Once
called “The Garden of the World” due to its extensive fruit orchards and ample
sunshine, Sunnyvale is now a centerpiece of Silicon Valley with key employers
including Google, Apple, Intuit, NetApp. In a nod to its defense/aerospace
employment roots, Lockheed Martin continues as major local employer. Sunnyvale
is bordered to the north by the Moffett Federal Airfield and the San Francisco
Bay, to the northeast by San Jose, to the west by Mountain View and Los Altos,
to the south by Cupertino, and to the east by Santa Clara. Shopping and dining
are made easy with the plethora of stores and restaurants lining its main
boulevard, El Camino Real, and the recently redeveloped downtown shopping &
restaurant district next to the Heritage District. While Palo Alto has more
Eichler homes than any other city in the Bay Area, Sunnyvale is considered to
be the home of the Eichler because it is where Joseph Eichler first began
building his then-modernistic homes. Today there are about 1,100 Eichler homes
in Sunnyvale spread among 16 developments, with the Fairbrae Addition, a 275
Eichler home development completed in 1960, including the Fairbrae Swim &
Racquet Club, a community pool & tennis club on Sheraton Drive between
Royal Ann Drive and Hollenbeck Avenue. Primary education is provided by the
Sunnyvale School District, the Cupertino Union School District, and the Santa
Clara Unified School District, while secondary education is provided by the
Fremont Union School District and the Santa Clara Unified School District.
