• Mayfair Community Center showcasing a Cesar Chavez memorial walkway sign in front of center.
  • Los Laureles dancers
  • Aztec dancer performing at the Mexican Heritage Plaza
  • A mural highlighting Mayfair, Community of Peace
  • Cesar Chavez's home in San Jose featuring a plaque, San Jose Historic Landmark #98
  • A mural of Cesar Chavez across from the community center.
  • Exterior view of the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose's Mayfair neighborhood

Mayfair

Discover the Mayfair neighborhood of San Jose, which served as an important region in California history and was home to labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez from 1948 to 1962. One block from his house, Cesar Chavez organized at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church – a National Historic Landmark.

Visitors can pay homage to Cesar Chavez by visiting these sites and walking along the Cesar Chavez Memorial Walkway, which highlights seven locations along the five-mile route from the Plaza de Cesar Chavez in downtown to the East Side’s Mexican Heritage Plaza. The walkway is marked with simple, olive-colored signs bearing his image.

a mural of Cesar Chavez

 

Mayfair's Mexican Heritage Plaza not only serves as a stopping point on the walk, but the community gathering space hosts several annual events like Calpulli Tonalehqueh and a yearly Dia de Los Muertos celebration in early November. 
 

Aztec dancers performing around palm trees in the garden at the Mexican Heritage Plaza
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