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This is a list of streets in San Jose, California, with descriptions, historic significance, and name origins. California State Route 85, known in part as the West Valley Freeway and the Stevens Creek Freeway. California State Route 87, known in part as the Guadalupe Freeway. California State Route 130, known in part as Mount Hamilton Road and ...
May 26, 1983. The Downtown Historic District of San Jose, California is a designated U.S. Historic District area of the city roughly the size of one square block. It is bounded by S. First Street to the west, E. San Fernando Street to the south, S. Third Street to the east, and E. Santa Clara Street to the north, but also includes the south ...
San Jose, officially the City of San José ( Spanish for ' Saint Joseph ' [ 14] / ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ, - ˈseɪ / SAN hoh-ZAY, -SAY; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse] ), [ 15] is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, [ 9] it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose ...
In 1850, San Jose incorporated to become California's first city and the location of California's first state capitol. Despite widespread destruction caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , a number of neighborhoods around Downtown San Jose still retain their original, pre-1906 housing stock.
County. Santa Clara. City. San Jose. Elevation. 115 ft (35 m) Willow Glen is a district of San Jose, California, in Santa Clara County. Willow Glen is known for its historic downtown, dining and shopping, and is one of the most expensive neighborhoods to live in San Jose. [1] Willow Glen was originally an independent town, until it voted to be ...
East Side San Jose (abbreviated as ESSJ ), commonly called The East Side and less commonly as the East Valley, is the eastern region of the city of San Jose, California. The East Side is made up of numerous neighborhoods grouped into two larger districts: Alum Rock and Evergreen. East San Jose is bordered by the Diablo Range to the east and ...
Alum Rock Park, in the Alum Rock district of San Jose, California, is California's oldest municipal park, established in 1872 but serving as public land since the pueblo was established in 1777. Located in a valley in the Diablo Range foothills on the east side of San Jose, the 720 acre (2.9 km 2) park offers 13 miles (21 km) of trails, varying ...
Fountain Alley is a pedestrian paseo in Downtown San Jose between 1st Street and 2nd Street. History View of the historic Bank of Italy Building from Fountain Alley. Fountain Alley's origins lie in the 19th century as a thin but prominent alley made up of mews and a horse trough, which gave it its name.