The new Parque de los Pobladores is ready for it's debut at tonight's Zer01 art festival

New sod was put down today
in preparation for
tonight's festival

Contractors have been moving quickly to get a newly redesigned Parque de los Pobladores (the old Gore Park) ready for tonight's Zer01 art festival. The park which consist of the sliver of property between the split of Market Street from 1st St. on the south side of downtown San Jose will be reincarnated as a pedestrian friendly park. Through traffic has been permanently block on the 1st street side of the park.



Riding through the SOFA district, along South First Street, workers were seen busily preparing for the opening night of the festival. Also evident was workers putting on a new asphalt topping to San Carlos St., in preparation of that streets new street-scape improvements which will include wider sidewalks and more pedestrian friendly street crossings.   (see "Downtown San Jose becoming friendlier for cyclists") The new San Carlos improvements will extend from 1st. Street to the west until 4th Street, the entrance to the San Jose State University campus.

San Carlos Street gets a new
asphalt topping in preparation
of improved streetscape.

A look northward from the south
side of the new Parque de
los Pobladores.