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        This store was badly damaged by the 1906 earthquake.  The second story siding fell into the street.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/3783537">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-07-29 08:33:45.481139+00:00</dc:date>
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        The Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Roth Building was the site of some rather controversial murals in 1932 when it opened.  To find out more go to paloaltohistory.com/murals.html<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4013264">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-10-16 13:21:15.752591+00:00</dc:date>
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<dc:date>2007-10-20 16:53:43.949452+00:00</dc:date>
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        Channing House was an experimental change in how we cared for seniors in the 1960s.  Four decades later, it continues to thrive.  To read more, click on the above link...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2263582">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2007-11-04 14:10:48.29355+00:00</dc:date>
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        There has long been lingering antipathy between Palo Alto and Barron Park, the long-time neighboring city that in 1976 became part of Palo Alto.  The Barron Mansion fire explains why.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1083960">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2007-09-03 07:59:53.829073+00:00</dc:date>
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        The Palo Alto Humane Society built a shelter here in 1937 to help the animal population of Palo Alto.  Find out more at the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4128612">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-11-11 21:00:55.364191+00:00</dc:date>
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        There was a time when there was no bigger event in Palo Alto than Circus Day.  Many of the circuses that came to Palo Alto set up in this location --- called the Greer Grounds. For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4128709">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        The great days of milkmen were symbolized in Palo Alto at the Peninsula Creamery.  This was the location of the bottling plant.  It is the current home of Palo Alto Hardware.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4128860">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        This where the unfortunate death of 3 year old Phillip Freidel took place in 1960.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4128741">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-11-11 21:37:57.655251+00:00</dc:date>
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        The site of the glasswear and imports store where Herman Ramhurst was killed in 1968 in a freak accident.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4128748">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-11-11 21:42:22.081689+00:00</dc:date>
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        When the Palo Alto Medical Foundation opened here in 1932, the murals at the front entrance caused a small scandal in Palo Alto.
For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4128807">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-11-11 21:47:57.765021+00:00</dc:date>
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        Woolworth's was the great American five and dime, but it could not survive the Walmart craze.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4128847">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-11-11 22:06:49.882815+00:00</dc:date>
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        Antonio's Nuthouse is a local institution, although it has not always been popular with the neighbors.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4128672">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-11-11 21:18:36.891934+00:00</dc:date>
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        Town & Country Village was one of the area's first shopping centers in the 1950s.  Recently, its classic outdoor style has come back into fashion.  For more, click on the link below...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1719162">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2007-07-12 02:25:57.025343+00:00</dc:date>
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        Palo Alto's downtown would be a lot different today if the Superblock plan had gone forth.  It was stopped by an unlikely citizens group in 1971.  For more, click on the link above<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1719234">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2007-06-18 23:27:19.549695+00:00</dc:date>
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        This odd statue of a car on legs is somewhat typical of Palo Alto's sometimes uneasy relationship with modern sculpture.  To find out more go to the website above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4147010">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-11-16 00:01:27.514565+00:00</dc:date>
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        Bell's Books, the longtime independent book seller, has managed to hang on even as Border dominates all down the street.  Find out more at the webiste above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4147005">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-11-15 23:52:53.448308+00:00</dc:date>
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        One of Palo Alto's great political battles came over the building of this expressway through the center of town.  For more, go to the website above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4147015">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-11-16 00:03:39.629351+00:00</dc:date>
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        Palo Alto had its Rodney King moment in 2003 with the beating of Albert Hopkins.  The case would bring local attention to the relationship between Blacks and the city's cops.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/972858">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2007-07-12 02:03:35.980392+00:00</dc:date>
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        There was some controversy over the apricot orchards at the house of Palo Alto's most famous resident back in the 1990s.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1899814">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2007-07-25 04:14:03.389745+00:00</dc:date>
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        The Palo Alto Medical Foundation wanted to build a hospital in the quiet, historic Professorville section of Palo Alto in the early 1970s.  But a citizen uprising blocked the project.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1904135">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2007-09-15 18:31:57.215407+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1909556">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1909556</link>
<title>Formerly Cubberley High School (1956-1978)</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The closing of Cubberley High School was one of the most difficult in Palo Alto political history.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1909556">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-27 01:44:45.917067+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/4153697">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/4153697</link>
