East Palo Alto City Hall

City hall of a small community in the heart of Silicon Valley – East Palo Alto represents the contrast between a tech-wealthy neighbourhood and its own distinct civic story.

East Palo Alto City Hall is the administrative centre of this small city in San Mateo County, California. Sitting directly adjacent to wealthy Palo Alto and the Stanford campus, East Palo Alto has historically been shaped by economic and social disadvantage. The city, which only became independent in 1983, has a complex legacy: in the early 1990s it briefly had one of the highest homicide rates in the United States, but has since undergone significant development. The city hall symbolises the independent municipal path of a community in the middle of Silicon Valley.