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October 29, 1982. The Moir Building, was formerly the Straford Hotel, and then in the 1930s named the St. James Hotel. [3] [4] It is a historic building located in downtown San Jose, California, next to the St. James Park. It was built in 1893–1894 and designed by W.D. Van Siclen. [2] The building was placed on the National Register of ...
The Mayor of San Jose, officially the Mayor of the City of San José, is executive of the Government of the City of San Jose, California in the United States. The mayor presides over the San Jose City Council, which is composed of 11 voting members, including the mayor. While the mayor is the head of the city council, they have no veto powers ...
Little Saigon is a neighborhood of San Jose, California, located in East San Jose. It is a hub for Silicon Valley 's Vietnamese community and one of the largest Little Saigons in the world, [1] as San Jose has more Vietnamese residents than any city outside of Vietnam. [2] Vietnamese Americans and immigrants in San Jose make up ten percent of ...
The Cactus Club was a nightclub in the South of First Area (SoFA) of Downtown San Jose, California. It was one of the first clubs to replace some of the 'red light' businesses on South First Street (across the street was the Pussycat Theater which later became F/X). The Cactus Club took over The Bachelor Club and went on to become a legendary ...
Nick Groff, paranormal investigator and television personality, born in San Jose. Krazy George Henderson, cheerleader, inventor of "The Wave", sports entertainment. Josh Holloway, actor, Lost, born in San Jose. Gabriela Sepúlveda, singer and actress, Jenni Rivera: Mariposa De Barrio, born in San Jose. Fran Jeffries, singer and actress, born in ...
Mission San José was not founded until 1797, about 20 miles (30 km) north of San Jose in what is now Fremont .) The town was founded by the colonists led to California by Anza, as a farming community to provide food for the presidios of San Francisco and Monterey. In 1778, the pueblo had a population of 68.
Camden High entrance, circa 1970s. Camden High School was a high school located in the U.S. state of California. It was the second school, built in 1955, in the Campbell Union High School District, and the first of several to close in 1980. Originally located at the corner of Camden Avenue and Union Avenue in the Cambrian Park neighborhood of ...
Built in 2003, King Library is the first joint use library in the United States shared by a major university as its only library and a large city as its main library. It has more than 1.6 million items. The building has nine floors that result in more than 475,000 square feet (44,100 m 2) of space with a capacity for 2 million volumes.