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1 Sunburst from city logo.
2 New San Jose City Hall
on East Santa Clara Street:
Richard Meier & Partners,
Architects. Opened 2005.
Current occupants include
Peregrine Falcons Clara
and Jose with fledglings.
3 Historic Bank of America
Building at 1st and Santa
Clara Streets. Built in 1926,
it's green beacon was seen
throughout the valley.
4 The Cathedral Basilica of
St. Joseph on South Market
Street: completed in 1885.
5 Fairmont Hotel, South
Market Street, opened 1987.
6 Tower Hall, San Jose
State University: downtown
since 1870.
7 Adobe Systems
Headquarters on Park
Avenue. Since 2006 a
kinetic art installation titled
San Jose Semaphore by
Ben Rubin has lit the top of
one of the towers. It is
comprised of four lighted
discs which "rotate" to
transmit a message.
8 Try out for the Saber
Kittens! (an annual billboard
invitation from the Arena
Football League's San Jose
Sabercats).
9 Billboard as seen
statewide for the Winchester
Mystery House on South
Winchester Blvd.
10 Hotel De Anza, West
Santa Clara Street, opened
1930. Home of the Diving
Lady.
11 Obelisk at Rosicrucian
Park, Naglee Road. Site of
the Rosicrucian Egyptian
Museum since 1928.
12 Saratoga Capital
Building on East Santa
Clara Street.
13 The Center for the
Performing Arts, Almaden
Blvd., designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright's architects at
the Taliesin Associates.
Home to San Jose Ballet
and American Music Theater
of San Jose.
14 The HP Pavilion (AKA:
Shark Tank), at Santa Clara
and Autumn Streets, opened
1993. A sports and
entertainment venue, home
to Sharks and Sabercats.
15 The California Theatre,
1st Street, built in 1927.
Home to Opera San Jose
and Symphony Silicon Valley.
16 The San Jose Museum
of Art on Market Street.
Founded in 1969, the older
section is the former San
Jose Post Office built in
1892, the "New Wing"
(shown here) designed by
Skidmore, Owings, & Merril
opened in 1991.
2 New San Jose City Hall
on East Santa Clara Street:
Richard Meier & Partners,
Architects. Opened 2005.
Current occupants include
Peregrine Falcons Clara
and Jose with fledglings.
3 Historic Bank of America
Building at 1st and Santa
Clara Streets. Built in 1926,
it's green beacon was seen
throughout the valley.
4 The Cathedral Basilica of
St. Joseph on South Market
Street: completed in 1885.
5 Fairmont Hotel, South
Market Street, opened 1987.
6 Tower Hall, San Jose
State University: downtown
since 1870.
7 Adobe Systems
Headquarters on Park
Avenue. Since 2006 a
kinetic art installation titled
San Jose Semaphore by
Ben Rubin has lit the top of
one of the towers. It is
comprised of four lighted
discs which "rotate" to
transmit a message.
8 Try out for the Saber
Kittens! (an annual billboard
invitation from the Arena
Football League's San Jose
Sabercats).
9 Billboard as seen
statewide for the Winchester
Mystery House on South
Winchester Blvd.
10 Hotel De Anza, West
Santa Clara Street, opened
1930. Home of the Diving
Lady.
11 Obelisk at Rosicrucian
Park, Naglee Road. Site of
the Rosicrucian Egyptian
Museum since 1928.
12 Saratoga Capital
Building on East Santa
Clara Street.
13 The Center for the
Performing Arts, Almaden
Blvd., designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright's architects at
the Taliesin Associates.
Home to San Jose Ballet
and American Music Theater
of San Jose.
14 The HP Pavilion (AKA:
Shark Tank), at Santa Clara
and Autumn Streets, opened
1993. A sports and
entertainment venue, home
to Sharks and Sabercats.
15 The California Theatre,
1st Street, built in 1927.
Home to Opera San Jose
and Symphony Silicon Valley.
16 The San Jose Museum
of Art on Market Street.
Founded in 1969, the older
section is the former San
Jose Post Office built in
1892, the "New Wing"
(shown here) designed by
Skidmore, Owings, & Merril
opened in 1991.
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17 Figure Holding the Sun,
sculpture by Italo Scanga
standing outside the San
Jose Museum of Art.
18 "Danny the Dragon" pulls
the train at the Happy Hollow
Park & Zoo, open since
1961 on Senter Road.
