Tag: Downtown

This service station is a perfect slice of Japantown in San Jose; history meets today, still running and valuable, with bits from all times in between, in a blend rare and wonderful to find.

So many murals down one alleyway off of The Alameda. This was a happy find and I spent a lot of time enjoying these. At the end of the alley and parking lots, was a wonderful smell or flowers. There were roses and jasmine in the vicinity. To smell the roses I ended up next to this fence. I like this fence, I don’t know why I liked it so, but I think it was the aged wood and older San Jose home with the extra detail and color, and of course, the smell of roses all around it.

Washington Elementary School Mural

I wonder at how much has occurred near this sign post over the years. It would be interesting to flip through a book of all the signs ever stapled to its wood.

Look at this wonderful house! More of this, please.

The more I look at these photos I have been taking and the art around the city that I have been finding, I wonder if San Jose is becoming one of the most colorful cities. These photos here are all taken from essentially one spot on the side of the road. There is so much color and when I think I have found one splash I look around to find so much more.

Okay, this one above has no mural like the others in this post, but I find it dramatic and attractive and… so different than what I saw as a child in San Jose.

And this one above, the whole building turned to art with glass and paint.

So much talent and color in San Jose. Sometimes subtle, especially when passing by in a car, sometimes dramatic, and so often beautiful to “discover” when looking out the car window or walking through town. Even subconsciously, I wonder how much the happiness of people here has gone up as this wave of art has expanded throughout our city. I wonder how much more color we will see in the years to come. How cool that it’s not just the architecture adding to our city views.

Burnett Middle School in Downtown San Jose