Castro City (Mountain View, California)

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A c. 1908 subdivision, originally named "University Park." Across Rengstorff Avenue (then called Pastoria Avenue) was the Castro Station - a Southern Pacific Station which closed in 1998. The neighborhood was supposed to serve as a country home for San Franciscans and Stanford Professors (hence its name and street names; Leland, Stanford, University). However the subdivision largely failed and it was not until the 1930s when many Mexican-American families moved into the neighborhood that it was fully developed.
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Coordinates:   37°24'6"N   122°5'59"W
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