<title>College Terrace</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        This small neighborhood was terrorized in 1979 by a serial rapist.  To find out more click on the website above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4153697">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-11-18 08:31:09.398517+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/4153742">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/4153742</link>
<title>Palo Alto City Hall</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Palo Alto most recent city hall has been the site of controversy both inside and out.  To find out more about the 1990s controversy over the council chambers, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4153742">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-11-18 08:40:07.736147+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/4153703">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/4153703</link>
<title>College Terrace Library</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        As the smallest of the Palo Alto branch libraries, College Terrace has struggled to survive.  To find out more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4153703">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:date>2008-11-18 08:34:22.639597+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/4178380">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/4178380</link>
<title>Land Swapped for the Winter Lodge</title>
<description>
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        When Palo Alto's Winter Lodge was set to close in 1983, ice skating supporters dreamed of building a new ice skating rink on this location.  Eventually, they swapped the land on Middlefield Road with the owner for this city land here.  The owner ended up building an office park.  For more click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4178380">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-11-27 10:35:33.687377+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/4178374">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/4178374</link>
<title>The Winter Lodge</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The only permanent outdoor skating rink west of the Sierra Nevada is in Palo Alto.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/4178374">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-11-27 10:26:18.126897+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1823068">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1823068</link>
<title>Alma Plaza</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The debate over abandoned Alma Plaza --- and the fate of Palo Alto supermarkets in general --- has been one of the hottest local political debates of the 2000s. For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1823068">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-09-12 19:56:13.493204+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2005105">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2005105</link>
<title>
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        Former Location of Palo Alto Furniture Company & JC Penney
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        </title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The 300 University Avenue building was recently demolished after a fire.  But its story of over 100 years on one corner of Palo Alto lives on.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2005105">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-08-23 17:34:35.443334+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1815488">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1815488</link>
<title>Site Where Leland Stanford Greeted Mayfield Residents</title>
<description>
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        Mayfield, now South Palo Alto, was a city before Palo Alto even existed.  But a meeting with Leland Stanford in 1886 would spell its doom.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1815488">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-08-27 07:12:35.237063+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1815630">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1815630</link>
<title>The John Adams Squire House</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        When local preservationists saved the stately old Squire House from the wrecker's ball, it began a movement in Palo Alto.  For more, click the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1815630">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-12 02:30:40.806857+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1815648">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1815648</link>
<title>Edgewood Plaza</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Edgewood Plaza lies abandoned at the entry to Palo Alto, but what will come next is the subject of great debate. For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1815648">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:date>2007-07-12 02:34:44.987247+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1822884">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1822884</link>
<title>Wesley United Methodist Church</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Wesley Methodist was originally founded in old Mayfield (now South Palo Alto) to provide a counterforce to the town's many saloons.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1822884">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-08-27 07:12:55.57982+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1823059">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1823059</link>
<title>Site of Vladimir Pokhilko Double Muder-Suicide (1998)</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The horrible events at the house of Vladimir Pokhilko one night in 1998 were the end of a sad Silicon Valley tale.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1823059">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-12 13:33:25.830734+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1824192">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1824192</link>
<title>Blue Chalk Cafe</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Despite the lack of hard liquor in Palo Alto as late as 1970, the city has developed a happening night life in the past decade.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1824192">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-12 23:05:23.603982+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1824376">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1824376</link>
<title>Eichler Home Neighborhood</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The homes of Joseph Eichler have become historic despite a look that is still seen as modern.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1824376">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-13 02:36:14.516144+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1825473">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1825473</link>
<title>Abandoned Sea Scout Building</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The old Sea Scout building built by Birge Clark in the Baylands sits abandoned and unused.  But soon it may have a new owner, which would be a more fitting ending for the classic building.  For more, click the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1825473">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-13 13:39:39.225842+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1825504">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1825504</link>
<title>Location of "Power Line Plane Crash" (1949)</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The most spectacular plane crash in Palo Alto's history knocked out the power for much of the Peninsula and left the pilot dead.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1825504">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-13 13:43:11.584568+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1825857">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1825857</link>
