San Jose, CA Photos

Set at the base of San Francisco Bay at the heart of the Santa Clara Valley (aka Silicon Valley), San Jose, CA has turned itself into an interesting city in recent years with the Valley's technological wealth.

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Santa Clara de Asis Mission (1777) on campus of University of Santa Clara.	Center for the Performing Arts (1972). Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, William Wesley Peters, Aaron Green.	Center for the Performing Arts entry.	Center for the Performing Arts window details.

Adobe Systems complex (1996-8) (321-345 Park Avenue) 18 floors. Architect: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum.	Angled walls of Adobe Systems complex.	Adobe Systems complex.	150 Almaden Blvd. (1985) 15 floors.

150 Almaden portal detail.	Market Post Tower (1984) (55 South Market St.) 15 floors.	Robert E. Markham U.S. Courthouse & Federal Building (1984) (280 S. First St.). Architect: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum.	Fairmont Hotel (1987) (170 South Market Street) 22 floors. Architect: Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum.

Knight Ridder Building & Fairmont Hotel.	Knight Ridder Building aka Fairmont Plaza (1988) (50 West San Fernando) 17 floors plus Fairmont Hotel over San Jose Museum of Art. Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.	San Jose Museum of Art (1892) (former Old Post Office). Style: Romanesque Revival. Architect: Willoughby J. Edbrooke. On National Register.	Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph (1876) (80 South Market St.). Architect: Bryan J. Clinch. On National Register.

Cathedral of Saint Joseph interior painted dome.	Letitia Building (1890) (70 S. First St.). Style: Romanesque Revival. Architect: Jacob Lenzen.	Victorian Building (58 S. First St.).	Victorian Building (1889) (36 S. First St.).

Bank of America Building (1926) (12 South 1st St.) 15 floors. Architect: H.A. Minton.	Frieze carved with ships & fleur de lys on Bank of America Building.	U.S. Post Office (1933) (105 N. First St.). Style: Spanish Colonial. Architect: Ralph Wyckoff.	U.S. Post Office tile work detail.

Santa Clara County Court House (1866) (N. First at E. St James Sts.). Style: Neo-Classical. Architect: Levi Goodrich.	Sainte Claire Apartments (1895) (65 E. St James St.). Architect: A. Page Brown.	San Jose Athletic Club (former Scottish Rites temple (c1900) (N. Third at E. St James Sts.).	First Unitarian Church (1891) (160 N. Third St.). Architect: George Page. On National Register.

Trinity Episcopal Church (1863) (N. Second at E. St John Sts.). Style: Gothic Revival.	Italianate corner building with tower (1900) (52 east Santa Clara St.). On National Register.	Venetian villa style office building (S. First at W. San Carlos Sts.).	California Theater (1923) (345 S. First St.) now home of Opera San Jose. Style: Spanish Colonial.

VTA Streetcar on First Street Transit Mall.	VTA Streetcar detail.	VTA Streetcar turns corner.	Tech Museum of Innovation (1998) (201 South Market St.). Architect: Ricardo Legoretta.

Christmas display in city park.	Winchester house (1884-1922) (Winchester Blvd. at Stevens Creek Freeway). Style: Eastlake Queen Anne. On National Register.