Work begins (really!) at Haste, Telegraph for UC Berkeley grad student dorm
Many doubted it would ever come to pass, but construction work has started at the long-vacant lot at Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue in Southside Berkeley.
Real Estate
Officials overturn landmark designation for UC Berkeley’s Campanile Way
A several-year effort to designate Campanile Way as a city landmark hit a major bump last month when the City Council reversed a decision by the Landmarks Preservation Commission to do just this.
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Neighbors rally against planned beach volleyball courts on UC Berkeley’s Clark Kerr campus
UC Berkeley wants to upgrade the sand volleyball courts to comply with Title IX regulations, but some neighbors say that will conflict with covenants the university agreed to.
Architecture
Recent Stories
Redlining: The history of Berkeley’s segregated neighborhoods
The reason African Americans and other minorities mostly live in South and West Berkeley can be traced back to government-supported racist housing practices.
Berkeley home buyers scoff at gutted duplex asking $1.1 million
A gutted duplex in North Berkeley does not draw the same kind of excitement as similar structures in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
2902 Adeline housing project forges ahead after South Berkeley land deal, lawsuit
Developers of a six-story, 50-unit housing complex on Adeline are moving forward with plans, having bought the project property and won a lawsuit brought by neighbors last year.
End of an era: Berkeley’s Pacific Steel Casting shuts down after 84 years
The closure of the city’s last big “smokestack” factory means the end of well-paid union jobs. But it also means neighbors will no longer be bothered by a ‘burnt pot handle’ smell.
Developers drop controversial Fourth Street project, hand it over to owners
The application for a housing complex on the Spenger’s parking lot — which has faced opposition from Native American activists — is now in the property owners’ hands.
