Ravenswood 101 Retail Center - 1998 - Palo Alto, CA
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N 37° 27.642 W 122° 08.273
10S E 576243 N 4146330
This shopping plaza was built on the site of the former Ravenswood High School which shut down in 1976 and was demolished in 1995.
Waymark Code: WMNFKG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
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Located at the west entrance to Ravenswood 101 Retail Center on O Connor St from E Bayshore Rd is a shopping complex sign that contains two plaques. One plaque is the original dedication plaque to the former Ravenswood High School which opened in 1958 by the Native Sons of the Golden West Historical Association. The second plaque is a dedication plaque to for the Ravenswood 101 Retail Center which opened in 1998. The plaque reads:

Ravenswood 101 Retail Center
Dedicated
June 27, 1998
HOME DEPOT ♦ OFFICE DEPOT ♦ GOOD GUYS ♦ BEST BUY ♦ McDONALD'S ♦ TACO BELL
DESIGN EXPO ♦ STARBUCKS ♦ TOGO'S ♦ CALIFORNIA BANK & TRUST

CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (1998)
SHARIFA WILSON, CHAIR ★ R. B. JONES, VICE-CHAIR ★ DUANE BAY ★ ROSE JACOBS-GIBSON ★ MYRTLE WALKER
JERRY GROOMES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ★ BOB BEYER, PROJECT MANAGER ★ KAREN TIEDEMANN, ATTORNEY

CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (2001)
DUANE BAY, CHAIR ★ MYRTLE WALKER, VICE-CHAIR ★ SHARIFA WILSON ★ PATRICIA POSTER ★ DONNA RUTHERFORD
MONIKA HUDSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ★ RICARDO NOGUERA, REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION MANAGER
KAREN TIEDEMANN, ATTORNEY

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO:
BANK OF AMERICA ♦ CALTRANS ♦ COUNTY OF SAN MATEO ♦ DAVID AND LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATION
EAST PALO ALTO PLANNING COMMISSION ♦ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE ♦ FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
GATEWAY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE ♦ GRAY DAVIS, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ♦ REPRESENTATIVE ANNA ESHOD
SAN MATEO COUNTY BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL ♦ SEQUOIA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUPERVISOR ROSE JACOBS-GIBSON ♦ SUPERVISOR RUBEN BARRALES ♦ U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ♦ U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOARTATION

ORIGINAL SITE OF RAVENSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Wikipedia contains a small writeup on this former school here and I also located another website containing an article of this former school and then-plans to build a shopping complex here.

Of all the retail businesses listed on the dedication plaque from 1998, the only businesses still here are Home Depot, Office Depot, Starbucks, Taco Bell and McDonald's.

Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: June 27, 1998

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