Why Berkeley? On Monday July 20 at 7 p.m. at the new Books Inc. on Shattuck Avenue a group of people who should know will answer just that question. Photo: Daniel Parks The Berkeley that Malcolm Margolin settled in in 1970 is different than the Berkeley that exists today. That was a time when people […]
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Locals, city fight on to stop sale of Berkeley post office
A sculpture by David Slivka in the loggia of the downtown Berkeley post office which the USPS plans to put up for sale despite opposition from city government and a group of local campaigners. Photo: courtesy Gray Brechin A sculpture by David Slivka in the loggia of the downtown Berkeley post office which the USPS […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
A sample from one of the past annual Sketchcrawls. One is coming to Berkeley for the first time on Friday. Image: Sketchcrawl 1ST ANNUAL WEST COAST URBAN SKETCHERS’ SKETCHCRAWL The inaugural Sketchcrawl started in San Francisco in 2004, but in its nine years of global expansion – from France to South Korea to Texas – […]
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Rally held to protest sale of Berkeley’s main Post Office
Protesters held a rally outside downtown Berkeley’s main post office Wednesday to make clear their opposition to its sale. Photo: Kaia Diringer Protesters held a rally outside downtown Berkeley’s main post office Wednesday to make clear their opposition to its sale. Photo: Kaia Diringer Several dozen people gathered outside the downtown Berkeley post office Wednesday to protest […]
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Developer eyes Berkeley’s historic post office
The interior of the Main Post Office at 2000 Allston Way. It is landmarked on the National Register of Historic Places. Photo: Charlotte Wayne. While the City Council unanimously passed a declaration Tuesday night asking the United States Postal Service not to sell Berkeley’s Main Post Office, an award-winning developer who specializes in historic properties […]
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Dozens rally to save Berkeley’s historic post office
About 100 people gathered outside the main Berkeley post office to protests its planned sale. Photo: Charlotte Wayne Dozens of people carrying banners and outrage turned up at the Main Post Office on Allston Way Tuesday evening, to rally against its planned sale and celebrate its “almost 100th” birthday. Holding signs that read “Stop the […]
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Historic urns restored in Berkeley’s Thousand Oaks
One of the two newly installed urns, at Great Stone Face Park. Photo: Ira Serkes By Jane Tierney Some things are a hundred years in the making. On Saturday, a dedication will be held to celebrate the restoration of three giant urns, signature features of the Thousand Oaks neighborhood, which were originally installed in the early 1900s. […]
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Excavating Berkeley’s New Deal past
On Wednesday, Gray Brechin will give a talk entitled “A New Deal for the East Bay: Excavating the Buried Civilization of the Great Depression” in which the historical geographer will look at how New Deal public work agencies put thousands of men and women to work to transform Berkeley and its sister cities within less […]
