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College Terrace's tumultuous history with Leland Stanford

Original post made on Sep 26, 2023

Palo Alto's College Terrace neighborhood likely wouldn't exist if developer Alexander Gordon had decided to sell the property to Leland Stanford rather than turn it into a "collegiate town" for faculty of the adjacent university.

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Posted by SJW
a resident of College Terrace
on Sep 26, 2023 at 10:48 am

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Great article. I recommend Bo Crane's walk on Oct. 21st, always fun to learn about your own neighborhood. Actually Zuckerberg has lived in two places in College Terrace, the Amherst house was the second.


Posted by Mondoman
a resident of Green Acres
on Sep 26, 2023 at 1:27 pm

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Nice article - these snippets of historical context are great and really enhance the Real Estate section.


Posted by NTB2
a resident of College Terrace
on Sep 30, 2023 at 3:55 pm

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Wow. If CT joined Mayfield as an anex as a way to get away from Stanford power of ownership, why can't Mayfield / Mayfield Place residents be a part of the College Terrace Neighborhood Association -- And why is Mayfield Place considered a commercial zoned property yet it's a 70 unit family residential complex. It's really sad that this complex is pushed around and squeezed to the brink by Stanford and Palo Alto, squeezed between, behind on top of many powerful banks and property developers.


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