Palo Alto Weekly1y
College Terrace’s tumultuous history with Leland Stanford
Developer Alexander Gordon originally called his 160-acre subdivision “Palo Alto,” shown here in this 1888 map. He changed the name to College Terrace after an irate Leland Stanford paid a $ ...
Palo Alto Weekly20d
Why historic homes come with a unique set of challenges
Courtesy Palo Alto Stanford Heritage. Victorian, Craftsman, midcentury modern, Spanish Colonial revival — Palo Alto has them all. Within its 26 square miles, the city contains four historic ...
Curbed21d
This House Can Get You Into Harvard
This Palo Alto home’s Spanish-style architecture ... To drive home the point, staging photos have cardinal-red Stanford diplomas and what appears to be a framed Harvard acceptance letter ...
Mercury News21d
‘Peak Palo Alto’? Home listing brags that every owner’s children have gone to Harvard or Stanford
A home listed for sale at $4.8 million on Friday in Palo Alto boasts that since its 2017 rebuild, the children of every subsequent owner have gone on to Harvard or Stanford, “paving the way for ...
Business Insider19d
The sellers of a $4.9 million house bragged their kids went to Harvard and Stanford. It might've found them a buyer.
A Palo Alto house listed for ... home where success is part of its history. Since its 2017 rebuild, every owner's children have gone to Harvard or Stanford, paving the way for even greater ...