Paseo de San Carlos

Tower Hall is the oldest building on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. It was constructed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style in 1910. It was designed by California-based architects Sellon & Hemmings.

Victory Salute, commonly referred to as the Olympic Black Power Statue, is a monument depicting the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute performed by African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The monument consists of two bronze statues covered in a fiberglass mosaic, atop a concrete base designed to emulate the Olympic podium. It was created in 2005 by Portuguese artist Rigo 23 and is installed next to Tower Hall on the San José State University campus, in San Jose, California, United States.

The California State Normal School was a teaching college system founded on May 2, 1862, eventually evolving into San José State University in San Jose and the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles.

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (also known locally as the MLK Library or the King Library) is an 8-story public library and university library, located in downtown San Jose, California, which had its grand opening on August 16, 2003. As of 2018, it is the largest library building in the western United States built in a single construction project, with over 475,000 square feet (44,000 m²) of space on eight floors and approximately 1.6 million volumes. The King Library is a collaboration between the City of San José and San José State University: it is the main library for both San José State University and the San José Public Library system. In 2004 it was honored as Library of the Year by Library Journal and Thomson Gale, for its collaborative combination of the two functions as well as for the building. On its tenth anniversary in 2013 it was still the largest joint university-municipal library in the United States.The Library building can accommodate over 2000 visitors.

The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies serves as a museum, research center, and host of lectures and performances devoted solely to the life and works of Ludwig van Beethoven. It is the only institution of its kind in North America and holds the largest collection of Beethoven works and memorabilia outside Europe. The center is operated by San Jose State University and the American Beethoven Society. It is located on the fifth floor of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, which is located on the San Jose State campus in downtown San Jose, California.

The Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice (commonly referred to as the Caesar Chavez Arch) is an art installation and monument consisting of a pearlescent plaster arch in the style of a Mayan corbelled arch and includes five Venetian tile mosaics. It was created by American artist Judy Baca, and is installed along the Paseo de César Chávez on the San Jose State University campus, in San Jose, California, United States. The four front-facing mosaics feature portraits of Dolores Huerta, Mahatma Gandhi, and two unnamed farm workers, while the mosaic on the underside of the arch features Caesar Chavez encountering Robert Kennedy. The top of the arch is adorned with a stacked glass eagle in the style of the United Farm Workers flag.

San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) system.Located in downtown San Jose, the SJSU main campus is situated on 154 acres (62 ha), or roughly 19 square blocks. As of fall 2021, SJSU offers 143 bachelor's degree programs, 95 master's degrees, 11 different credential programs and 38 certificates. The university also offers four doctoral degrees as of fall 2021. SJSU is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission.SJSU's total enrollment was 33,025 in fall 2020, including approximately 5,400 graduate and credential students. SJSU's student population is one of the most ethnically diverse in the nation. As of fall 2020, graduate student enrollment, Asian, and international student enrollments at SJSU were the highest of any campus in the CSU system.SJSU is consistently listed among the leading suppliers of undergraduate and graduate alumni to Silicon Valley technology firms, and philanthropic support of SJSU is among the highest in the CSU system.SJSU sports teams are known as the Spartans, and compete in the NCAA Division I FBS Mountain West Conference.

Lincoln Law School of San Jose is a private, non-profit law school located in San Jose, California. Founded in 1926, the law school was formerly part of Lincoln University, prior to achieving independence as an institution in 1993.

The Paseo de César Chávez is a pedestrian paseo in Downtown San Jose, spanning across San Jose State University's campus.

Hammer Theatre is a performance venue in Downtown San José. Located on the Paseo de San Antonio, the theatre is operated by San José State University.

The Twohy Building is a historic building in San Jose, California, located on the Paseo de San Antonio in Downtown San Jose. It was built in 1917 for Judge John W. Twohy, the founder of the Twohy Brothers Construction Company. The company focused on "design and heavy/civil construction of railroads, bridges, tunnels, and public wprks projects, as well as manufacturing railroad cars, World War I "Victory" ships, and ownership of railroads. In 1906, the Twohy family relocated to San Jose to construct the nearby Bayshore Cut-Off for Southern Pacific and supervise repairs to railroad bridges damaged by the San Francisco earthquake" For example, it built part of the Southern Pacific Railway.The building was designed by architect William Binder in the Classical Revival architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 6, 2003. It was built as a commercial building, with professional offices above a large ground floor drug store."Construction of the Twohy Building helped establish South 1st as the center of the business community in San Jose."

The Dohrmann Building, also known as the Dohrmann Hotel Supply Company Building, is a historic building in San Jose, California. It was built in 1926 for A.B.C. Dohrmann, a businessman from San Francisco. It was first used as an office building by the Dohrmann Hotel Supply Company in 1927.The building was designed in the Classical Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architectural styles. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 20, 1986.