We couldn’t leave the valley without checking out a couple of the birthplaces of famous startups. First stop was 2066 Crist Drive in Los Altos. It was here in 1976 that Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and a handful of friends and family assembled the very first Apple computers. The neighborhood was originally full of tract houses like this and working class families whose dad’s mostly worked in the defense industry. But the neighborhood is now upgrading with many folks tearing down the original houses and replacing them with larger homes. Not so with the Job’s home – it is on the historical register so it will remain as is.

Steve Jobs boyhood home

The same for this house at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto. Look closely at the garage in the back. Here in the late 1930’s two Stanford students by the names of Hewlett and Packard first began manufacturing electronic equipment. The first product built here was an oscillator Walt Disney used in the production of Fantasia. This beautiful old neighborhood continues to serve the Stanford community. It is no doubt home to many students and professors. Downtown Palo Alto is first class and just a block or two away and also serves as the strip for the university.

Garage where HP started