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Event
Information:
There
are many top events to look out for
in San Jose during the festive
season. These include the Winter
Wonderland, offering a giant gondola
towering 10 stories to the classic
carousel, part of a whole festive
arcade of rides and attractions.
Downtown San Jose has many parties
and packages available, top places
to head for include Agenda Lounge,
The Brit New Year’s Eve Party, Blank
Club NYE Dance Party and the
Fahrenheit Ultra Lounge. For New
Year's Eve top Country Music
Artist Joshua Paige and his Full
Band will be playing live at Hilton
San Jose Downtown.
San
Jose is the third-largest city in
California, the tenth-largest in the
U.S, and the county seat of Santa
Clara County which is located at the
southern end of San Francisco Bay.
San Jose is the largest city within
Silicon Valley, which is a major
component of the greater San
Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.6
million people and the sixth largest
metropolitan area (CSA) in the
United States. It is also the most
populous city in Northern
California.
The
city is divided into several
geographical regions. Many of these
regions were originally
unincorporated communities or
separate municipalities that were
later annexed by the city. The city
is generally divided into the
following areas: Downtown San Jose,
Central, West San Jose, North San
Jose, East San Jose, and South San
Jose. Some well-known communities
within San Jose include Downtown San
Jose, Japantown, Rose Garden, Sunol-Midtown,
Willow Glen, Naglee Park, Burbank,
West San Jose, Winchester, Alviso,
East Foothills, Alum Rock, Little
Portugal, Blossom Valley, Cambrian,
Almaden Valley, Silver Creek Valley,
Evergreen Valley, Edenvale, Santa
Teresa, Seven Trees, Coyote Valley.
Important landmarks in San Jose
include Children's Discovery Museum
of San Jose, History Park at Kelley
Park, Cathedral Basilica of St.
Joseph, Plaza de César Chávez, Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Library,
Mexican Heritage Plaza, Rosicrucian
Egyptian Museum, Lick Observatory,
Hayes Mansion, HP Pavilion at San
Jose, De Anza Hotel, San Jose Improv,
San Jose Municipal Stadium, Spartan
Stadium, Japantown San Jose,
Winchester Mystery House, Raging
Waters, Circle of Palms Plaza, San
Jose City Hall, San Jose Flea Market
Oak Hill Memorial Park, and The Tech
Museum of Innovation.
Public
art is an evolving attraction in the
city. The city was one of the first
to adopt a public art ordinance at
2% of capital improvement building
project budgets, and the results of
this commitment are beginning to
have an impact on the visual
landscape of the city. There are a
considerable number of public art
projects throughout the downtown
area, and a growing collection in
the newer civic locations in
neighborhoods including libraries,
parks, and fire stations. Of
particular note, the Mineta Airport
expansion is incorporating a program
of Art & Technology into its
development.
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