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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December 1970 Aerial - Menlo Park Civic Center and El Camino Real/Downtown

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  • Richard Clark said:
    It took me a second to figure this out - that is the Alec variety store in the upper left corner of the photo.

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!

Unknown bank building

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    Relections in the window: Sleep-Aire Mattress (1956-1958)
    Chrysler - looks like east bay or San Jose Bay Mart sign
    "Park Carousel" sign
    sign in window says, "First National Bank." (where?) vernon? pasadena?

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