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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Urban Putt, a love letter to San Jose's past, present, and future

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With anticipation building for over a year, I thought there was no way that Urban Putt could possibly live up to the expectations in my head...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Urban Putt teaser

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Tomorrow I'll have a full writeup, but for now here are a few teaser images to prove that Urban Putt is real. The summary is: this is th...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Latest news (and video) on Urban Putt - grand opening is later this week!

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I know I'm promoting Urban Putt quite a bit, but I truly believe it is one of the most significant new businesses that I can remember in...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Urban Vibrancy Institute partners will be hosting more Downtown San Jose block parties in 2024

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The 2023 block parties in Downtown San Jose were a lot of fun and highlighted underutilized neighborhoods. Some like Fountain Alley have a n...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

The VTA is getting their first batch of new hybrid buses

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While metro and rail line extensions are very exciting, they also now cost billions of dollars these days. If you look at the amount of valu...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

New proposal for a Midtown San Jose Hyatt Place

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We have some new renders for a six-story Hyatt Place in Midtown, just a few minutes by car or bus to Downtown San Jose. It appears to replac...
Friday, February 23, 2024

Has Google forgotten about Downtown San Jose?

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The short answer is... no. If Google had no plans to execute on their vision for Downtown West near Diridon, they would have immediately hal...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Thousands of homes proposed at site of the former Pleasant Hills Golf Course

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There are 114 acres of prime real estate that have been idly sitting around for the past twenty years in East San Jose. The former site of P...