Preserving San Jose's Heritage

A 1911 hotel's journey from abandonment to rehabilitation shows how imagination, vision, and firm leadership can make it happen.

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August 23, 2004, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The rehabilitation is, properly, not a pure restoration to the original 1911 design. But the Montgomery is a solid piece of design whose proportions, siting, and craftsmen's touches grace the city. With a bold mayor willing to take a chance and a savvy and imaginative developer who saw a valuable asset where everyone else saw an abandoned building, a beautiful and significant piece of San Jose has been saved for the future. We would be poorer if we had lost it."

Thanks to Sharon Tucker

FULL STORY: New Montgomery is a stately link to San Jose heritage

Sunday, August 22, 2004 in The Mercury News

History / Preservation California

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