On January 28, Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustment Board approved an application to build a new home at 2707 Rose Street (rendering above). The application was made by Mitchell Kapor, the founder of Lotus Development Corporation, and would involve the demolition of a 2,477 sq ft home and three outbuildings currently on the property. Below, Gary Parsons explains [...]
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Bates downtown plan approved
The Berkeley City Council last night approved on an 8-1 vote Mayor Tom Bates’ revised plan for downtown. Prior to that vote, the council had unanimously voted to rescind the Downtown Area Plan which was approved last July in a 7-2 vote. The only objection to the new plan was from Councilmember Jesse Arreguin, whose [...]
Revised downtown plan put to vote
The main issue on the agenda of tonight’s City Council meeting will be the fate of the Downtown Area Plan (DAP). Passed by the council last July in a 7-2 vote, the plan allowed for some taller buildings in the downtown core, but met resistance from both opponents of greater density and those advocating stronger [...]
A green, pedestrian-friendly vision for Downtown
On Saturday Berkeley citizens were given a taste of how their fair city might become quite a bit fairer when the people behind the Streets and Open Space Improvement Plan (SOSIP) held an open house to present a number of possible scenarios to prettify the downtown area.
Not to be confused with the Downtown Area Plan [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 2.05.10
Cardoons are underrated: Michael Bauer scoffs some at Gather [Chronicle]
Fears for funding of Berkeley Adult School under new budget [Planet]
Berkeley tenants protest loss of public housing [Housing Research]
The View from Berkeley: by artist Leslie Saeta [Painting is my Passion]
[Photo: Graffiti on Fourth Street by Тощин/Berkeleyside Flickr pool]
Berkeley Art Museum plans to revamp printing plant
The Berkeley Art Museum is looking at recycling one of Berkeley’s 1930s building after plans to build a new museum, designed by “starchitect” Toyo Ito at an estimated cost of up to $200m, were scuppered for lack of funds.
The Architect’s Newspaper reports that the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive is considering revamping the 1939 printing [...]
Saving Berkeley High’s Old Gymnasium: A proposal
Berkeleyside exclusive: The Old Gymnasium on the Berkeley High School campus, a landmarked building originally designed by William Hays, has fallen into disrepair — see slideshow above — and the School District is suggesting it be demolished. Noted Berkeley architect Henrik Bull has a different suggestion:
It is easy to understand why the School Board of [...]
Have your say on the future of the Albany waterfront
Neighboring Albany is engaged in a comprehensive public process to look at the future of its waterfront, called Voices to Vision. Next Tuesday night, the program is looking for the views of non-Albany residents. Since the Eastshore State Park runs through Berkeley and Albany, and part of the land on which the troubled Golden Gate [...]
Plans for Safeway on Shattuck
Emunah Hauser writes:
The Shattuck Safeway community meeting Monday night at the East Bay JCC on Walnut Street was low-key. Visualizations of the latest plan were displayed around the room. Safeway representatives were available for questions, comments and conversation.
The plan will be submitted to the city by the end of the week.
The current plan includes:
17,000 sq [...]
Ferry plans forge ahead
According to a story in today’s Chronicle, Berkeley is moving ahead with plans for a new ferry terminal, despite protests from some quarters, after the City Council approved preliminary plans for a $57 million terminal south of the Berkeley Pier.
Read more here.
[Photo: Tai-Ran Tseng / Water Emergency Trans Authority]
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