<title>
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        Junior Museum & Zoo
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<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The Junior Musuem was one of the country's first children's museums, and is still one of a variety of activities for kids in the Rinconada Park area of Palo Alto.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1825857">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-13 15:36:29.775507+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1826593">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1826593</link>
<title>The Children's Theatre</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The Children's Theatre has had a long and storied history, since its inception as part of a New Deal program.  For more, click the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1826593">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-17 00:55:01.121863+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1832725">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1832725</link>
<title>Palo Alto Lawn Bowls Club</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        For some Palo Alto old-timers, the Lawn Bowls Club on Embarcadero Road provides excercise, companionship and some good old competition.  For more, click the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1832725">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-14 02:27:33.479957+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1832731">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1832731</link>
<title>Former Location of the Foreign Friends Statue</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        This statue given to Palo Alto by a sister city suffered a cruel fate.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1832731">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-14 02:31:05.804889+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1832753">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1832753</link>
<title>Location of Herbert Kay Murder (1997)</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The 1997 murder of NASA scientist Bert Kay shocked Palo Alto, shattering its sense of security perhaps forever.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1832753">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-08-07 12:11:04.144869+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1832864">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1832864</link>
<title>Lytton Plaza</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Lytton Plaza was the main gathering place during the '60s and '70s riots that took place in Palo Alto.  "The People's Plaza," has since been known as the place for Palo Alto protest. For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1832864">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-09-01 11:51:48.955374+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1832854">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1832854</link>
<title>Greg Brown Mural: Aliens Climbing Stairs to Milkman</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Greg Brown's "Palo Alto Pedestrians" are all over the city, representing the best in whimsical civic art. For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1832854">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-14 03:11:58.573302+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1832868">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1832868</link>
<title>Stanford Theatre</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        In Palo Alto, there is still a place to see the Golden Years of Hollywood --- thanks to David Woodley Packard.  To read more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1832868">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-09-01 11:51:13.993648+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1832887">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1832887</link>
<title>Casa Real Apartments (Home to </title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Princess Stephanie, one of Hitler's allies, hid out in this Palo Alto apartment building in 1941.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1832887">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-14 03:24:29.660164+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1835017">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1835017</link>
<title>The Palo Alto Office Center (525 University)</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The modernist style that brought America buildings like the Palo Alto Office Center is long gone, but its remnants still survive, unfortunately.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1835017">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-14 14:22:36.01947+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1836343">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1836343</link>
<title>The Williams House</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        What to do when a city is offered a beautiful property free of charge?  It's not always as easy as it sounds.  To read more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1836343">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-15 01:25:00.858845+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1836339">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1836339</link>
<title>The HP Garage</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Hewlett-Packard, one of the richest companies in the world, got its start in a Palo Alto garage.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1836339">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-09-15 18:31:10.17001+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1838787">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1838787</link>
<title>Christmas Tree Lane (Fulton Street)</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The tradition at Christmas Tree Lane each holiday season epitomizes the best of Palo Alto's small town charm.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1838787">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-15 17:44:43.339592+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2776058">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2776058</link>
<title>Varian Associates Headquarters</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Varian Associates was the first company to set up shop in the Stanford Industrial Park.  The park later become the heart of Silicon Valley and some of the most expensive real estate in the world.  To read the story, click on the link below...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2776058">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-02-12 18:08:45.729173+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2022521">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2022521</link>
<title>Stanford Shopping Center</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Palo Alto's Stanford Shopping Center has come a long way from its days as a modest collection of stores like Woolworth's and The Emporium to the swankiness of today's ultra-chic boutiques.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2022521">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-08-28 20:32:48.126956+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2821348">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2821348</link>
<title>The Medico-Dental Building</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        This downtown building was one of Birge Clark's greatest.  Clark was Palo Alto's premiere architect and one of the masters of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. To read more click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2821348">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-02-21 17:56:12.063208+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2821346">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2821346</link>
