Silicon Alleys: Old Chestnut | Metroactive
January 27, 2021 by Gary Singh OLD MEETS NEW: The Chestnut Industrial Center and the neighborhood around it feel like '50s San Jose meets present day. Photo by Gary Singh In a green color like freeway signage, the placard says Chestnut Industrial Center. Splotches of faded primer barely conceal the graffiti. Other, unidentified materials drip down the front of the sign, as if someone threw garbage at it. I arrive at this sign after segueing off Coleman Avenue onto Asbury Street, which then dead-ends at Chestnut Street, centering me as I launch into one of San Jose's most picturesque industri...