If you are curious about the exact location, Backesto Park is bound by 13th St., 15th St., Jackson St., and Empire St. It is perhapse best known as the location for the Luna Park Chalk Art Festival.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Downtown San Jose from Backesto Park
I love this photo from gillynova on the San Jose Development Forum. This was taken using a drone and provides a unique perspective of Downtown San Jose.
If you are curious about the exact location, Backesto Park is bound by 13th St., 15th St., Jackson St., and Empire St. It is perhapse best known as the location for the Luna Park Chalk Art Festival.
If you are curious about the exact location, Backesto Park is bound by 13th St., 15th St., Jackson St., and Empire St. It is perhapse best known as the location for the Luna Park Chalk Art Festival.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Riverpark Towers in Downtown San Jose gets new tenants
The Downtown office market is continuing to gain momentum. In addition to the big announcements from companies like Google and Adobe, there are smaller wins to celebrate as well. The Riverpark II office tower near the Guadalupe river sat empty for many years and was a sobering reminder of our great recession. Today the building is over 90% leased.
Cohesity is the latest tech company to make Downtown their headquarters, taking two whole floors in Riverpark. They are moving from a 14,000 SQFT space in Santa Clara to 40,000 SQFT in the tower. That means even more workers to liven up our city's core and hopefully take advantage of the Guadalupe River Park, one of our most underrated attractions.
A few feet away, Erik's DeliCafe has also opened a brand new location on the ground floor of Riverpark I (333 San Carlos Street, Suite 150). The restaurant will feature an espresso bar, breakfast options, and online ordering to cater towards Downtown techies. This was formerly the location of Paolo's, which closed down in August 2015. Slowly but surely, all the available office and retail spaces are filling up.
Source: SVBJ, SVBJ #2
Cohesity is the latest tech company to make Downtown their headquarters, taking two whole floors in Riverpark. They are moving from a 14,000 SQFT space in Santa Clara to 40,000 SQFT in the tower. That means even more workers to liven up our city's core and hopefully take advantage of the Guadalupe River Park, one of our most underrated attractions.
A few feet away, Erik's DeliCafe has also opened a brand new location on the ground floor of Riverpark I (333 San Carlos Street, Suite 150). The restaurant will feature an espresso bar, breakfast options, and online ordering to cater towards Downtown techies. This was formerly the location of Paolo's, which closed down in August 2015. Slowly but surely, all the available office and retail spaces are filling up.
Source: SVBJ, SVBJ #2
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Sourisseau News: Hotel Vendome
On First Street, just north of Downtown, there once stood the Hotel Vendome. The 150-room hotel was only around between 1889 and 1930, but featured several interesting amenities like a bowling alley. Eventually increased competition and damage from fires led it to shut down and the land was subdivided and sold off. It would have been nice to preserve this gem near Japantown, much like we were able to do for Hayes Mansion, the Hotel Montgomery, and the Hotel DeAnza.
Watch the two-minute video more to learn about this hotel and see some amazing historic photos.
To see an archive of past videos, head over here.
Sourisseau News: Hotel Vendome - April 2017 from WMS media Inc. on Vimeo.
Watch the two-minute video more to learn about this hotel and see some amazing historic photos.
To see an archive of past videos, head over here.
Sourisseau News: Hotel Vendome - April 2017 from WMS media Inc. on Vimeo.
Monday, July 31, 2017
Adobe is expanding their Downtown San Jose Headquarters!
This fantastic news has been around for a couple weeks, but I just got back from vacation and feel obligated to repeat it. Adobe has been on fire during the past couple years and is looking to dramatically grow their headcount. The company is planning to build a fourth office tower at 333 West San Fernando Street to compliment their current three-tower headquarters in Downtown San Jose.
The new tower must be massive as it will have capacity for 3,000 employees. That is more than Adobe's current three towers combined (2,500 employees). The 333 West San Fernando parcel is already entitled for up to 725,000 SQFT of space and there is even a render of what such a building might look like (although Adobe will likely go with something more creative).
Downtown is really having a banner year when it comes to attracting more tech jobs. First the Google announcement and now Adobe is more than doubling their Downtown office capacity!