<title>The Children's Library</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        This was the nation's first freestanding Children's Library, built by Palo Alto's greatest benefactor.  To read more click on the above link... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2821346">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-02-21 17:52:34.587719+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1865120">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1865120</link>
<title>Former Location of Indian Bowl</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Palo Alto has always had a place to take the kids bowling, but soon that may no longer be the case.  To read more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1865120">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-20 19:16:15.185746+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1865632">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1865632</link>
<title>The Bol Park Donkeys</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Did you know the model for Shrek's donkey friend resides here in Palo Alto?  It's true, he lives in Bol Park, home of the Barron Park donkeys.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1865632">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2007-07-20 22:08:12.379118+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1865676">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1865676</link>
<title>Chaucer Street Bridge</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The 1998 Floods caused a near citizen revolt including a successful lawsuit.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1865676">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2007-07-20 22:26:09.734919+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1871123">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1871123</link>
<title>Digital DNA </title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The beauty of civic art can be in the eye of the beholder, as the debate over Digital DNA at Lytton Plaza reminds us.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1871123">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-22 18:10:49.430877+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1871133">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1871133</link>
<title>Emek Beracha</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Leading Jewish Orthodox church that backed the building of a Palo eruv.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1871133">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-09-03 07:59:42.603574+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1904138">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1904138</link>
<title>Former Site of Palo Alto Yacht Harbor</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The 1980 and 1985 city elections over the Palo Alto Yacht Harbor pitted environmentalists v.s. boaters --- and left bitter resentment among some ever since. For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1904138">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-25 20:51:12.118748+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1909471">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1909471</link>
<title>Former Palo Alto City Hall (1952-1970), Currently Art Center</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The building on Newell Road that now houses the Palo Alto Art Center served as city hall during Palo Alto's most tumultuous years.  Most exciting of all was the 1967 Recall Election in which  residentialists and establishment candidates waged an epic political battle.  For more, click the link above...  <br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1909471">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-27 00:50:22.700804+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1918633">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1918633</link>
<title>The Former AME Zion Church</title>
<description>
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        Palo Alto's Black history is captured in the frame of the abandoned AME Zion Church.  The question of its rennovation has led to debate in recent years.  For more, click the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1918633">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-07-28 17:24:42.780689+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/3002030">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/3002030</link>
<title>Childhood Home of William Shockley</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        William Shockley was one of the most important people to ever grow up in Palo Alto, but also one of the most controversial.  To read more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/3002030">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-04-03 19:18:15.430699+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1933795">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1933795</link>
<title>Former Site of the Palo Alto Drive-In</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        In another era, every town had its drive-in movie theatre.  Palo Alto had its version where Greer Park now stands.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1933795">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-08-02 17:05:01.8169+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2031951">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2031951</link>
<title>Former Location of the "Hotel de Zink" Shelter</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        During the Great Depression, the "Hotel de Zink" was a stopping point for hoboes passing through Palo Alto.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2031951">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-09-01 13:43:46.459447+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/3063526">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/3063526</link>
<title>Celebration of Japanese Surrender</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        During World War II, Palo Altans fought hard on the home front to help the cause.  On August 15th, 1945, the Stanford Band celebrated in front of the Stanford Theatre with a spontaneous playing of the Star Spangled Banner.  For more click the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/3063526">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-04-21 19:29:36.160673+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1945221">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1945221</link>
<title>BPO Elks Lodge #1471 </title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The long history of the Palo Alto Elks displays both the good and the bad about the exclusive group.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1945221">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-08-08 17:48:11.560381+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1953058">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1953058</link>
<title>Formerly Lucky's and Albertsons Grocery Store</title>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-09-12 19:57:52.928798+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1993464">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1993464</link>
<title>Location that took the worst of the 1998 floods</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The 1998 flooding of Palo Alto would cause $28 million in damages.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1993464">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-08-18 17:38:16.094123+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1473996">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1473996</link>
