Fresh yarn decorates the bike racks outside Berkeley’s North Branch Library. Photo: Streetcolor Fresh yarn decorates the bike racks outside Berkeley’s North Branch Library. Photo: Streetcolor Some stories do have happy endings. Readers may remember in April when something of a brouhaha erupted over the “yarnbombing” of a bicycle rack outside Berkeley’s North Branch Library. Local […]
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Berkeley library not thrilled about yarnbombing
Now you see it… now you don't: these knitted covers made by yarnbomber Streetcolor for the new bike racks outside the newly reopened North Branch of the Berkeley Public Library were removed almost as soon as they were installed. Photo: Streetcolor One creative contribution to the newly reopened North Branch Library was not seen by […]
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Where in Berkeley? Valentine’s Special
Update: 4:58 pm: Ta da! We have a winner! Alan Aki correctly guessed four of the photos above at 10:42 am this morning. He will be the lucky recipient of a box of bon-bon chocolates from Casa Des Chocolates. Congratulations Alan. Thanks to all those who played today. And here are the answers: 1. Tennis […]
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A yarn-bombed seat on the Berkeley-San Francisco BART
Just as BART is considering how to design new seats for its trains — including what covers to use — local yarnbomber Streetcolor has come up with a suggestion. Streetcolor, whose most recent major Berkeley installation was the looped bike rack outside the downtown Berkeley Public Library, said she wanted to knit “something really big and […]
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A squiggly bike rack gets a woolly makeover in Berkeley
On Saturday afternoon, another of Berkeley’s permanent structures was given a woolly makeover — as yarn-bombing artist Streetcolor and her assistant went to work on the bike rack in front of the former Black Oak Books store on Shattuck Avenue. A crowd gathered to watch the creation come to life, and Streetcolor tells us many […]
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Berkeley ‘street’ named for young boy killed by car
Berkeleyside has been following the evolution of the stop sign at the corner of Derby and Warring, where 5-year-old Zachary Michael Cruz was killed Feb. 27, 2009, while crossing the street. It was a terrible tragedy, one that continues to play out at the stop sign that has become a defacto memorial. In the year […]
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Memorial to 5-year-old revived
After the one-year anniversary of the death of five-year old Zachary Michael Cruz, who was hit by a car while crossing Warring Street at Derby in February 2009, the impromptu memorial to him went moribund. During the year leading up to the anniversary, family members and friends had been placing bouquets, balloons, toys, and photos […]
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Yarn bombers decorate Elmwood district
The yarn bombers descended into the Elmwood district on Monday and left behind some colorful decorations. They also put yarn wraps around the Rose Garden last week. For more photos, look here. The artist who calls herself Streetcolor said these yarn sculptures were inspired by the work of a glass artist named Klaus Moje. “I […]
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Inside the mind of an (anonymous) yarn bomber
Post with knitted cover by Streetcolor on Fourth Street. Photo: Streetcolor. Berkeleyside has been following the city’s yarn bombing movement since May when KnittaPlease conducted a stealth knitting operation on a piece of public art on the Berkeley-Oakland border. Another anonymous graffiti knitter, Streetcolor, has emerged more recently and focuses on covering sign- and lamp-posts, mostly […]