Source: SJ Economy, SVBJ
The new tower must be massive as it will have capacity for 3,000 employees. That is more than Adobe's current three towers combined (2,500 employees). The 333 West San Fernando parcel is already entitled for up to 725,000 SQFT of space and there is even a render of what such a building might look like (although Adobe will likely go with something more creative).
Downtown is really having a banner year when it comes to attracting more tech jobs. First the Google announcement and now Adobe is more than doubling their Downtown office capacity!
Source: SJ Economy, SVBJ
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Drag Queen Brunch at SoFA Market
Join the Silicon Valley Pride
Drag Queen Brunch at the SoFA Market.
Enjoy brunch food, mimosas, live music, and drag queen performances for two
Sunday brunch dates leading-up to the SV Pride Parade and
Festival in late August.
Bottomless Mimosas will be available from 11am-2pm. Cost is $20 per bottomless mimosa, but patrons get a $5 discount for purchasing a dish from any of SoFA Market's participating brunch eateries.
387 South 1st Street in Downtown San Jose’s SoFA District
Sunday, July 30th 11am-2pm
Sunday, August 20th, 11am-2pm
Brunch reservations begin at 10am. To reserve a table,
please RSVP on
Facebook. Open seating is also available.
Friday, July 28, 2017
The Big Easy Rolls into Great America
This past weekend, Great America brought back their Taste of Orleans festival. Who Dat? In its second season, Taste of Orleans features Cajun cuisines, live entertainment such as mask decorating for kids, Mardi Gras murals, chalk artists, live music and more!
If you missed it, don’t fret as Great America plays host to the Nola event again this upcoming weekend: July 29-July 30.
Great America did a great job at bringing a taste of the Big Easy to Silicon Valley! Classic Cajun dishes such as gumbo, etouffée and beignets were on site and definitely were delicious. To our delight, the hushpuppy shrimp skewers was a hit and the crisp frog legs with Creole aoli was savory and on point!
Great America’s nightcap was a firework display that featured a kaleidoscope of colors in the sky!
By Andrew Rivlin and Noe Sacoco Jr
If you missed it, don’t fret as Great America plays host to the Nola event again this upcoming weekend: July 29-July 30.
Great America did a great job at bringing a taste of the Big Easy to Silicon Valley! Classic Cajun dishes such as gumbo, etouffée and beignets were on site and definitely were delicious. To our delight, the hushpuppy shrimp skewers was a hit and the crisp frog legs with Creole aoli was savory and on point!
Great America’s nightcap was a firework display that featured a kaleidoscope of colors in the sky!
Hushpuppy Shrimp Skewers:
Crawfish
Etouffée:
Crisp Frog Legs w/Creole Aoili: Blackened Catfish Slider w/Tangy Slaw:
Beignet (Left) & Praline Bread Pudding (Right): Brews! 
Live chalk artist and games for the family!
Great America's Taste of Orleans starts at Noon - 9pm on
7/29 - 7/30. The fireworks display starts at 9:45pm each day. Cajun cuisine is
available with a $25 tasting card.
For more details on Taste of Orleans, visit: https://www.cagreatamerica.com/play/events/taste-of-orleans
2017 Season Passes are currently on sale for just $69 and
features a season of fun in both Great America and Boomerang Bay Water Park. A
$105 Gold Pass includes Halloween Haunt, WinterFest, free Great America
parking, Gilroy Gardens and more.
By Andrew Rivlin and Noe Sacoco Jr
Thursday, July 27, 2017
RAHSAANATHON 2017
Cafe Stritch has a multitude of events for Jazz aficionados coming up next week as part of their fifth annual RAHSAANATHON. The events honor the life and music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, one of the most influential jazz musicians in history. Fun fact, Cafe Stritch was actually named after Rahsaan Roland Kirk's saxophone. Fun fact #2, the name of Cafe Stritch's predecessor--Eulipia Restaurant--was inspired by Kirk's "Theme for the Eulipions."
Cafe Stritch is one of the best Jazz venues in Silicon Valley and this is their flagship event. If you love jazz, get your tickets before they are gone. For all of the details, please have a look at the press release below.
