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Tag Archives: Berkeley downtown
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 Forum, SOSIP is focused on making neighborhoods more pedestrian and bike friendly, with well-maintained streets, wider sidewalks, calmer traffic and … Continue reading »
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UC drops plans for Toyo Ito-designed museum
UC Berkeley has abandoned its plan to construct a new $143m Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive downtown designed by “starchitect” Toyo Ito.
Read the full story in today’s Chronicle.
[Photo: Photo: Kuramochi / Jeanne Collins & Assoc.]
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