Drivers conquer downtown San Jose for Viva CalleSJ

Six miles of San Jose streets were closed to cars and open to bicycles, pedestrians, joggers and skateboarders on Sunday for the third edition of Viva CalleSJ this 12 months.

The route, called “Parks to Roses,” stretched from Roosevelt Park at Santa Clara and nineteenth Street through downtown to the Municipal Rose Garden and Japantown. The event lasted from 10 a.m. to three p.m.

Text by Sal Pizarro, the total story may be found here.

Participants in Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” walk up and down East St. John Street in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
L Lin of Santa Clara participates along with her children Victor, 4, and Matilda, 6, in Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Participants push their bikes down Jackson Street in San Jose, Calif., during Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Professional BMX rider Jacob Thiem, with Robert Castillo's BMX freestyle team, does a bunny jump over five people at Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” in front of the San Jose City Hall rotunda in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
El Viento, above, of Revolution Wrestling, attempts to leap on Kid Lynx on the corner of Alameda and Race Street during Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” in San Jose, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. Although El Viento misses that jump, he ultimately wins the fight. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
A bicyclist rides south on North 4th Street during Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
A “Parks to Roses” sign by Viva CalleSJ in front of the rose garden on Naglee Avenue in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
People watch Robert Castillo's BMX freestyle team perform outside the San Jose City Hall rotunda in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
People watch Robert Castillo's BMX freestyle team perform outside the San Jose City Hall rotunda in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Professional BMX rider Anthony Napolitan does a trick with Robert Castillo's BMX freestyle team during Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” in front of the San Jose City Hall Rotunda in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Participants in Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” turn the corner at East Santa Clara Street and North 4th Street in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
A driver and his dog ride west on East St. John Street during Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in downtown San Jose, Calif. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Brodie, 6, a rescue dog, hangs together with his father, Phil Delgadillo of San Jose, along Jackson Street during Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Participants in Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” walk up and down East St. John Street in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Professional BMX rider Jacob Thiem does somersaults with Robert Castillo's BMX freestyle team during Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” in front of the San Jose City Hall rotunda in downtown San Jose, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
People have a look at the merchandise tents at Viva CalleSJ's “Parks to Roses” in front of the Rose Garden on Naglee Avenue in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

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