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This service station was a fixture on El Camino Real in 1940, soon after the state widened the two-lane gravel road to four lanes. The project pushed back many buildings on the west side of the street but the Menlo Theater, later called the Guild, was too substantial to be moved, so its spacious lobby was sliced away by workers to accommodate the highway. Photo courtesy Menlo Park Historical Association.
El Camino runs East to West through Menlo Park, so how could the theater be on the West side of ECR? I know it is hard to believe, but just look on the map or use a compass.
Since when does the ECR run East/West?
Looks NW to SE, to me….