East Side San Jose (abbreviated as ESSJ), commonly called The East Side and less commonly as the East Valley, is the eastern region of the city of

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. The East Side is made up of numerous neighborhoods grouped into two larger districts: Alum Rock and

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. East San Jose is bordered by the Diablo Range to the east and south, the Coyote Creek to the west, and Mabury Road to the North. East San Jose is one of the city's most diverse regions, home to landmarks such as the historic

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neighborhoods of

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and King & Story, as well as the Gurdwara Sahib of San Jose, the largest

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temple in the world outside of India.

History

East San Jose originally referred to a small former city that sat to the east of San Jose, which was annexed by the City of San Jose in 1911. That area now falls within Central San Jose. The Alum Rock neighborhood of

is famed for its historical association with Californian civil rights activist

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, who lived in the neighborhood in the 1950s and began his career as a grassroots activist at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Mayfair.Visit San José - Neighborhoods: Mayfair
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is the site of flight experiments conducted in 1911 by John J. Montgomery, who is best known for his invention of controlled heavier-than-air flying machines.

Districts and neighborhoods

East San Jose is divided into two districts, Alum Rock and Evergreen, which are then each divided into individual neighborhoods. *District of Alum Rock ** Little Portugal **

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** Naglee Park ** King & Story ** East Foothills *District of

** Silver Creek Valley ** Meadowfair

Landmarks

* Eastridge Center * Lake Cunningham/ Raging Waters San Jose * Mexican Heritage Plaza * Reid-Hillview Airport * East San José Carnegie Branch Library

References

{{Neighborhoods of San Jose Former municipalities in California Neighborhoods in San Jose, California

History

Districts and neighborhoods

Landmarks

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