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Directions to SVLUG Installfests at Google
(To view this page without the SVLUG header, click here)
SVLUG's Installfests and Workshops are generally 3rd Saturdays,
11 am - 4 pm. For normal procedures (things to do and avoid),
see our main installfest page.
Our host:
Google, Inc.
1565 Charleston, Building 46
Room 135 ("Avarua" room)
Mountain View, CA 94043
Upon arrival:
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If doors are locked, look for instructions at the
north entrance (emergency exit door). Our room's near that door;
attract people's attention via a window or telephone Security
for access, e.g., after leaving to use the restroom: A telephone's
at the main entrance.
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We may have use of the room's two Mitsubishi projectors.
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Set up computers on window tables, for access to power and ethernet drops.
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We have ethernet w/DHCP, but don't count on wireless unless
someone brings a WAP.
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Please don't wander around Google's buildings. A security guard would
have to escort you back to building 46, among other things.
(Note: You won't be on Google's main campus.)
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Our host graciously donates cool refreshments, e.g., sodas.
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Room capacity is said to be "24+".
By car:
- From US-101 southbound:
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Use N. Rengstorff Ave. exit; turn right (logical east). Proceed
over the freeway, continuing 0.3 miles to Charleston Road.
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Turn right (logical south) at the first traffic light after the freeway
crossing, onto Charleston Road, which curves left (eastwards).
Proceed three blocks (0.5 miles) to Huff Ave.
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Turn right (south) onto Huff Ave., then immediate left into the first
driveway.
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It's the 2nd building on the left. Look for building 46.
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Park near any building bearing the "Google" name.
- From US-101 northbound:
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Use Amphitheatre Parkway exit, curving right (eastwards) and
proceeding a short distance (0.2 miles), to Charleston Road.
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Turn right (logical south) at the first traffic light, onto Charleston
Road, which curves left (eastwards). Proceed three blocks (0.5 miles)
to Huff Ave.
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Turn right (south) onto Huff Ave., then immediate left into the first
driveway.
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It's the 2nd building on the left. Look for building 46.
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Park near any building bearing the "Google" name.
By VTA Light Rail:
- Take light rail to the Mountain View terminus, aka "Downtown
Mountain View Transit Center", where Castro Street / Moffett Blvd.
intersects Central Expressway. You now face a 1.3 mile journey north
(Bay-wards).
- Via walking/bicycling:
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First, cross Central Expressway to where Moffett Blvd. radiates away
northeast.
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Instead of using Moffett Blvd., look left, to find the nearby start
of Stierlin Road, 30 degrees from Moffett Blvd. Walk north
along Stierlin seven short blocks (0.5 mile) to where Stierlin merges
with N. Shoreline Blvd.
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Continue 9 blocks (0.6 mile) north along N. Shoreline Blvd., crossing
US-101, to Charleston Road.
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Turn left (west) onto Charleston Road. Go two short blocks (0.2 miles)
to Huff Ave.
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Turn left (south) onto Huff Ave. Building 46 is second on your left.
- Via VTA bus:
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Take the Route 35
"Downtown Mountain View to Stanford Shopping Center"
bus to the California & Rengstorff stop.
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Cross N. Rengstorff Ave.; walk about 100 yards to Route 40's bus stop.
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Switch to the
Route 40 "San Antonio Shopping Center to L'Avenida" bus,
disembarking at the Charleston / Shoreline stop.
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Walk back (west) two short blocks along Charleston Road to
Huff Ave.
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Turn left (south) onto Huff Ave. Building 46 is
second on your left.
By CalTrain:
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