A symmetric view of Stanford Memorial Church from the Main Quad.

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South of San Francisco, squeezed tightly between the bay and the coastal foothills, a vast swath of suburbia continues toward San Jose. Dotted inside this area are Palo Alto – home of Stanford University – and Silicon Valley, the epicenter of the Bay Area’s tech industry.


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