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Mountain View, 1990-2090

Mark your calendar.

At the intersection of Castro and Mercy streets in downtown Mountain View, my home the past 25 years, is buried a time capsule. It was planted inside a custom-designed manhole in 1990 to be unearthed in 100 years.

“Among the contents are menus from a variety of downtown restaurants, a video on the downtown revitalization project (alas, VCRs appear bound for extinction soon), a bottle of wine, a pack of cigarettes, a condom, photographs, and a written synopsis of world events at the time (including the fall of the Berlin Wall).” (Quoted from the third letter here).

Time capsule, Mountain View, California

Time capsule in Mountain View, California
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Centre for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, California

Centre for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, California
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