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Palo Alto is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA, named for a tree called El Palo Alto. The city is located at the northern end of Silicon Valley, and is home to Stanford University and several successful high-technology companies, such as Hewlett-Packard. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,598.

The northern half of Palo Alto, north of Oregon Expressway, is filled with elegant homes, some of which date back to the 1890s but most of which were built in the first four decades of the 20th century on tree-lined streets. South of Oregon Expressway, in the southern half of Palo Alto, the houses, including many Joseph Eichler-designed or Eichler-style houses, were primarily built in the first 20 years after World War II.

While the city contains homes that now cost anywhere from $700,000 to well in excess of $10 million, much of Palo Alto's housing stock is rather lower middle-class in the style of mid-century California suburbia, and would not be so expensive were it not in such a desirable location. Palo Alto neighbors Stanford University and is in the heart of Silicon Valley. It also has excellent public schools (See: PALY and GUNN), a high quality of life, and a vibrant downtown. The median home sale price (including condos) for all of Palo Alto was $948,000 in 2005.

Notable buildings and other points of interest: Arizona Cactus Garden, Cantor Arts Center
Former Community House in MacArthur Park at the intersection of University Avenue and El Camino Real; designed by Julia Morgan for the YWCA but first used as a social centre in Camp Fremont, Menlo Park during World War I; now a restaurant
Matadero Creek, Palo Alto Art Center, Stanford University, Stanford University Arboretum, and University Avenue

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