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After visiting swap meets in Los Angeles and Paris’ Thieves Market for inspiration, George Bumb Sr. established the San Jose Flea Market at 1590 Berryessa Road in San Jose, California. He bought 120 acres (49 ha) of an old meat-processing plant and remodeled it to create a market with an initial 20 vendors and only 100 customers per day.
From 1889 to 1958, San Jose's city hall occupied the center of the park before the local government moved it northward to North First and Mission Streets. [2] Today, San José City Hall is located nearby on Santa Clara Street. The Fairmont San Jose's main tower was built in 1997, while its annex tower was completed in 2002. [citation needed]
By 1861, this thoroughfare became an early beneficiary of gas street lamps in San Jose. [2] Fountain Alley has hosted commercial structures since the 1870s. The most prominent among these was an extension of the L-shaped McLaughlin and Ryland Building, positioned at the southeast corner of First and Santa Clara Streets.
The development of American commercial areas in San Jose extended into this newly surveyed area, just east of the original pueblo site of 1797 (relocated from the 1777 site after major flooding). In the 1870s and mid-1880s, the heart of downtown commercial activity had moved northward along Market Street (immediately west of First Street and ...
Westfield Valley Fair, commonly known as Valley Fair, is a prominent shopping mall in San Jose, California.Valley Fair is the largest mall, by area, in Northern California and has higher sales revenue than all other malls in California, including the two in Southern California which have larger area than Valley Fair. [3]
Sep. 24—GRISWOLD — For about 40 years, a flea market in Jewett City has offered vendors and customers a space to relive parts of their pasts. The College Mart Flea Market, vendors said, is ...
In California, the Archers first settled in Sacramento, then briefly in San Francisco before arriving at San Jose in January 1853. [4] Archer was elected mayor of San Jose in 1857, then to the California State Legislature in 1866. After one term, he was elected county judge in 1867, from which he resigned in 1871.
Westfield Oakridge, commonly known as Oakridge, is a shopping mall in San Jose, California, located in the Blossom Valley neighborhood of South San Jose. Established in 1973, Oakridge has been redeveloped multiple times in its history, most recently in 2003, to the cost of $150 million.