Downtown San José is the central business district of San José, California, United States. The area is generally located north of Interstate 280 and east of Guadalupe Parkway, which roughly parallels Guadalupe River. The region is bound to the north by U.S. Route 101 and to the east by Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County).
The town was first settled in 1777. The area that now makes up downtown was first settled twenty years later, when the town of S...
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Downtown San José is the central business district of San José, California, United States. The area is generally located north of Interstate 280 and east of Guadalupe Parkway, which roughly parallels Guadalupe River. The region is bound to the north by U.S. Route 101 and to the east by Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County).
The town was first settled in 1777. The area that now makes up downtown was first settled twenty years later, when the town of San José moved somewhat inland from its original location on the banks of the Guadalupe River. In 1850 San José incorporated to become California's first city and the location for California's first state Capitol. The area was a typical small city downtown until the aggressive expansion of San José into surrounding areas led by A. P. Hamann forced city spending to the outlying areas and led to downtown's decline. In the 1980s, mayor Tom McEnery, whose family owned several buildings in downtown, initiated significant redevelopment. Since its...
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