Civic Center & Pioneer Park

The Civic Center, with City Hall and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, was designed by William Turnbull and opened in 1991. Its plaza holds a collection of public art and many of the town’s gatherings, including the December tree lighting. (Wikipedia, City of Mountain View)

The Center for the Performing Arts opened with three stages for theatre, dance and music, and is home to TheatreWorks, Peninsula Youth Theatre and Upstage Theater. (Wikipedia)

Pioneer Memorial Park was the town’s first cemetery, on land given by the Castro family. In 1966, at the urging of the Mountain View Historical Association, it was saved from a plan to run a street through it and turned into a park. Its rock garden was a gift from the sister city of Iwata, Japan. (Mountain View Historical Association, Wikipedia)

The public library moved into its building on Franklin Street in 1997. Its second floor holds the Mountain View History Center, and a piece of the Berlin Wall has stood outside since 2013. (Mountain View Historical Association, Wikipedia)