Cafe Stritch is one of the best Jazz venues in Silicon Valley and this is their flagship event. If you love jazz, get your tickets before they are gone. For all of the details, please have a look at the press release below.
The Fifth Annual Cafe Stritch
RAHSAANATHON:
A Celebration of the Life and
Music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Steve Turre Leads All-Star
Band Featuring James Carter
RAHSAANATHON 2017 at Cafe
Stritch
Thursday August 3 through
Sunday August 6, 2017
San
Jose, CA – July 5 2017 – San Jose’s Cafe Stritch is proud to present its Fifth
Annual RAHSAANATHON: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk
from Thursday August 3 through Sunday August 6, 2017.
The RAHSAANATHON’S main event is unique in
the world. Rahsaan fanatics from everywhere will converge on Cafe Stritch for
their annual pilgrimage. For three nights trombonist Steve Turre & The Eulipion All Stars featuring reedman
extraordinaire James Carter (tenor sax / clarinet / flute) will bring bright
moments to Cafe Stritch. This ensemble will be reprising their three-night
stands from 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.
The group will be performing Turre’s arrangements of Kirk’s music Thursday August 3, Friday August 4, and
Saturday August 5. Poet Betty Neals,
who co-wrote “Theme for the Eulipions” (the house anthem of Cafe Stritch) with
Kirk, will perform the song live. The band includes Charles McNeal (alto sax /
soprano sax), Matt Clark (piano), Marcus Shelby (bass), Darrell Green (drums),
and Terrie Odabi (vocals). The concerts are from 8:30PM to 11:45PM.
Tickets: $50 available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/397138 or at the door (if not sold-out)
Please note: Tickets to Thursday August 3,
Friday August 4, or Saturday August 5 performances also entitle guests to
attend the Sunday August 6 performance.
The festivities on Sunday
August 6 begin with a screening of Adam Kahan’s feature documentary film The Case of the Three Sided Dream at
Cafe Stritch at 6:00PM. The Case of the Three Sided Dream is the
award-winning documentary about multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk
(1935-1977), who went from blind infant to child prodigy, to
adult visionary, to political activist, and finally to paralyzed showman. He
was a seemingly superhuman musical force who played literally until the day he
died. Kirk was a musical force beyond category. He never let anything stop him from pursuing
what he called his “Religion of Dreams.” Following the film (no tickets required), Cafe Stritch will present the Sonelius Smith
Quartet featuring Claire Daly. The group
includes Sonelius Smith (piano) and Claire Daly (baritone sax / flute). Smith
played with Rahsaan on multiple recordings including Rahsaan Rahsaan (1970), Natural
Black Inventions (1971), and Blacknuss
(1972). Claire Daly has been the bandleader on numerous recordings
including Rah Rah, A Tribute to Rahsaan
Roland Kirk. She has been deeply
inspired by Rahsaan’s music. This is a musical homage to Rahsaan Roland
Kirk in voice and music featuring tunes by RRK, his friends, and other kindred
spirits. The concert will be celebrating Rahsaan, one of the most original jazz
artists ever to live. The concert is from 8:00PM to 11:00PM.
Tickets: $10 available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/397138 or
at the door. Please note: Tickets to Thursday August 3, Friday August 4, or
Saturday August 5 performances also entitle guests to attend the Sunday August
6 performance.
Cafe Stritch will continue to present the
photographs of house photographer Ron Orlando from August 2 through August
31. Mr. Orlando is a photographer who is
passionate about photography and jazz. He has been taking photos of jazz
musicians since the 1980s. This exhibit is entitled Jazz Exploration. It is composed of photographs of jazz musicians
taken at Cafe Stritch since 2014.
Press
from past RAHSAANATHONS:
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Sourisseau News: Ice Cream
In this fascinating two-minute video, learn about the history of ice cream in San Jose. I wish I could travel back in time to experience some of the locations in the video like O'Brien's Candy Store!
To see an archive of past videos, head over here.
Sourisseau News Ice Cream January 2017 from WMS media Inc. on Vimeo.
To see an archive of past videos, head over here.
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