
Linda Taaffe
Associate Editor at Palo Alto Weekly
Real Estate Editor at The Almanac
Articles
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1 week ago |
paloaltoonline.com | Linda Taaffe
Each week, Embarcadero Media takes a look at home sales activity along the Midpeninsula in the communities of Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley and Woodside. Home sales are provided by California Resource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from counties’ recorder’s offices. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks.
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1 week ago |
paloaltoonline.com | Linda Taaffe
The Midpeninsula has no shortage of seriously unique homes. From family wineries and historic estates to modern mountain retreats, these one-of-a-kind properties – whether because of their price, unusual design or history – are notable even for Silicon Valley. Every month, we highlight some of these not-so-ordinary properties that are on the market right now – or recently sold.
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2 weeks ago |
paloaltoonline.com | Linda Taaffe
On May 21, 1971, Palo Altans marked the end of the city’s longtime booze ban with a martini toast at the Shutter Restaurant located at 482 University Ave. in the ground floor of Hotel President. The drink was the first legal cocktail served in a downtown bar. Prior to that day, hard liquor sales had never existed: The ban on booze had been in effect since the town’s formation in the late 1800s.
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2 weeks ago |
mv-voice.com | Linda Taaffe
Sandwiched among formal gardens, redwood groves and more than 1,000 acres of protected open space sits the historic Phleger Estate’s 98-year-old home, known as Mountain Meadow. The home is one of a handful of remaining “great estates” from the early 20th century that once dotted the hills of Woodside. Though the home was built in 1927, the original estate property embodies generations of California history spanning more than 250 years.
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2 weeks ago |
paloaltoonline.com | Linda Taaffe
Sandwiched among formal gardens, redwood groves and more than 1,000 acres of protected open space sits the historic Phleger Estate's 98-year-old home, known as Mountain Meadow. The home is one of a handful of remaining "great estates" from the early 20th century that once dotted the hills of Woodside. Though the home was built in 1927, the original estate property embodies generations of California history spanning more than 250 years.
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