Santa Clara view of Silicon Valley
Photo from March 23, 1999
In the late 1990s I was working in Silicon Valley - during the first dot com bubble. It was a lot of fun learning technology and going around companies in San Jose.
On March 23, 1999, I was visiting a customer. Just before the meeting I looked out the window and took a picture with my Olympus D400Z camera. I just happen to have it in my backpack.
Back in the day, you didn't have a cell phone camera regularly available. Having a digital camera in the laptop bag was a rare thing.
Silcon Valley - March 23, 1999
This was taken at the Santa Clara Towers near the Great America Parkway on 101, looking towards San Jose.
This is a better view of the building from the parking lot - thanks to Google Maps.
One thing I remember about that day is that I was in such a hurry to get to the office, that I locked my keys in the car. It was the first time I had to call AAA to get my car door open. This is why I remember the building - as I kept looking at it while waiting for AAA to show up. All was fine with the experience with AAA.
I don't know how much of the area has changed in 22 years, but I suspect there are a lot more buildings in the area.
Let me know If you have an office at 3945 Freedom Cir Suite 750, Santa Clara, CA. I would like to see what the view of San Jose looks like today.