in Northern California.I attended MVHS AT Castro street. I highly recommend it ;) It burned down a long time ago but I was hoping someone remembered it and could tell me about it. OK,I THINK WE'VE COVERED ALL OF MT. from 1973 to 1978. Bullfarbers ? It's located on Castro St. across the street from Red Rock Cafe. Web Link. I was a Mt. Lived on the east side of 101 for many years in the 1970's- rent was cheap and neighbors were weird (imagine they said the same about us). View, either the Old Highway School or the newly completed (back then) Mountain View High. Not it seems mostly prepared food, but it used to be they cut the meet and did their Almost every VA patient naysayer Ive listened to has problems best cared for in the VA mental department. I was here in the 70's though I lived in Palo Alto. Google, Ebay and others seem to like that area. Community Calendar We tried to be a Palo Alto, thats why people eat in parking spaces on Castro street! Nostalgia is great, but I think I prefer the current downtown MV to the sleepy street of the 1970s. 85 then what did they call it? It later moved to El Camino and lost an "l" to become Pontilo's. The Old Mill shopping center was kind of cool. However, I have not found anyone who remembers the name of the company and when they closed it no one seems to know where they went or if they just went out of business. Get introduced. There is a Historic marker in front of a small building on Charleston just before it crosses San Antonio. mmm) on El Camino. The water tower at Questa and Grant Road was routinely vandalized with painting by person(s) unknown (before tagging was a term). Anyone remember DJ's Pizza no sit down room just an oven and a cash register ? 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. Gunn Highschool across Charleston used to be a field full of cattle. It was the site of the old Highway School. Miramonte Avenue had NO traffic after 5:30 PM, at Sladkey (later Questa Drive). More like this Route 66 Oklahoma Route 66 Road Trip Historic Route 66 Travel Route Tulsa Oklahoma Old Neon Signs Vintage Neon Signs Old Signs Metro Diner This is the website of Frank Romeo. Navy jets flew overhead constantly, then it was the Orion P-3 submarine chasers. 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. Blossom Plaza gift store called Galaxy was 2 stories and THE place to buy presents for moms . PT, I don't think it was a library. Walking to the pet shop by the laundry where the lpressing shirts would wave at us. Shogun was about a half a block up El Camino from Rambus. You could still find "cowboys" in the Rengstorff-Rock St-Middlefield area 20 years ago but they are long gone. some of the problems. Greetings.. I don't know when or why they would use it, maybe as a backup? The Golden Wok was good too, but suddenly closed and never reopened. Have read every entry and look forward to reading more : ). 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? View in late 1961 after my parents divorced. As a former resident of Old Mountain View in the 70's and 80's one of my fondest memories is of St. James Infirmary on Moffett. Today, my Aunt, Betty Todd (deCurtoni) passed away at the age of 84. The grocery store at the Palm Plaza was for years called Bee Foods. Oh, how I long for the old days!!! A couple of good books on Mountain View history are: "Milestones - A History of Mountain View" by Mary Jo Ignoffo and "Images of America - Mountain View" by Nicholas Perry. I used to get a postcard in the mail for a discount. I still can't believe it's gone! Lots of fruit trees on ElCamino. Saw John Stewart (formerly of the Kingstion Trio) there several times. was. Lived the rest of the time near Castro Street: Even Wonder Woman couldn't save the place (or herself). Fabric store in the Purity Market building (Later torn down) I loved the moffett drive-in. The original "Der Weinerschnitzel" on California and Castro. There was an underpass that allowed children to go beneath the busy road to get to school. I took my parents to the Balkin Village on the Elcamino for their 25th wedding aniversary in 1973. I read someone's mother and relatives used to work at that bakery and I was wondering if they remember and would like to share and bring a little of joy to others. How bout the Greek resturant on elcamino. El Camino hospital was behind orchards that ran all the way down Cuesta. WOWwee!!!! 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?) Opened in 1967, it was known for its kitschy decor, notably a 30-foot-statue of Wonder Woman, and Buffalo Wings and burgers. The Variety Store at Blossom Valley had a great big neon sign (at least I think it was neon.) I remember the Menu Treeall you can eat. television dealer in the building that burnt down recently. Since I was so young I am not sure about the cities for these places. 1089 Mission Street. 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. There were contests at all the night spots and tons of costume shops in and around the areas. Does anyone remember the old building along the Mountain View-Alviso Road (237) that was on the corner of either Maude or Middlefield? Karen, Waitresses in shorts; orders placed in car windows, fantastic. I remember the Balkan Village with its Greek themed architecture. Old Mountain View High was diagonally across the street from St. Joseph's church, one of my sisters was one of the last graduates from that high school before it got tore down (what a shame). There were two chains, Pollos and Pollo Locos. I moved to San Jose, CA in June of 1984. St. James Infirmary was always rockin'. This was a hippie/environmentalist type of grocery store. 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