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Meadow Park Eichler, Palo Alto: The 1957–58 Tract and Its Overlay
Palo Alto's Meadow Park Eichler tract: what the city's records say, its streets and build years, the missing architect credit, the 1999 overlay and the flood labels by street.
Channing Park Eichler, Palo Alto: The 1951–52 Tracts and Their Overlay
Palo Alto's Channing Park Eichler tracts: two recorded units, a shared Anshen & Allen and A. Quincy Jones credit with a date conflict, the 2000 overlay, AH flood zones and Channing Park No. 3.
University Gardens Eichler, Palo Alto: The 1949–50 Draftsman Tract
The earliest-dated tract in Palo Alto's list of Eichler neighborhoods: what city and National Park Service records say, where it sits on the parcel map, why it has no overlay, and what to check.
Tree Removal Permit in Palo Alto and Nearby Cities Before a Remodel
What counts as a protected tree in four Bay Area cities, and how arborist statements, root zones, notice and replacement rules shape a remodel or addition.
Walnut Grove Eichler, Palo Alto: The 1953–54 Tract and First Overlay
How Palo Alto's small 1953–54 Walnut Grove Eichler tract became the city's first single-story overlay, and why the 1992 zone covers 96 lots, not 30.
Triple El Eichler, Palo Alto: The 1955 Jones & Emmons Tract
Palo Alto's 1955 Triple El Eichler tract: the Jones & Emmons design credit, a single-story overlay listed under another name, split flood zones and National Register potential.
Los Arboles Eichler, Palo Alto: The Tract, Overlay and Addition No. 2
The records behind Palo Alto's Los Arboles Eichlers: the 1959–61 tract, its 2015 single-story overlay, and the original two-story Eichlers next door on Torreya Court.
Edgewood Eichler, Palo Alto: The 1956 Tract and Edgewood Plaza
The records behind Palo Alto's Edgewood Eichlers and Edgewood Plaza, the shopping center Eichler Homes built in 1956–58, from the 2012 approval to the 2013 rebuild.
Green Gables Eichler, Palo Alto: The 1950 Anshen & Allen Tract
How Eichler Homes built Green Gables in 1950, what the National Register nomination records, where city documents disagree, and the zoning and flood rules to check today.
Eichler Homes Company History: The Builder Behind the Tracts
How Joseph Eichler's company grew from a 1947 Sunnyvale prefab business into a statewide builder, and why the records disagree on when it began and ended.
Stanford Eichler Homes: Pine Hill and Frenchman's Hill History
The Eichlers on Stanford land: who built the Pine Hill and Frenchman's Hill houses, how the ground lease works, what the 2021 county survey found, and the review rules.
Royal Manor Eichler History: Reading Palo Alto's 1957–58 Tract
What the public record says about Royal Manor, Palo Alto's 1957–1958 Eichler tract: its map, the 2015–2016 single-story overlay request, flood rules and house types.
Charleston Meadow Eichler History: Palo Alto's Anshen & Allen Tract
Charleston Meadow, Palo Alto's 1950–1951 Anshen & Allen Eichler tract: its two recorded units, original plan features, Eichler's first control committee and today's rules.
Greer Park Eichler History: Palo Alto's 1950 Anshen & Allen Tract
Greer Park, one of Eichler's 1950 'Subdivision of the Year' tracts: its Seale Tract map, three circle streets, Anshen & Allen design roots and overlay rules.
Fairmeadow Eichler Tract: The Story of Palo Alto's Circle Streets
Fairmeadow, Palo Alto's 'Circles': how the 1951–1954 Eichler tract was mapped and built ring by ring, who designed it, and what original houses show.
Greenmeadow Eichler History: Palo Alto's Jones & Emmons Tract
How Jones & Emmons designed Greenmeadow, Palo Alto's 1954–55 Eichler historic district: six models, a pooled community center, original interiors and today's rules.
Mackay Homes: What the Records Say About a Mid-Century Builder
What National Park Service, Palo Alto and Caltrans records say about Mackay Homes, its brief work with Anshen and Allen, how its houses differ from Eichlers and how to confirm one.
Mid-Century Modern Landscaping: Water-Wise Plants and Hardscape
Where the Eichler-era landscape approach came from, the principles worth keeping, how to swap a lawn for water-wise planting without losing the open look, and hardscape that suits the house.