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Palo Alto Museum wins final approval, prepares for construction

Original post made on Apr 19, 2023

The Palo Alto Museum is set to make the leap from concept to reality after the City Council approved the final agreement required to convert the Roth Building into a center for recognizing local history.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 9:57 AM

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Posted by Another Bob
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 19, 2023 at 3:01 pm

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Yea!!!!


Posted by Native to the BAY
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Apr 19, 2023 at 7:54 pm

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Posted by MyFeelz
a resident of another community
on Apr 21, 2023 at 1:19 pm

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"Center for recognizing local history". Is it April first again, already?


Posted by The Palo Alto Kid
a resident of Ventura
on Apr 21, 2023 at 3:11 pm

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I'm happy as a clam that this thing is finally gonna happen, but I've got a concern, which someone else also brought up.

WHY on earth would you store irreplaceable historical items in the BASEMENT? Everyone is aware of basement flooding in Palo Alto!


Posted by Richard
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Apr 24, 2023 at 8:00 am

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Hopefully along with the exhibits of the city's history, and high tech and other achievements there will be exhibits of the many streets in poor repair; videos of people running red lights on El Camino, Embarcadero and Oregon Expressway; and the bloated staff at city hall, and an homage to the hopeless processes to get anything done by the city government and the endless permitting morass faced by anyone trying to build or remodel anything in the city.


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