Downtown San José Walking Tour

👀 WANT MORE INFO ON DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE? 👉 Click here: https://go.sebfrey.com/downtown-san-jose Walk through downtown San José, California's oldest civil town, from the murals of Fountain Alley and the historic Jose Theatre to St. Joseph Cathedral, Post Street, San Pedro Square, the 1797 Peralta Adobe and the Bank of Italy tower. Short walks play in real time, longer walks at a relaxed 2x, and the long plain stretches zip by. On-screen notes share the history of every block, and every pan and landmark plays at normal speed, with the history behind each stop. Chapters 0:00 Intro: Fountain Alley & S. 2nd Street 2:19 San Jose Improv 4:06 St. Joseph Cathedral 4:18 San José Museum of Art 5:43 Inside St. Joseph Cathedral 7:40 Post Street 8:25 San Pedro Square 9:15 Threads Woven street mural 11:25 San Pedro Square Market 12:15 Peralta Adobe 15:02 Santa Clara Street 15:31 Electric Light Tower site 16:15 Bank of Italy Building 17:12 Downtown Food Hall 17:35 More tours ⭐ Highlights • Fountain Alley, named for an 1854 artesian well: murals, colorful old facades and the "Alley of Hearts Delight" • San Jose Improv, inside the Jose Theatre, which opened Oct 3, 1904 • San José Museum of Art, whose historic wing was built in the 1890s as San José's first federal building and post office • St. Joseph Cathedral: the first church of the pueblo. The present church was dedicated in 1877, with 36 stained-glass windows and a painted dome • Post Street and the Qmunity District • San Pedro Square's plaques honoring A.P. Giannini, Paul Masson and Louis Pellier • San Pedro Square and "Threads Woven", the 2024 street mural by Jimmy Paints that more than 1,000 volunteers helped paint • The Peralta Adobe (1797), the last surviving building of the original pueblo • The Electric Light Tower site at Market & Santa Clara, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg mural and the 1926 Bank of Italy Building 📜 A short history of downtown San José • Nov 29, 1777: El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe is founded near the Guadalupe River, the first civil town of Spanish Alta California. Its first site was near today's Taylor Street. • 1790s: floods push the pueblo south to higher ground, around today's downtown. The Peralta Adobe dates from 1797. • 1803: the first church, an adobe, is built where St. Joseph Cathedral now stands. • 1849–51: San José is California's first state capital. The first Legislature met here in December 1849 (California Historical Landmark No. 461, on S. Market St). • 1881: a 237-foot electric light tower is built straddling Market and Santa Clara streets. It stood until it collapsed in 1915. • Early 1900s: the Santa Clara Valley becomes the "Valley of Heart's Delight", a world of fruit orchards. Louis Pellier had brought the French prune here in the 1850s. • 1926: the 14-story Bank of Italy Building, built for A.P. Giannini's bank, becomes San José's first skyscraper. • 1961: San Pedro Square is created around the old Farmers Union building (1874). • 1983: the Downtown Historic District is listed on the National Register. • 1988: light rail reaches downtown, and the city adopts the slogan "Capital of Silicon Valley". 📍 Downtown San José, CA. San Pedro Square Market is at 87 N. San Pedro St, and the Peralta Adobe is in the market's courtyard (History San José runs tours). St. Joseph Cathedral is at 80 S. Market St. 🏡 Thinking about living downtown, or buying or selling anywhere in Silicon Valley? Seb Frey · DRE 01369847 · 408.413.3087 · sebfrey.com #SanJose #DowntownSanJose #SiliconValley #BayArea #WalkingTour #SanPedroSquare #FountainAlley #SanJoseHistory #StJosephCathedral #CaliforniaHistory ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ 🤔Thinking of Moving to or from the Bay Area?🤠 📱 Call or Text: 408-413-3087 📨 Email: sebfrey@sebfrey.com 📅 Zoom: https://bit.ly/zoomwithseb ☎️ Contact Seb: https://bit.ly/contact-seb ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️