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Feb 1, 2023
Remembering Arnold Del Carlo, Silicon Valley’s Visual Storyteller
One of the greatest photographers in San Jose history has left the building. In fact, many of the buildings he captured have also left.
Originally...
Jan 25, 2023
Illuminating San Jose’s Quaker Past
The oldest Quaker house in California sits at the end of a cul-de-sac. But don’t worry. It isn’t going anywhere.
Right where Morse Street collides...
Jan 18, 2023
Every Building Tells a Story—and Sometimes More Than One
The most unassuming buildings often carry history more important than any scheme developers might concoct.
Take the building at 465-467 S. First St. in downtown...
Jan 11, 2023
Meridian Mile: Donuts, Deli Food and the Eternal Three Flames
On Meridian Avenue near Willow Glen, there is no better trifecta of history than Gunther’s Delicatessen, Three Flames Restaurant and Yum Yum Donuts. The...
Jan 11, 2023
Pico Iyer’s The Half Known Life Explores Paradise in Discord
For a non-Buddhist, travel writer Pico Iyer does a great job at achieving balance in a world of dissatisfaction.
By now, Iyer has given most...
Jan 4, 2023
Of Travel Routes and Family Trees
With genealogy all the rage these days, I became driven to make an ancestral journey, tracing my roots from downtown San Jose to India.
The...
Dec 28, 2022
2022 Retrospective: A Salute to the Research Muses
With all the changes unfolding in San Jose this year, the Alley denizen remained committed to transforming every situation into poetry.
So now, as the...
Dec 21, 2022
San Jose Gets a Kick Out of This Year’s World Cup
At O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub, the World Cup semi-final soccer match between France and Morocco on large outdoor screens triggered the ghosts of nearby French...
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