The Alameda(Santa Clara St.) & The Guadalupe River
Downtown San Jose, CA
The birthplace of Santa Clara County/Valley of Heart's Delight/Silicon Valley
Construction of Adobe World Headquarters Tower 3 along the historic Guadalupe River.
San Jose is California's first city and State Capitol.
El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe was officially founded on November 29, 1777, the first town in the Spanish colony Nueva California. It took its name from Saint Joseph, patron saint of pioneers and travelers, and from the Guadalupe River.
The road was built beginning around 1795 by Native American neophytes at Mission Santa Clara de Asís on the orders of Father Magin de Catalá to link the mission with El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe (now the city of San Jose). Originally it had irrigation ditches on either side, bringing water from the Guadalupe River and Mission Creek to the fields and feeding a pond near the mission. Willow trees were planted in multiple rows along the road in 1799; the last one was removed in 1982.[2] The residents of the pueblo used the tree-lined path to attend Sunday Mass at the mission chapel prior to the construction of St. Joseph's Church. ( Source: Wikipedia)
Photo: ©David C. Hill Photo 2021
The Alameda a personal project by local photographer David C. Hill
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Originally shared on Explore San Jose · February 3, 2021