Visitors Guide to the Midpeninsula
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Palo Alto is home to Nobel Prize winners, Silicon Valley CEOs, venture capital firms, Hewlett-Packard, and one of the most renowned universities and medical centers in the world. Though Palo Alto developed as a sleepy college town, the emergence of Stanford University in the 1970s as the nation’s leading high-technology research center paved the way for hundreds of startup businesses with connections to Stanford professors and their inventions. Thus, Palo Alto became known as the birthplace of Silicon Valley and attracted engineers and others from all over the world to pursue their dreams. The Stanford campus itself is the biggest visitor attraction, and visitors could easily spend a day or longer exploring the beautiful campus. But at a minimum any visit should also include a walk or drive through the tree-lined residential neighborhoods (among the costliest in the nation), a walk in the foothills or Baylands, and some great shopping and eating in the handful of nearby business districts, including ones in Veronica Weber Menlo Park and Mountain View. Enjoy your visit to the Midpeninsula! Inside: Attractions..........................................8 Arts & Entertainment...............................11 Shopping ..........................................14 Stanford University.................................16 Recreation .........................................19 Safety & Transportation ............................23 Map................................................24 Restaurants ........................................26 Palo Alto Visitors Center Michelle Le Michelle The is co-located with the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce at 355 Alma St. at Lytton Avenue in downtown Palo Alto. The Visitors Center is staffed Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and may be reached at 650-324-3121. Destination Palo Alto (DestinationPaloAlto.com) offers even more information about where to go and what to do while visiting the Midpeninsula. Visitors Guide is a special project of the Palo Alto Weekly. Copyright ©2016 by Embarcadero Media. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited. On the cover: Visitors view an exhibit at the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, which includes 121 modern and contemporary American paintings and sculptures (see page 16.) Photo by Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service. Veronica Weber DestinationPaloAlto.com 5 Independently Rated Highest In Quality Tori Atwell - Going a Step Forward. The Diamond Certified Difference: If you want quality, you’ll have confidence in choosing a Diamond Certified Agent. 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[email protected] www.yvonneandjeff.com Yvonne Heyl Jeff Gonzalez 3990 Ventura Court Direct (650) 947-4694 Direct (650) 947-4698 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Cell (650) 302-4055 Cell (408) 888-7748 [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 650-493-2361 BRE# 01255661 BRE# 00978793 Fax: 650-493-0936 496 First St. Suite 200 www.PACCC.org Los Altos 94022 6 Fall/Winter 2016 Visitors Guide Shady Lane Celebrates Local Artisans ERS’ CH D O I A C E E Voted Best: Jewelry • Gifts • Boutique R 2016 B E S T O F Now in Menlo Park -XVWPLQXWHVDZD\IURP6WDQIRUG6KRSSLQJ&HQWHURσ6DQG+LOO5RDG Sharon Heights Shopping Center - next to Starbucks 325 Sharon Park Dr • Menlo Park ZOHK`SHULNHSSLY`JVT DestinationPaloAlto.com 7 Attractions Historic homes, interactive learning and natural beauty await Palo Alto, Stanford and the surrounding communities offer activities for all ages and interests. For out-of-town visitors, these local attractions top the list of must-sees. If you want to know where some of the attractions are located, turn to the map on pages 24 and 25. Baylands Nature Preserve One of the largest tracts of undisturbed marshland in the San Francisco Bay Area, the 1,940-acre preserve attracts bird watchers from around the world during wintertime high tides, and, in the spring and fall, the preserve is a prime stopover for birds traveling on the Pacific route of their migration flyway. Visitors will also find 15 miles of trails and picnic areas. East end of Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto; Lucy Evans Bay- lands Nature Interpretive Center, 650-329-2506; Baylands Nature Preserve Ranger Station, 650-617-3156; cityofpalo- alto.org/baylands Computer History Museum Dedicated to the preservation and celebration of com- puting history, the Computer History Museum houses one of the largest collections of computing artifacts in the world, including computer hardware, ephemera, photographs, moving images, documents, software and some of the very first computers from the 1940s and 1950s. The museum is open Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday Visitors can relax in sculpture chairs in the olive from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission packages range from orchard at Filoli while touring the 654-acre country $12 to $40, but children age 12 and younger are free. estate that includes 16 acres of formal gardens and a Georgian-style mansion. Photo by Michelle Le. 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View; 650-810-1010; computerhistory.org tours also are available Monday through Friday. Filoli Combining in its name the first letters of “Fight,” “Love” 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto; 650-329-1356; gamblegarden. and “Live,” Filoli is a 654-acre historic country estate org with a 36,000-square-foot Georgian country house and Hanna House 16-acre English Renaissance garden. The gardens — Designed in 1936 by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Hanna made up of terraces, pathways, pools, lawns, foliage, House was created for Stanford University Professor trees and flower beds — are perfectly groomed and Paul Hanna and his wife, Jean. Today, visitors can tour ever-changing with the seasons. The gardens are most the house during one-hour, paid tours on Sundays. Visi- known for their collection of more than 500 varieties of tors must reserve a tour date in advance and be 12 years roses. The gardens and estate are open to visitors from of age or older to attend. early February through October, with an annual week- long holiday event after Thanksgiving. Advanced regis- 3160 Porter Drive, Suite 200, Palo Alto; 650-725-8352; tration is encouraged for docent-led tours and guided hannahousetours.stanford.edu nature hikes. Self-guided tours do not require reserva- Hoover Tower tion. General admission prices are charged. Stanford University’s Hoover Tower is a landmark to 86 Cañada Road, Woodside; 650-364-8300 ext. 507;