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Glen San Jose is part of San Jose although
it was once an incorporated city in its own right.
Willow Glen is located three miles southwest of downtown
San Jose and is bordered by the Guadalupe River, the
Los Gatos Creek and Coe and Curtner Avenue. Some people,
including real estate agents, may attempt to include
adjacent neighborhoods.
Willow Glen feels like a small town with its own main
street. Lincoln Avenue is surrounded by tree-lined neighborhoods
of architecturally distinctive single family homes,
many of them Spanish-style homes built in the 1920s
and 1930s.
The Lincoln Avenue downtown business district, located
between Coe and Minnesota, is lined with sidewalk cafes,
Italian delis, home design stores and clothing boutiques.
Although Starbucks, Peets, Noah's Bagels and others
have established outposts to mine Willow Glen's lucrative
demographics, most Lincoln Avenue stores are still owner-operated
retail businesses.
Gentrification transformed Willow Glen in the 1990s,
though it remains a diverse community with Latino, Italian,
Asian, Jewish and gay influences contributing to the
rich tapestry of a quiet, enjoyable and very livable
Silicon Valley community.
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