Alviso, San Jose, California
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Alviso is a small community in Santa Clara County, California. It is located approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Drawbridge, at the north end of San Jose where it meets the southern end of the San Francisco Bay.
The Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek both end at Alviso, emptying into the Bay through the Alviso Slough. In 1983, Alviso was victim to severe flooding caused by El Niño.
Alviso was first settled in the 1700s. The community was named for Ignacio Alviso, the son of Corporal Domingo Alviso, one of the original members of the Anza expedition. Corporal Alviso lived but a short time after reaching San Francisco and was buried March 11, 1777[1] Alviso's descendants were granted the Rincon de Los Esteros holding. The city was incorporated on March 4, 1852, and ceased to exist when it was annexed by the city of San Jose on March 12, 1968, following a 189 to 180 vote in favor of annexation. The city's final census was in 1960 when it recorded a population of 1,174. [1].
Originally, Alviso was a boating and shipping port, the primary transportation link for the city of San Jose. That usage declined with the growth in railroad transportation between San Francisco and San Jose.
After the 1970's, Alviso was treated like a socioeconomic backwater of the prospering Silicon Valley and struggled to restore its former vitality. The racially diverse town has a sizable number of African Americans, even more Hispanics (esp. Mexican Americans for many decades), and others like Filipinos or Guamanians.
Today, shipping and industry have left Alviso, leaving it mostly as a small residential neighborhood. Digital video recorder company TiVo is based in the community as well as Foundry Networks. Many salt evaporation ponds formerly owned by Cargill in the neighborhood are being converted to wetlands as part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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| Neighborhoods of San Jose, California | |
|---|---|
| Central | Downtown San Jose · Japantown · Rose Garden · Sunol-Midtown · Willow Glen · Naglee Park · Newhall/College Park |
| West | Burbank · Cambrian Park · West San Jose · Winchester |
| North | Alviso · Berryessa · North Valley |
| East | Evergreen · Alum Rock · East Foothills · King and Story · Little Portugal |
| South | Almaden Valley · Blossom Valley · Coyote Valley · Evergreen · Santa Teresa · San Felipe Valley · Silver Creek Valley |
| Nearby cities |
West: Cupertino · Mountain View · Santa Clara · Sunnyvale |
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