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The Bank of Italy Building is a 14-story, 77.72 m (255.0 ft) Renaissance Revival high-rise office building on the corner of South First Street and Santa Clara Street in downtown San Jose, California. Built in 1925–26 as San Jose's first skyscraper , it has a red-tile hip roof and a decorative cupola with a needle-like spire featuring a tall ...
In 1977, he and several partners formed Citation Builders, a real-estate and residence-development company; in 1988 he bought out his partners' shares, reformed the company as a family-run business, Citation Homes Central, and moved it to Santa Clara, California. Despite employing fewer than 25 people, Citation is now one of the largest ...
Fontanetti’s was a powerhouse semi-pro baseball team in Northern California with prominent rivals included other perennial winners such as the Humboldt Crabs. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In the 1970s, at the height of the rival Humboldt Crabs, Fontanetti’s were California State Semi-Pro runners up in 1976 and 1977 losing to the Crabs before beating ...
Previously known as the San Jose Clash (1996–1999) Franchise on hiatus in the 2006 and 2007 seasons; the original ownership relocated the team to Houston after the 2005 season as the Houston Dynamo, but MLS kept the name and history of the original franchise in San Jose for a new ownership group
In 1975, Giants owner Horace Stoneham agreed to sell the team to a group headed by the Labatt Brewing Company, which intended to move the team to Toronto.San Francisco Mayor George Moscone won an injunction to stop the sale and then persuaded Lurie, a Giants minority owner and board member, to put together a group that would buy the team and keep it in San Francisco.
A San Jose Giants game in 1994. San Jose Giants games are very much rooted in the older traditions of baseball. Fans sit very close to the field, general admission seating is available for games, players sign autographs before every game, and the outfield walls are lined with advertisements much like the stadiums of the 1920s and 1930s were.