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San Jose Must Have An Airport – 1929. In 1939, Ernie Renzel, a wholesale grocer and future mayor of San Jose, led a group that negotiated an option to buy 483 acres (195 ha) of the Stockton Ranch from the Crocker family, to be the site of San Jose's airport. Renzel led the effort to pass a bond measure to pay for the land in 1940.
The Hensley Historic District, also known as Northside Residential District, is a U.S. historic district and residential neighborhood in San Jose, California. The neighborhood is northeast of downtown and is roughly bounded by East Julian Street, North 1st Street, North 7th Street, and East Empire Street.
The building's designer William D. Van Siclen was active as an architect in San Jose from 1892 until 1900. [7] [2] The street-level facade is divided into six bays. There are sandstone piers with acanthus capitals situated at the southern end and the central section of the building. Additional divisions are marked by the presence of a sandstone ...
Marjorie Pierce, San Jose and Its Cathedral Western Tanager Press (1990) ISBN 0-934136-47-5; Curci, Cookie (August 23, 2012). "Many street names in San Jose recognize early immigrant orchardists". San Jose Mercury News
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 ...
Tasman station is an at-grade light rail station located in the center median of First Street at its intersection with Tasman Drive, after which the station is named, in San Jose, California. The station is owned by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and is served by the Blue Line and the Green Line of the VTA light rail system ...
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Bay 101 is a cardroom in San Jose, California. Like other California cardrooms, Bay 101 offers poker cash games and tournaments as well as special "California" style table games. Bay 101 is perhaps best known for hosting the Bay 101 Shooting Star, a World Poker Tour tournament created by Bay 101 owner Marko Trapani in 1997. [1]