Dean, on his first visit to Mountain View, did not see the skyscrapers he had imagined. Looking around, most buildings in sight were no taller than five stories.
If one stood a bit higher, perhaps the northern Bay Area coastline could be seen.
After circling a Christian church, near Field Park, Dean found the famous "Carriage Wheel Bar."
Its full name was Walker's Carriage Wheel Bar, a two-story limestone building with California style. Palm trees flanked the entrance, and the bar's sign was fixed at the highest point of the roof.
Dean, who was sizing up this "historic relic" from the street, even spotted decorative old carriage wheels at an outdoor corner of the wall.
The entire bar looked unremarkable, yet somehow it stood out on the long street.
Well, this place where the once "Fairchild Eight" had gathered and conspired, Dean could finally behold its charm today.
