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In 2017, the city sold the corporation yard property to Shea Properties and Ivanhoé Cambridge to redevelop 3.8 acres (1.5 ha) of it into an apartment complex. [3] The remainder of the property was to be developed into a park and arts center. In 2020, the San Jose City Council chose to name the park after Heinlen instead of "Sakura".
Santana Row derives its name from Frank M. Santana, who served on San Jose's planning commission in the 1950s, who is also the namesake for the area's Frank M. Santana Park. The site was previously a Town and Country Village shopping center, which was the site of the first Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre from May 1977 to February 1985.
The city of San Jose, California, known for its height-limited downtown skyline due to its proximity to San Jose International Airport, has over 46 high-rises, mostly in downtown. [1] [2] Twenty-seven buildings stand taller than 200 feet (61 m). San Jose is the most populous city in the U.S. with no buildings over 300 feet (91 m).
Almaden Valley (Spanish: Valle de Almadén), [1] commonly known simply as Almaden (Spanish: Almadén), is a valley and neighborhood of San Jose, California, located in South San Jose. It is nestled between the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west and the Santa Teresa Hills to the east, bordering the town of Los Gatos and West San Jose neighborhood.
The City of San Jose has established Montgomery Park, a Monument at San Felipe and Yerba Buena Roads, and John J. Montgomery Elementary School in his honor. During this period, San Jose also became a center of innovation for the mechanization and industrialization of agricultural and food processing equipment. [67]
San Jose's first Chinatown was located at the southwest corner of Market and San Fernando streets, near the present-day Circle of Palms Plaza. City officials noted the Chinese presence by 1866. Most Chinese immigrants were seasonal workers in Santa Clara Valley's orchards. [3]
San Pedro Square is a popular dining destination and one of Downtown's oldest neighborhoods.. The downtown area was typical of a small, agriculture-based city of under 100,000 residents until city manager A. P. Hamann spearheaded aggressive expansion during the 1950s and '60s.
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (also known locally as the MLK Library or the King Library) is an 8-story [1] public library and university library, located in downtown San Jose, California, which had its grand opening on August 16, 2003. [2]