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Last vacant lot on landmarked Greenwood Common is for sale
The site, known for its mid-century homes, isn't under protective status, but current residents hope the new owner will “be respectful and honor the Common.”
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Landmarking fails for 130-year-old Berkeley house in passionate debate over...
Those in favor spoke about the house's beauty and charm, but others raised the issue of a Bay Area housing crisis and exclusionary neighborhoods.
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City Council won’t preserve 132-year-old North Berkeley house, paving the way...
The developer will build 10 townhouses at 1915 Berryman St. after it was determined it didn't warrant landmark status.
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Update: Change in Berkeley law not needed to landmark the childhood home of...
The city may adjust its laws in order to landmark the Bancroft Way home the vice-president lived in as a child.
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Push to landmark Kamala Harris’ home fizzles out
The current owners of the home are concerned landmarking will disrupt the neighborhood.
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After failed landmarking, Berryman triplex to become 4-story townhouses
The home was built 132 years ago but wasn't deemed worthy of landmark status.
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New bioresearch hub is sculpted from UC Berkeley’s brutalist former art museum
The Bakar BioEnginuity Hub will open in February 2022 in the bunker-like concrete building on Bancroft Way, once home to the Berkeley Art Museum.
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Group asks Cal to preserve century-old buildings, once home to historic girls...
The Anna Head School opened in 1892. Now a group of historians, architects and contractors wants to work with UC Berkeley to preserve some of the school's decrepit buildings.
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As owners move to sell the California Theatre, fans try to save it
An unidentified prospective buyer has plans to "transform" the 108-year-old California Theatre, one of its owners says.
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Proposal for California Theatre would keep facade, add high-rise housing
A proposal to build "approximately 15 stories" of new housing behind the theater's facade cleared an early hurdle this month.
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Remembering Christopher Adams, Berkeley architect who designed UC Merced campus
After retiring from the University of California Office of the President, he served on the boards of BAHA and the Berkeley Library foundation and chaired the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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Theater building eyed for housing is not a landmark, commission decides
A Berkeley commission voted Thursday to declare the facade of the former United Artists theater a landmark, but turned down a request to do the same for the rest of the building.
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