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King Road — named after Andrew Lewis King, who settled in San Jose in 1851. There were plans to rename it Martin Luther King Jr. Road. [ 15 ] Lawrence Expressway — Originally Lawrence Station Road, named after the Lawrence Railroad Station in 1863, which was named after Albert Chester Bull, who changed his name to Lawrence by an act of ...
In 2003, the San Jose City Council considered a bill to rename King Road, named for an 1851 settler to San Jose, after Martin Luther King Jr. The proposal was generally supported by the African American community and opposed by the Hispanic population. The city council eventually rejected the proposal. [6]
Rincon South is one of the best served neighborhoods in San Jose in terms of transportation. San Jose International Airport is located immediately west of Rincon South. It is primarily accessed through the neighborhood. The VTA light rail has two stations in Rincon South: Gish station; Metro/Airport station
In 1974, the government of San Jose instituted the Rincon de los Esteros Redevelopment Plan, to develop the Rincon de los Esteros district into a major tech hub for Silicon Valley. [15] In 1998, the city established a specific plan for Rincon South, which has since been a separate neighborhood from the rest of Rincon. [16] [17] [18]
Charles White (1823–1853), a native of Ireland who came overland from Missouri in 1846 with his wife, Ellen E. White, and two children, was one of San Jose's wealthiest citizens in the half-dozen years before and after statehood. [citation needed] He was alcalde of the Pueblo of San José in 1848. [13] White also owned Rancho Cholame and ...
Shops on Alum Rock Ave. Mayfair is located within East San Jose.It is east of Little Portugal, which it borders at King Road.The Sinclair Freeway (CA-680) forms Mayfair's eastern and southern border, separating it from the King & Story neighborhood to the south and from the Alum Rock district to the east.
José Cornelio Bernal, was regidor (a member of the ayuntamiento, or town council) of San José starting in 1828. In 1834 as secularization of the Missions began, Bernal was granted 6 acres (24,000 m 2) at Mission Dolores by Governor José Figueroa. [3] Rancho Rincon de las Salinas was granted in 1839, and Rancho El Potrero Viejo in 1840.
The development of American commercial areas in San Jose extended into this newly surveyed area, just east of the original pueblo site of 1797 (relocated from the 1777 site after major flooding). In the 1870s and mid-1880s, the heart of downtown commercial activity had moved northward along Market Street (immediately west of First Street and ...