Berkeley

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Berkeley 
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city in Alameda County, California, United States
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Instance ofcity,
college town,
Sanctuary city
Named after
LocationAlameda County, United States of America
Head of government
Inception1866
Population
  • 112,580 (2010)
Area
  • 45.821691 square kilometre
Elevation above sea level
  • 52 ±1 metre
official website
Authority control
VIAF ID: 234979654
GND ID: 4005720-3
OSM relation ID: 2833528
Wikidata

37° 52′ 13.08″ N, 122° 16′ 05.16″ W

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English: Berkeley is a city in Alameda County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is home to the University of California, Berkeley, and a major center for numerous cultural and political movements, including the Free Speech Movement, modern folk music, California Cuisine, the Hippie movement, Punk Rock, environmentalism, LGBT rights, marijuana legalization, anti-psychiatry, New Age spirituality, organic foods, the Arts and Crafts and Craftsman Movements, DIY culture and others.

Cityscapes and buildings[edit]

  • View of the city of Berkeley and the UCB campus from hills in the east of it

  • Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley

  • Peet's Coffee and Tea, original store on Vine Street in North Berkeley

  • Chez Panisse restaurant on Shattuck avenue in North Berkeley

  • Sather Tower, Campus of UC Berkeley

  • Berkeley BART station, downtown

  • Detail, Berkeley Public Library

  • Berkeley Repertory Theatre

  • Chamber of Commerce Building

  • Charles HolBrook Library

  • Old City Hall building

  • Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

  • First Church of Christ, Scientist

  • Golden Sheaf Bakery building

  • Hearst Greek Theatre

  • Detail, Masonic Temple

  • New Spirit Community Church

  • Tupper and Reed Building

  • Entrance, U.S. Post Office

  • Memorial, Veterans Building

  • YMCA Building

  • St. John's Presbyterian Church

  • Old Berkeley High School building

  • Scharffen Berger Chocolates

Culture and history[edit]

  • Phi Delta Theta from 1915.

  • Berkeley Fire, 1923

  • Garments for Berkeley School Children, 1940

  • Caffe Med

  • 924 Gilman, Punk Rock music venue

  • Codornices Creek

  • Strawberry Creek, painting by Edwin Deakin

  • Berkeley tree sitters

  • Police and protesters, Marine Recruiting protests

  • Fantasy Studios

  • Berkeley Marina

  • Detail, Thorsen House

  • Chant, Ohlone People, Poetry Walk

  • The Tempest (excerpt), Shakespeare, Poetry Walk

  • Pedestrian bridge, Aquatic Park

  • Subway Guitars

  • DIY jungle gym, ca 1960s

  • Merry-Go-Round

See also[edit]

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