19 The Tech Museum of
Innovation (AKA: The Tech)
on Market Street. The
"mango building" designed
by architect Ricardo
Legorreta of Mexico City was
opened in 1998.
20 Valley Transit Authority
(VTA) light rail.
21 The fountain in Plaza de
César Chávez.
22 The Circle of Palms
located between the
Fairmont Hotel and San
Jose Museum of Art. The
California State Seal in the
center of the circle (replaced
here with San Jose's seal)
suffers the yearly indignity of
being covered with ice for
the enjoyment of skaters.
23 The San Jose Repertory
Theatre (AKA: The Blue
Box)on the Paseo de San
Antonio, completed in 1997.
sculpture by Italo Scanga
standing outside the San
Jose Museum of Art.
18 "Danny the Dragon" pulls
the train at the Happy Hollow
Park & Zoo, open since
1961 on Senter Road.
19 The Tech Museum of
Innovation (AKA: The Tech)
on Market Street. The
"mango building" designed
by architect Ricardo
Legorreta of Mexico City was
opened in 1998.
20 Valley Transit Authority
(VTA) light rail.
21 The fountain in Plaza de
César Chávez.
22 The Circle of Palms
located between the
Fairmont Hotel and San
Jose Museum of Art. The
California State Seal in the
center of the circle (replaced
here with San Jose's seal)
suffers the yearly indignity of
being covered with ice for
the enjoyment of skaters.
23 The San Jose Repertory
Theatre (AKA: The Blue
Box)on the Paseo de San
Antonio, completed in 1997.
27 Children's Discovery
Museum on Woz Way ("Woz"
honors Steve Wozniak,
co-founder of Apple
Computer). Opened in
1990, the building was
designed by architect
Ricardo Legorreta (who also
designed The Tech).
"Discovery Duck" is often
seen roosting her giant
inflated self on the roof.
28 Quetzalcoatl statue in
Plaza de César Chávez.
Though noble in theme, the
plumed serpent figure
(designed by artist Robert
Graham) has been labeled
with various nicknames of
an unsavory nature.
29 Shark statue from
SharkByte, a 2001 outdoor
exhibit of decorated sharks
which were later auctioned
off for charity. (My shark
design proposal was not
selected for the exhibition.
Shown here is that design
which was never made.
So there.)
Museum on Woz Way ("Woz"
honors Steve Wozniak,
co-founder of Apple
Computer). Opened in
1990, the building was
designed by architect
Ricardo Legorreta (who also
designed The Tech).
"Discovery Duck" is often
seen roosting her giant
inflated self on the roof.
28 Quetzalcoatl statue in
Plaza de César Chávez.
Though noble in theme, the
plumed serpent figure
(designed by artist Robert
Graham) has been labeled
with various nicknames of
an unsavory nature.
29 Shark statue from
SharkByte, a 2001 outdoor
exhibit of decorated sharks
which were later auctioned
off for charity. (My shark
design proposal was not
selected for the exhibition.
Shown here is that design
which was never made.
So there.)
24 Palm Trees (not native to
Northern California) can be
seen marching in orderly
formation throughout
downtown. Their military
ranks were once accorded a
mocking salute by author
Ken Kesey during a reunion
bus trip with his merry
pranksters.
25 The "Knight Ridder
Building". Tower formerly
leased by Knight Ridder
Publishing (who owned the
San Jose Mercury), now
houses other companies as
Knight Ridder was bought
out and no longer exists.
The massive signs remain
however as apparently
nobody is willing to shoulder
the cost of having them
removed.
26 The San Jose McEnery
Convention Center, West
San Carlos Street, opened
1989. Designed by
Mitchell/Giurgola Architects.
The mural in porcelain tile
was designed by Danish
artist Lin Utzon.
Northern California) can be
seen marching in orderly
formation throughout
downtown. Their military
ranks were once accorded a
mocking salute by author
Ken Kesey during a reunion
bus trip with his merry
pranksters.
25 The "Knight Ridder
Building". Tower formerly
leased by Knight Ridder
Publishing (who owned the
San Jose Mercury), now
houses other companies as
Knight Ridder was bought
out and no longer exists.
The massive signs remain
however as apparently
nobody is willing to shoulder
the cost of having them
removed.
26 The San Jose McEnery
Convention Center, West
San Carlos Street, opened
1989. Designed by
Mitchell/Giurgola Architects.
The mural in porcelain tile
was designed by Danish
artist Lin Utzon.