Menlo Park is a city located at the eastern edge of San Mateo County within the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; and Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City to the west.
Menlo Park is one of the most educated cities in California and the United States; nearly 70% of residents over the age of 25 have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. The city is home to the corporate headquarters of Facebook, and is where Google and Round Table Pizza were founded.
These amazing vintage photos from
Menlo Park Planning that show street scenes of Menlo Park in the 1960s and 1970s.
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El Camino Real at Santa Cruz Avenue, 1968 |
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Santa Cruz Avenue at El Camino Real, 1968 |
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800-830 Menlo Avenue, 1969 |
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Menlo Toy & Party Shop/Gindele Pet Shop, 1969 |
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Bank of America, Santa Cruz Avenue, 1970 |
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Downtown/El Camino Real, 1970 |
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El Camino Real bell at Santa Cruz Avenue, 1970 |
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J. Barth & Co., Santa Cruz Avenue at Chestnut Street, 1970 |
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Menlo Park train station/League of Women Voters of South San Mateo County office, 1970 |
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Menlo Park, 1970 |
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Merrill Street, 1970 |
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Oak Grove Avenue, 1970 |
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Outside Foster's Freeze. Hippo Hamburgers in distance on left, 1970 |
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Santa Cruz Avenue, 1970 |
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Downtown/El Camino Real, 1972 |
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Downtown Menlo Park parking plaza, 1973 |
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Santa Cruz Avenue at El Camino Real, 1973 |
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Santa Cruz Avenue at El Camino Real, 1973 |
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Santa Cruz Avenue at University Drive, 1973 |
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Santa Cruz Avenue, 1973 |
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Downtown/El Camino Real, 1974 |
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Santa Cruz Avenue, 1974 |
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Santa Cruz Avenue, 1974 |
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Santa Cruz Avenue, 1974 |
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1090 El Camino Real (future BBC), 1975 |
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East West Books and Apropos on El Camino Real, 1976 |
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Parking Plaza 7, 1976 |
LoL. The cars have changed, but Menlo Park still looks the same.
ReplyDeleteI was looking for pictures of me. My family moved there in 1962 when I was three. I grew up on Michaels Way and spent my childhood biking down and around Santa Cruz Ave. on my stingray.
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