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Article: San Jose's historic survivors ... still glittering.
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- June 1, 1991
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San Jose's historic survivors . . . still glittering The gleam of new office towers might mark the most obvious changes on the downtown San Jose skyline, but some of what glitters is old. In the shadow of the upstart high-rises, historic survivors from an era when a smaller scale prevailed have also benefited from the downtown area's intensive redevelopment effort.
Many old buildings and public places in California's oldest city have never looked better, having undergone thorough restorations to bring back their original appeal, or transformations to accommodate new uses. This month, the San Jose Museum of Art opens a vast new addition that brings together the ...