Taken in 2013, this photo shows the Borders Books store as it sat during that time after the store closed for business. The book store was once housed in the old Varsity Theater on University Avenue in Palo Alto. Borders was liquidated in 2011, the building remained vacant until 2015.
Photo taken by the U.S. Department of Energy.
This photo was taken in 2017 and shows the Varsity Theatre on University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto. HanaHaus is a café and community workspace that fosters a vibrant culture of technology innovation. It is the brainchild of Dr. Hasso Plattner, co-founder of software company SAP.