San Jose’s Little Italy is getting a street renamed in its honor, but not everyone in the neighborhood is happy.
The City Council on Tuesday will vote on renaming part of North Almaden Boulevard “Little Italy Way,” which is not the street the historic Italian American neighborhood originally preferred. The area’s nonprofit advocacy group had pushed for West St. John Street, the district’s main drag, but that stretch will instead become “Shark’s Way” after city leaders apparently favored their marquee hockey team in the race to shape the identity of downtown’s western gateway.
Little Italy San Jose President Joshua DeVincenzi Melander, who steered an initial application to get West St. John Street earlier this year, is facing outcry from some business owners in the area. Melander said his group’s name erroneously appeared on the more recent Sharks application to give “Little Italy Way” to North Almaden Boulevard…