Little Italy San Jose President Joshua DeVincenzi Merlander supports the renaming of North Almaden Boulevard to "Little Italy Way," but wanted West St. James Street at the entrance to the neighborhood renamed instead. (Google image via San Jose Spotlight)
SAN JOSE’S LITTLE ITALY is getting a street renamed in its honor, but few in the neighborhood are happy — except the San Jose Sharks.
The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to rename a part of North Almaden Boulevard “Little Italy Way,” which is not the street the historic Italian American neighborhood originally wanted. The area’s nonprofit advocacy group had pushed for West St. John Street, the tiny district’s main drag. But that stretch will instead become “Shark’s Way” after city leaders favored their marquee hockey team in the race to shape the identity of downtown’s western gateway.
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San Jose’s Little Italy neighborhood bristles over street renaming to honor hockey team
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SAN JOSE’S LITTLE ITALY is getting a street renamed in its honor, but few in the neighborhood are happy — except the San Jose Sharks.
The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to rename a part of North Almaden Boulevard “Little Italy Way,” which is not the street the historic Italian American neighborhood originally wanted. The area’s nonprofit advocacy group had pushed for West St. John Street, the tiny district’s main drag. But that stretch will instead become “Shark’s Way” after city leaders favored their marquee hockey team in the race to shape the identity of downtown’s western gateway.
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