Downtown San Jose gets a much-needed dose of ‘retail therapy’

It’s no secret that retail shopping has been a weak spot in downtown San Jose for decades. There have been a few success stories that have been exceptions, and one has certainly been the Moment pop-up shops that were installed on the ground floor of the Market Street garage facing San Pedro Square a few years ago.

So it was really encouraging Friday to see the San Jose Downtown Association expand that program with Moment San Pedro, two storefronts on the Paseo de San Antonio between Third...