That is office space scattered around downtown Palo Alto that once hosted a large variety of small startups.  Now those little startups are moving to Redwood City or San Mateo, replaced by opaque gray locked doors without signage.<p>It has gotten so bad that Palo Alto enacted an ordinance to ban the conversion of downtown retail space into office space.  It is nicknamed the &quot;Palantir Ordinance.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cityofpaloalto.org&#x2F;civicax&#x2F;filebank&#x2F;documents&#x2F;47704" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cityofpaloalto.org&#x2F;civicax&#x2F;filebank&#x2F;documents&#x2F;477...</a>