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    Telegraph Avenue

    3.5 (61 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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    Holy Hubert the evangelist.  Holy Hubert is in Sproul Plaza, just steps away from the northern end of Telegraph Avenue.  Photo taken in 1970
    Tom B.

    Telegraph Avenue is one of the main streets in Berkeley, CA. At the northern terminus of Telegraph, is the U.C. Berkeley campus. In contrast, the southern terminus is near Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland. In the middle section, that is, from Ashby Avenue on southwards to the Route 580 overpass, one finds one of the least attractive and most dirty parts of all California. For many students at U.C. Berkeley, Telegraph provides a land-of-enchantment, where finds the legendary Moe's book store, with its facinating collection of books that concern art, photography, history, music, and literature, where the literature includes Julia "the Bubble Lady" Vinograd's poetry books. CUISINE. On Telegraph, one finds intriguing cuisine from many lands, for example, Ethiopia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, India, Vietnam, and Germany. By "German cuisine" I am referring of course to Top Dog, with a selection of sausages that includes bratwurst, bockwurst, kielbasa (Pollish), calabrese (Italian), and hot links (Lousiana). Regarding Ethiopian cuisine, we find Finfine located at 2556 Telegraph Avenue. At this address, we find a charming enclosed courtyard with a dozen restaurants and shops. RIOTS AND PASTORALE ACTIVITIES ON TELEGRAPH. My experiences with Telegraph Avenue began in September 1969, as a student at U.C. My very first record album purchase was from "Discount Price Records" on Telegraph, and the album contained Bela Bartok's Divertimento for Strings. At that time, I did some street photography, and I've posted some of my black'n'white photographs here. The photos include anti-war riots and accompanying mayhem, provided by the courtesy of mindless children wanting to get into the act. My photos also provide more pastorale images of friendly crowds from days when upper Telegraph Avenue was closed to traffic for the afternoon. THE DAY L.B.J. DIED. My photos include a street person holding up a newspaper. He had just stolen a newspaper from the newspaper stand. By coincidence, I had my camera and I snapped his photo. The street person complained that I'd taken his picture, and so I stated that I was only taking a picture of Shakespeare book store across the street on Telegraph Avenue. I was not sure why the street person had taken the newspaper, and I was not sure why he was so happy about the newspaper. However, about 40 years later, when I decided to get this negative scanned (I'd never printed it in my darkroom at home), I realized that the street person was in a happy state because the headlines proclaimed that L.B.J. had died. You can see my photo of the jubilant street person.

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    The Campanile - The Campanile on the left, part of the skyline I viewed from my office (August 2015).

    The Campanile

    4.6(94 reviews)
    0.4 miUC Area

    My classmates and I finally crossed one thing off our bucket list - traveling to the top of the…read morecampanile for one of the best views in the Bay! As students, we were able to visit for free; non-student tickets are only $6. Upon arrival, we waited in line for about 5 minutes for the elevator ride. Once inside the elevator, a friendly student gave us a quick history of the Campanile - all within the span of the 60 second elevator ride. We took a few short flights of stairs up to the top and were met with 360 degrees of breathtaking views. It was a clear day, and we could see as far as the Golden Gate Bridge. If you time your visit right, you can maybe catch one of the music performances. After we'd enjoyed the view for about 15 minutes, we took the elevator back down. I'd highly recommend a trip to the Campanile - it's the second tallest free-standing clock tower in the world!

    UC Berkeley's Capanile, i.e. Sather Tower, completed in 1915, is said to be the second-tallest…read morefreestanding clock and bell tower in the world. We took a little stroll around the tower to listen to a charming carillon performance at 2pm on a Sunday, and for $5 we rode up an elevator and climbed a couple steep flights of stairs to catch the amazing 20-mile view from the 500-foot-high observation deck. Just lovely. Relaxing. They have 10-minute recitals Mon-Sat at 7:50am, 12pm, and 6pm, a 45-minute show Sundays at 2pm, (Oct 2025), and occasional evening practices. We used visitor parking a 10min walk away at Sproul Garage, and there's some disabled parking at the north edge of the greenspace esplanade around the tower.

