Forgive me...my sense of direction might be screwed up here but as I recall, 17 runs from the Santa Clara valley east and west with LG being on the northern side of 17...at least, that’s how I remember it growing up there from 1963 to 1977....
17 is actually considered to go North/South, but I can see how you’d think otherwise. Los Gatos is on both sides of 17.
it can be viewed that way. many of us view it this way (right or wrong): downtown old Los Gatos on the Saratoga side of 17 and Blossom Hill neighborhood of Los Gatos on the San Jose side of 17.
how’s that?
some of us view 17 as running north and south (since it goes to Oakland on the north and Santa Cruz on the south).
if seen this way, then old downtown LG (Saratoga side) is west and Blossom Hill district (San Jose/Gilroy) side is east.
sort of anyway.
thanks