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Strawberry Creek Plaza: City votes tomorrow
Berkeley City Council will vote tomorrow, Tuesday, on whether to make official a proposal to transform Center Street between Oxford and Shattuck into a pedestrian-oriented public plaza which would see Strawberry Creek “daylighted” and, according to supporters of the plan, create a much-needed “heart” of Berkeley.
The vote takes place at Council Chambers and residents are encouraged to show up and show their support or otherwise.
The sustainable design proposals are by landscape designer and urbanist Walter Hood, principal of … Continue reading »
A possible future for Center Street
Following Berkeleyside’s coverage of the Streets and Open Space Improvement Plan yesterday, San Francisco Chronicle architecture critic John King hailed one potential element in today’s paper. He looks at the work that Walter Hood and his practice Hood Design have done on Center Street:
[Hood] treats the block as pedestrian terrain, the rigid 13-foot climb to the campus given a fluid topographical form. The pavement would be permeable to rainfall and part in two spots, an … Continue reading »
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