A magnetic micro in Alviso, bring a writing stick along. Construction trucks may be a nuisance sometimes.
Here you are in the middle of Alviso's historic district. Once this was the transportation center for the South Bay, the endpoint of stage and steamer lines. Think about that when you are in traffic on 237. Could we bring the ferries back? VTA access is via bus route 59.
Look around a bit. To the north is the Alviso Marina county park and the old Bayside Cannery, to the south is the South Bay Yacht Club. Across the street is John Ortley's Union Warehouse: a building that has played several roles in the history of Alviso, most notably as part of Thomas Chew's Bayside Cannery. A little bit east is the original Southern Pacific station, and ironically the arrival of railroads hastened the demise of Alviso as a shipping point.
For a bit more information about the people who lived here their lives and works, walk about a bit and check out the marker plaques. You can also refer online to:
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/5views/5views3h6.htm
https://alpharoaming.com/2014/06/28/alviso/
VTA bus route 59 ends just a few blocks away, and connects to VTA Green and Orange light rail lines as well as Caltrain and ACE rail. Transfer from route 20 to get here from the Milpitas BART station
Congratulations to HL902 for FTF honors.