East San Jose
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East San Jose (or the East Side; less commonly the East Valley) is the name for several neighborhoods east of downtown San Jose, California. These neighborhoods include:
- King and Story
- Alum Rock, California
- East Foothills, California
- Little Portugal
[edit] Demographics
East San Jose's residents are predominantly Mexican American and also includes Vietnamese, Cambodians, Samoans, and Filipinos, respectively in order of size[citation needed]. A neighborhood around Alum Rock and King has a small pocket of immigrants from Portugal ( but primarily the Azore Islands) This section of East San Jose includes a plaza known as Little Portugal.Included in the area are Portuguese sausage shops, markets of all kind and the area stalwart, Five Wounds Church.[citation needed]
[edit] History
East San Jose was also the name of a small former city that sat to the east of San Jose, which was annexed by the City of San Jose in 1911.[citation needed]
Before World War II, East San Jose was a small section of San Jose located on the east banks of the Guadalupe River and west of today's U.S. Highway 101. After World War II, when cities all over California started to face massive suburban development, new housing developments were constructed all over the Santa Clara Valley. The housing developments that were built east of downtown were at first ethnically mixed and included whites, Chinese, African Americans, and Mexican Americans.[citation needed] In the 1970s and 1980s, the region became mainly populated by Mexican Americans as Hispanic immigrants moved into the area. East San Jose is now considered a large region of San Jose that includes many smaller areas.[citation needed]
| Neighborhoods of San Jose, California | |
|---|---|
| Central | Downtown San Jose · Japantown · Rose Garden · Sunol-Midtown · Willow Glen · Naglee Park · Newhall/College Park |
| West | Burbank · Cambrian Park · West San Jose · Winchester |
| North | Alviso · Berryessa · North Valley |
| East | Evergreen · Alum Rock · East Foothills · King and Story · Little Portugal |
| South | Almaden Valley · Blossom Valley · Coyote Valley · Evergreen · Santa Teresa · San Felipe Valley · Silver Creek Valley |
| Nearby cities |
West: Cupertino · Mountain View · Santa Clara · Sunnyvale |
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