The Paseo & Historic Core
Between the plaza and Santa Clara Street lie the Paseo de San Antonio, the Downtown Historic District and the hotels of the 1910s to 1930s, one of which was rolled down the street to save it.
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The Paseo de San Antonio, closed to cars in 1988, runs from the plaza east to San José State, past the Hammer Theatre and the Twohy Building. (Wikipedia)
The block bounded by First, San Fernando, Third and Santa Clara streets is the Downtown Historic District, with buildings from the La Rosa Pharmacy of 1870 to the Bank of Italy Building of 1925-26, San Jose’s first skyscraper and until 1970 the tallest building between San Francisco and Los Angeles. (Wikipedia, Wikipedia)
From 1881 to 1915 an iron light tower straddled nearby Santa Clara and Market streets, meant to light all of downtown with arc lamps. (Wikipedia)
The historic hotels are close by: the Sainte Claire of 1926, now The Westin San Jose; the Zig Zag Moderne Hotel De Anza of 1931; and the Hotel Montgomery of 1911, rolled about 187 feet down South First Street in 2000 to save it. (Wikipedia, Wikipedia, Wikipedia)
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