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This 2009 article declares it the "most expensive listing" at $65 M :

http://insidesfrealestate.com/2009/02/25/the-top-5-most-expensive-listings-in-sf/

but it was listed as such for five years. This article also mentions 2601 Broadway and 2901 Broadway, which are runners-up. What really matters is what it finally sells for. The price has dropped way down...

The Facebook HQ is now in Menlo Park, so this is a former HQ.

Obviously, this is now (former) for Steve Jobs, but his widow, Laurene Powell Jobs is notable in her own right and this is still where she lives.

It is sort-of sad. I used to go to this movie house when it was open to see arty and foreign-language films. There are still a few other such movie houses left, but it seems to be fading slowing towards extinction.

This is somewhat silly because it is not a real and permanent location on the urban landscape. It is just an artifact on the aerial image.

It is not SMC anymore. It was bought by Oracle and digested.

It does have a title: Ropepole
http://www.paloaltopublicart.org/Collection/Col15/01.htm

The sculpture is about 50 feet south of that point. What is shown is a simple water fountain in front of the Gates Building which is often not turned on.

The sculpture is in front of the Packard building at

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=37.4292739&lon=-122.1735048&z=18&l=0&m=b&show=/10544546/Timetable

The sculpture is a gentle...