It’s the seventh year of Sunday Streets.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of June 7-9
Spend a very hot day outdoors at Sunday Streets, and catch some stories, songs and sports all weekend.
Tens of thousands enjoy car-free Sunday Streets
Sunday Streets brought out tens of thousands of people over the weekend. Photo: Nancy Rubin Tens of thousands of people took advantage of a car-free Shattuck Avenue on Sunday at the fourth annual Sunday Streets Berkeley. Cars were banned on the 2-mile stretch from Haste Street to Rose Street, and it was filled instead with musicians, […]
Photos: Berkeley revels in 3rd annual Sunday Streets
Photo: Gina g10 Sunday Streets was back in Berkeley for a third year this weekend, taking over Shattuck Avenue from Haste to Rose, and attracting thousands of strollers on what turned out to be a hot fall day. Several of our regular contributing photographers captured the day of festivities, which included song, dance, great food, yoga, games, cooking, […]
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Sunday Streets is back on a long stretch of Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley on Oct. 12. Photo: Alan Tobey SUNDAY STREETS Sunday Streets is back for a third year on Oct. 12, and it’s certainly the biggest event of the weekend, taking over Shattuck Avenue from Haste to Rose from 11 am to 5 pm. It’s a chance to […]
New festival turns Center Street into ‘fun central’
The first Eats, Beats and Brews on Oct. 13, 2013. The festival will be coming back every Sunday this June. Photo: Downtown Berkeley Association By Jasper Burget Every Sunday this June, Center Street in downtown Berkeley will become the site of the new Eats, Beats & Brews block party. The restaurant-laden part of the street between Shattuck and Oxford […]
Photos: Berkeley revels in car-free buzz of Sunday Streets
Photo: Nancy Rubin People turned out in their thousands for Berkeley’s second Sunday Streets. There is no doubt that this city likes to go auto-free. Berkeleyside contributing photographer Nancy Rubin was there. (If you haven’t already done so, check out Rubin’s new photo project, Humans of Berkeley and the Bay Area, launched on Berkeleyside last […]
The It List: 5 things to do in Berkeley this weekend
The Ohlone mural, which has been restored, will be rededicated on Saturday Oct. 12. Photo: William Newton OHLONE MURAL CEREMONY The city of Berkeley is holding a rededication ceremony to celebrate the restoration of the Ohlone Mural. The mural, which depicts the creation story of the Ohlone people who once inhabited the Bay Area, was originally painted […]
Sunday Streets returns to Berkeley for 2nd year on Oct. 13
The inaugural Sunday Streets in 2012 was such a success it’s back this year on Sunday, Oct. 13. Photo: Alan Tobey The inaugural Sunday Streets in 2012 was such a success it’s back this year on Sunday, Oct. 13. Photo: Alan Tobey By Eli Wolfe This weekend, thousands of local residents are expected to leave the […]
Council supports Sunday Streets, looks to find funds
Berkeley’s first Sunday Streets, which was held on Oct. 14, was deemed a big success. Photo: Alan Tobey Last October, Berkeley held a Sunday Streets event for the first time, and an estimated 40,000 people flocked to Shattuck Avenue to stroll, bike and skate the length of 17 blocks enjoying the car-free environment, al fresco […]
Berkeley happily abandons sidewalks for Sunday Streets
Thousands walked, cycled, and played on a mile-long stretch of Shattuck that was closed to traffic for five hours on Sunday. Photo: Tracey Taylor An estimated 30,000-40,000 people headed to Shattuck Avenue on Sunday for Berkeley’s first Sunday Streets event which saw 17 blocks, from Haste to Rose, closed to traffic and open to pretty […]
Shattuck Avenue goes car-free for 17 blocks on Sunday
Sunday Streets in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood attracts out pedestrians and cyclists. Photo: throgers/Creative Commons More than a mile of Berkeley’s Shattuck Avenue will be open to pedestrians, cyclists, roller-skaters, dancers, and kids on Sunday Oct. 14 — but not cars — as the city holds its first Sunday Streets event from 11 am through […]