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A historic context statement is a planning document with the stories that tell how, when and why the built environment of a city developed or looks the way it does. Below are historic context documents that help inform San José's future development.
1992 Context Statement
Historic District (Excerpt)
Historic Resources Assessment (Excerpt) November 2001
Discussion of Potential Conservation Area October 2004
Historic Context Statement December 2004
Specific Plan & EIR Cultural Resources Technical Report (Excerpt) February 2006
Neighborhood Historic District Study June 2006
Historic Context and Intensive Survey October 2006
San Jose’s Historic Second Ward November 2006
Historic Residential Neighborhood April 2007
Neighborhood Context May 2007
San José Corporation Yard Archaeological Project April 2008
June 2009
General Plan July 2009
February 2011
East Santa Clara Street March 2011
April 2011
Neighborhoods Historic Context Survey May 2011
Housing Tracts National Register Nomination October 2018
Mixed-Use Plan Historical Resources Technical Report (Excerpt) August 2020
Historic Context for Downtown San Jose July 2021
Suburban Residential Expansion Before World War II
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