This is the building that Andy’s Pet Shop use to be in on The Alameda in San Jose.
![Murals on The Alameda](https://825mph.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_20201026_142652587_HDR_2-1024x731.jpg)
I am so glad that they still have some mural there as they once did. When I was a kid, though, the entire side of the building was an animal mural similar to the smaller homage that you see above the windows now. Can you imagine?
![Murals on The Alameda](https://825mph.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_20201026_142832983_HDR_2-1024x768.jpg)
That previous and larger version of the mural was the very first mural I remember being aware of as a child. It was the one that would get pointed out to me by family if we drove by it. “Look, there is the pet shop!” It is a special place in that sense as the first public artwork that I was shown regularly and eventually would begin to look out for and notice for myself.
Today, Andy’s Pet Shop has moved a ways down the street and La Dolce Velo bike shop has the building now. Thankfully, they also appear to appreciate murals.
![Murals on The Alameda](https://825mph.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_20201026_142920392_HDR-1024x768.jpg)