21.5.2024ff, ♣ Berkeley, incl. Pathways & People’s Park

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Selected highlights:

• Berkeley Pathways (pedestrian paths); Berkeley Rose Garden; Codornices Park
• People’s Park: undergoing major transition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Park_(Berkeley): … a plot of land … owned by the University of California, Berkeley … a symbol during the radical political activism of the late 1960s … established itself in the early 1970s as a de facto public park before it was closed off in January 2024. The City of Berkeley declared it a historical and cultural landmark in 1984 … UC Berkeley plans to build 1,100 new units of student housing and 125 units of supportive housing for homeless people on the site …
• Former Dwight-Derby Married Student Housing.

People’s Park undergoing transition:

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Food & coffee notes: Berkeley Bowl (2 locations, incl. Berkeley Bowl West, 920 Heinz Ave.), Cheeseboard (1504 Shattuck; Worker owned co-op since 1971); Caffé Strada (2300 College Av. – started in 1989); original Peet’s Coffee (Vine & Walnut Street; www.peets.com: Alfred Peet wasn’t trying to start a coffee revolution when he set up shop in 1966 in Berkeley, CA. He just thought Americans deserved a real cup of coffee …), La Val’s Pizza (Euclid Av.), Gather (2200 Oxford Str.).