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    The Campanile - Just outside da tower

    Just outside da tower

    The Campanile - Da lobby

    Da lobby

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    Artistic Picture Framing - This print features a fabric mat float mount to maintain full visibility, fillet and museum glass

    Artistic Picture Framing

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    I had a framed artwork that broke when it fell and hit the ground. It was a fairly clean break,…read morealong the side joints, but some of the wood framing had chipped. I called four framing shops but none would touch a repair. It was a very large piece and I didn't want to spend $1-2K on a redo. Artistic Picture Framing agreed. It took 3 days, just over $100, and it looks good as new. Amazing!

    This review is long overdue. Thank you Artistic Picture Framing for your care, precision, time, and…read moreattention to detail. Rodolfo truly is a joy to work with and is so knowledgable about his craft. Couldn't have pictured (love a good pun) working with anyone else for the first framed piece in our son's nursery. While at a community holiday fare, we bought a super cool piece of art from a local vendor of a map of El Cerrito which includes my husband's work site. It's playful, colorful, and full of joy. After utilizing the Yelp app to find a framing company close by, we found Artistic Picture Framing. After meeting the crew in-person, we knew we were in the right hands. We worked with Rodolfo on choosing the right colors for the piece and chatted about becoming parents, the nursery we were building, and the magic we were hoping to encompass and build around from this staple piece. He captured truly what we were looking for at an affordable rate. Looking forward to utilizing this service for future art, so happy with the outcome!

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    Artistic Picture Framing - A large, cream-colored outer mat is used to draw focus, followed by a thin blue inner mat that complements the cool tones of the mountains

    A large, cream-colored outer mat is used to draw focus, followed by a thin blue inner mat that complements the cool tones of the mountains

    Artistic Picture Framing - Shadowbox, opening mat with fillet, museum glazing, linen mat

    Shadowbox, opening mat with fillet, museum glazing, linen mat

    Artistic Picture Framing - Silk mat with fillet, Roma moulding and museum glazing

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    Silk mat with fillet, Roma moulding and museum glazing

    Sather Gate - Many halls (LeConte, Barrows and others) have lost building designations because they had questionable pasts.  Slaves, etc.  Is Sather next?

    Sather Gate

    4.4(5 reviews)
    0.3 miUC Area

    I've never heard of Sather Gate until Saturday. We had some free time in Berkeley, so we took some…read moretime to tour the Berkeley. The Sather Gate is a very nice arch on the Berkeley campus. Soon as you get on Campus you will see the student store, keep walking towards the center of campus, then you will see the student center and the Amazon center where you can pick up and return packages. To the left you will see Strawberry Creek and the little waterfall and the trickling creek. Now look up and you will see Sather Gate. We got some nice pictures under it. It's a real tourist attractions. It seemed that 50% of the people walking under it on a Saturday in June were talking selfies. School is out of session so there isn't many people on campus. There may be summer school going on. We also see several parents with their kids on campus taking tours.

    When I was foot commuting to Sprout Hall for work in the Graduate Division while attending the…read moreUniversity of California, Berkeley the Sather Gate was on one of my two main routes when going to Sproul from my office in McCone Hall. I liked the green of the gate, it helped capture my attention and was more of a sea green, so not as far away from the school colors, blue and yellow, as a rainforest green. Depending on the time of day and the season, traffic thru the gate could be quite high. It could be quite the picture-taking hotspot. Sproul Plaza could have booths and performers/demonstrators/protestors. So, depending on the happenings in the plaza I might physically pivot and take a different path for approach to the building. I gauged whether I would be turning by the end of bridge before the gate (approaching from the north), so in that sense Sather Gate became a reminder to myself to check my surroundings and physical safety.

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    Sather Gate - Sather Gate on a cloudy day in 2017/2018.

    Sather Gate on a cloudy day in 2017/2018.

    Sather Gate
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