Menlo Park Planning

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Photo account for the City of Menlo Park Planning Division. Most photos unearthed/scanned as part of 2016-2017 Administration Building remodel project. Please feel free to tag pics with location details, and add memories in the comments! Where "Date Taken" shows pre-2016 dates, the entries are from markings on the slides/negatives/photos- they may not reflect the actual day/month the picture was taken, but they should be pretty close. Photos are Public Domain, so feel free to use them as you wish, although we appreciate attribution!

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Menlo Park 1968: El Camino Real, West Side

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  • Morgan Wade said:
    Alec’s! Loved that building as a kid. The ramp was filled with flowers. But that was after when Alec’s was no more and it was Payless Drug.

Menlo Park 1968: Santa Cruz Avenue, east of El Camino Real

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  • Fintano said:
    These are great photos. I would like to see more.
  • Michael Lehmann said:
    Thanks much for great additions to CRWDP!

    Have tagged for the pool-index :-)
  • Menlo Park Planning said:
    Michael Lehmann Thank you!
  • Richard Clark said:
    If you look carefully, you can see 101 Alma in the background, on the left.

Menlo Park 1968: Oak Grove Avenue

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  • Richard Clark said:
    I just love this. The lady in the Chevrolet, likely out to buy stamps or mail her letters. Who was she, and what was her life like?
  • Salar Hassani said:
    Richard Clark Eleanor Rigby?
  • Richard Clark said:
    Salar Hassani Just noticed your comment and love it!

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