The efforts to establish a bona fide Little Italy neighborhood in San Jose have leaped a major hurdle. All one-zillion of the required permits to construct a gateway arch on Julian Street in front of Paesano Ristorante are now signed off.

This is not as simple as it sounds because the intersection in question—North Almaden Avenue and Julian Street, just north of Henry's Hi-Life—is a major public right of way.

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Source: http://www.metroactive.com