<title>959 waverley street</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        This is the childhood home of Nobel Prize winner William Shockley.  For more click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1473996">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-05-23 17:33:23.565225+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1823016">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1823016</link>
<title>The Palo Alto Creamery</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Palo Alto's most famous spot to get a milkshake, the Creamery has a long tradition and old-time atmosphere that makes it a must for any tour.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1823016">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-09-01 11:51:56.125831+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/1904405">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/1904405</link>
<title>Location of Original Co-Op</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        The Co-op is a fondly remembered co-operative grocery store.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/1904405">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-09-12 19:58:02.988889+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/918530">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/918530</link>
<title>The Hotel Cabaña: Vegas Comes to Palo Alto</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Palo Alto's Cabana Hotel hosted a stay by the Beatles in 1965 --- and all hell broke loose.  For more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/918530">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-01-16 18:42:50.657195+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/956153">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/956153</link>
<title>El Palo Alto</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        El Palo Alto is over 1,000 years old and the symbol of Palo Alto.  It's story tells the tale of the city that has grown up around it.  To read more click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/956153">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-02-11 15:41:07.778028+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/943762">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/943762</link>
<title>Former Location of Bergmann</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Palo Alto lost one of its old-style department stores in 1992 --- Bergmann's.  Its departure left the Midtown Shopping District reeling in the mid 1990s.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/943762">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-08-10 02:41:14.316406+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2545080">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2545080</link>
<title>Former Location of Paris Theatre</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        A porn theatre in Downtown Palo Alto. Yup, during the days of porno-chic, the Paris was located at the entry to University Avenue.  To read more, click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2545080">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-01-02 19:32:45.229432+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/3031928">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/3031928</link>
<title>Former Palo Alto Times Building</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        This is the building where one of California's first female chief editors, Elinor Cogswell, once held court at the Palo Alto Times.  For more, click the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/3031928">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-04-12 15:02:13.336963+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/3122097">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/3122097</link>
<title>Former African-American Neighborhood</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Despite the entrance of many African-Americans to the Bay Area in the postwar years, few were allowed to move into Palo Alto. To read more click on the website above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/3122097">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        </description>
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-05-09 15:53:04.416237+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/3738485">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/3738485</link>
<title>Peninsula Creamery Dairy Store</title>
<description>
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        Home of the original Peninsula Cremary operation.  The Creamery once sent milkmen all over the Bay Area. To read more go to www.paloaltohistory.com/milkmen.html<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/3738485">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-07-19 09:50:35.713799+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2499018">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2499018</link>
<title>Palo Alto University Avenue Train Station</title>
<description>
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        Streamline Moderne was a sub-style of Art Deco which was all the rage in the 1940s.  The University Avenue Train Station is a fine example of this style.  To read more, click on the above link...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2499018">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-12-09 08:10:31.209357+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2528733">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2528733</link>
<title>The Roth Building</title>
<description>
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        Palo Alto's Dr. Russel Lee was a revolutionary doctor in the history of American medicine.  He was also one of Palo Alto's great characters.  His Palo Alto Medical Clinic originally practiced here in the Roth Building, the possible future home of the Palo Alto History Museum.  To read more click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2528733">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2007-12-22 17:19:27.270041+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2783124">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2783124</link>
<title>Former Location of Anna Zschokke's First House</title>
<description>
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        Anna Zschokke's was Palo Alto's first resident.  This is where her house was located.  Read her story at the above website.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2783124">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-03-22 12:55:55.039506+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2821349">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2821349</link>
<title>Palo Alto Downtown Post Office</title>
<description>
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        When the nation's Postmaster General saw the blueprints for this post office designed by Palo Alto's most famous architect, he immediately rejected them.  To read the story click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2821349">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2008-02-21 17:57:15.41057+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.platial.com/post/2821406">
<link>http://www.platial.com/post/2821406</link>
<title>The Hotel President</title>
<description>
        <![CDATA[
        Palo Alto's old downtown hotel could not survive in the era of Holiday Inns.  It was converted to apartments in the 1960s.  To read more click on the link above...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2821406">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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<dc:date>2008-02-21 18:01:18.326094+00:00</dc:date>
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