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Sheltering Wing

Sheltering Wing is a work of art in , . Sheltering Wing is situated nearby to , as well as near .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Heinlenville Park and San Jose Betsuin Buddhist Temple.

Park
Heinlenville was a Chinese-American ethnic enclave in . Established in 1887 and demolished in 1931, it was the last and longest-lasting of San Jose's five Chinatowns.

Buddhist temple
Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Heritage site
Photo: David Sawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a heritage site, which is situated 920 feet south of Sheltering Wing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Japantown and Luna Park.

Suburb
Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, commonly known as J Town, is a historic cultural district of , north of Downtown San Jose. Historically a center for San Jose's Japanese American and Chinese American communities, San Jose's is one of only three Japantowns that still exist in the United States, alongside and .

Suburb
is a neighborhood in . It is bounded by Old Oakland Road/13th Street, Berryessa Road/Highway 101 and North 17th Street. It is named after the amusement park built by Audley Ingersoll's of Ingersoll's Amusement and financed by the San Jose Street Car Company as a way of bringing more customers to the area.

Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Often called "the capital of ", is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in , and the 12th largest city in the United States, with a population of over 997,000 residents as of 2024.

Sheltering Wing

Latitude
37.35046° or 37° 21′ 2″ north
Longitude
-121.8938° or 121° 53′ 38″ west
Inception
2021
Height
19 feet (5.8 metres)
Open location code
849W9424+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11256177415
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prayer Garden Church of God and Filipino Community Center.

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