SPRING REAL ESTATE 2012
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Robert and Dixie Rich sit outside in the backyard of their Slater neighborhood home in Mountain View.
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NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOT and East Middlefield Road, Slater isn’t exactly new to the Mountain View scene, apart from its name and a fledgling neighborhood association. “I wasn’t aware of any kind of change in the way the neighborhood was referred to,” said Todd Markelz, a manager at Google who has lived in the area for five years and last fall purchased a townhome on Gladys Avenue with his wife and two sons. For Markelz, Creekside Park remains the social center for the neighborhood, no matter its name. “We see a lot of families there with kids the same ages as ours,” he said. “There’s always a lot going on,” Rich agreed. Other social hubs of the neighborhood include Clocktower Coffee and Roger’s Deli, residents said. (continued on page 34)
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Homes in the Slater neighborhood are mostly one-story, such as this one on Tyrella Avenue.
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NEIGHBORHOOD OFFERS DIVERSE AGES, EASY ACCESS TO COMMUTE ROUTES, DOWNTOWN by Emma Trotter esidents of the Slater neighborhood voted last year to name their home after an old school nearby. Wagon Wheel is taken by another neighborhood, or they might have chosen that. “Most duplexes in this neighborhood have brick facades and were built around 1955 with that western motif — wagon wheels stuck in the bricks,” said Robert Rich, a recording artist who has lived in the neighborhood with his wife since 1989. Diverse housing options offer residents access to commuting arteries and downtown Mountain View lifestyle at much less cost, Rich said. His house is an old farmhouse in the California Bungalow style. “We were a young couple and we could afford it,” he said. At first, they rented out the separate cottage dwelling for some extra income. “You see a lot of that sort of creative financing around here.” Bounded by Hwy. 85, Easy Street, Central Expressway, North Whisman Road
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