Moe’s Books: serving Berkeley since 1959. Photo: Nacio Jan Brown This article is brought to you by the Bay Area Book Festival. Fill in the blank: B–k. Maybe you read “Book.” Or possibly your mind extrapolated a bit and thought “Berkeley.” Berkeley means books. There have been terrible losses: Cody’s (can it actually be eight years?), Shakespeare […]
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Cityscape: A Berkeley theater that’s a show unto itself
The Berkeley Community Theater as seen from inside the campus of Berkeley High School. Inside are the 575-seat Florence Schwimley Little Theater and the 3,500 seat main hall. Photo: John King By John King Strict planning dogma says this pair of theaters serving Berkeley High School should be deadly, since they turn their back to […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Body Time’s Telegraph store is designed to set a new style for the chain. Photo: Lance Knobel Body Time’s Telegraph store is designed to set a new style for the chain. Photo: Lance Knobel BACK IN TIME Body Time, which was founded 42 years ago on Telegraph Avenue, has found its way back to its roots […]
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Fourth Street merchants look forward to new Apple store
Construction site of the new Apple store on Fourth Street: The steel structure includes a partial second floor at the back. Photo: Niclas Ericsson By Niclas Ericsson The Apple store that will open on Fourth Street later this year is welcomed by neighboring merchants, who are hoping it will bring more shoppers to the area. They hope it might […]
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Accident at Berkeley Apple store red-tags two businesses
One wall on the Apple construction site (top right) can be seen leaning against the neighboring building which houses Builders Booksource and Another Planet Entertainment. Photos: Tracey Taylor. The semi-collapse of two walls at the site of Berkeley’s emerging new Apple store on Fourth Street at 10am this morning led to a call-out for the Berkeley […]
