Sunnyvale
— — a small downtown that kept its old main street.
Not only on a wall.
“A city of about 155,000 in the South Bay of California, between San Jose to the east and Mountain View to the west. The historic Murphy Avenue block still runs four short streets of brick storefronts, restaurants, and a Saturday farmers' market. Yahoo, LinkedIn, and parts of Apple keep offices here; orchards once filled the same flat ground. The Heritage Park Museum holds the city's pre-tech memory.
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Sunnyvale is a city of about 155,000 in Santa Clara County, California, between San Jose to the east and Mountain View to the west. Incorporated in 1912, it sits on the flat orchard land at the south end of San Francisco Bay that grew into Silicon Valley over the second half of the twentieth century. The city covers about 22 square miles and runs from Highway 101 in the north to Highway 280 in the south. Lockheed, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and parts of Apple have all called Sunnyvale home.
The land that became Sunnyvale was first farmed in the 1850s, then bought by Martin Murphy Jr., one of the first parties to cross the Sierra by wagon. The town was incorporated in 1912 and named for its weather. Through the mid-twentieth century the valley shipped apricots, prunes, and cherries by rail; by the 1970s the orchards had given way to integrated-circuit fabs and the office parks that still anchor the city. Murphy Avenue, four short blocks of brick storefronts, is the oldest part still standing.
The historic core runs along South Murphy Avenue, a four-block stretch of brick storefronts, restaurants, and a Saturday farmers' market that draws from across the South Bay. The Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum, in Heritage Park near El Camino Real, holds the pre-tech history of the valley. Caltrain stops at Sunnyvale station downtown, a short walk from Murphy Avenue. San Jose International Airport is about ten minutes by car to the east, and San Francisco International about forty to the north.