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Homer Avenue is the centerpiece of Original Palo Alto's historic
district. It was here that the first house was built in a brand new town called University Park. Over time, Palo Alto grew from and within
this nucleus, leaving souvenirs of each era. Today Homer Avenue sports a distinctive presence, a continuity of past and present
With its lumberyards, bakeries, garages, laundries, and laboratories, early Homer Avenue was the backbone of Palo Alto's workshop. Its
enterprise and diversity enriched the new town
And incredibly, in this place, in an earlier time, electronics and then the Silicon Valley were born, profoundly and forever changing our
world
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