A field in Tilden? No — it’s the roof of the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in downtown Berkeley. Photo: Eden Teller A field in Tilden? No — it’s the roof of the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in downtown Berkeley. Photo: Eden Teller There’s a secret green side to Berkeley, one that is not visible from […]
Berkeley Teen Center
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Berkeley buildings are winners in architecture awards
The YMCA-PG&E Teen Center in downtown Berkeley, designed by Noll & Tam Architects, was a winner in the AIASF awards The San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects recently announced the winners of its 2012 Design Awards, and four Berkeley projects were awarded in the progam, from a total of 26 across the Bay […]
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Sustainable, stylish, affirming: Berkeley’s Teen Center
“This isn’t a building for long-time Berkeleyans to reminisce about the Free Speech Movement or the history of Chez Panisse. It’s for a segment of the population that too often is viewed as a nuisance and threat — and in a location that by its visibility affirms that teenagers belong to our society as a whole.” So […]
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Coming soon: A 3-story mural painted by city’s youth
Next Saturday June 4th [not Monday June 6th as previously — erroneously — reported] will see the unveiling of Berkeley’s freshest mural, a collaborative effort by Berkeley City College students and teenagers from the city’s recently opened YMCA-PG&E Teen Center. It will also be one of the city’s largest murals. Work has been ongoing on the three-story […]
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New Berkeley teen center opens its doors
YMCA-PG&E Teen Center. Teens in Berkeley will now have a new place to hang out after school. The YMCA-PG&E Teen Center, a joint project that took an abandoned building and turned it into a new downtown center for youth, will officially open its doors today. The “Get Amped” open house will be held from 6:30 […]
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New Teen Center in the running for $250K grant
The Berkeley Teen Center, which broke ground earlier this month on the corner of Center and MLK, has been nominated as a possible candidate to win a $250,000 Pepsi Challenge Grant. The Berkeley-Albany YMCA center will provide programs and services in support of academic achievement, youth employment and career planning and leadership development for all teens, including those […]
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New Berkeley teen center breaks ground today
A new YMCA center for teenagers, which is receiving financial support from PG&E, will break ground today at 4:00pm at 2111 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. The event is open to the public and will feature remarks from Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, among others. The center, which was designed with the help of a taskforce […]
