Comments on: San Jose’s Historic Downtown (CA) (Images of America) (Paperback)

By: Mole Man

Mole Man — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:20:52 +0000

Having a crystal palace for city hall is the kind of understated design that has made downtown SJ what it is. And the South First Street Area (SoFa) is a great place to experience the SJPD policy of outnumbering alleged perpetrators and using massive force to contain crowds.

By: sonarrat

sonarrat — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:00:36 +0000

There’s a lot of beauty in downtown.. SJSU campus, the Santa Clara St. corridor, Naglee Park. There’s also a big homeless and bum issue. There wasn’t a day I went to school there that I wasn’t hit up by panhandlers.

By: CB

CB — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:56:14 +0000

All they have to do is change the location to Stevens Creek and Winchester.

By: lookout

lookout — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:49:27 +0000

How about relocating the airport further away from downtown for a start? Moffett Field or south of San Jose (not going to happen I know) would allow construction to reach much greater heights in the downtown core. Right now the flight paths severely restrict the height of new construction there.