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Berkeley, a Look Back: Ground broken for southside library branch (opens the original)
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A century ago, on Oct. 1, 1926, “despite rain, ground was broken today as scheduled on the site of the new branch of the Berkeley Public Library to be built in South Berkeley on the corner of Grove and Woolsey streets. All contracts have been let and construction will begin immediately,” the Berkeley Daily Gazette reported. “The building, which promises to be one of the most attractive in the city, will be modeled after the Spanish type of architecture.” Originally the South Berkeley Library, th
Berkeley, a Look Back: Cornerstone is laid for new Odd Fellows Temple (opens the original)
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On Sept. 20, 1926, a ceremony was held to lay the cornerstone for Berkeley’s new Odd Fellows Temple at Bancroft Way and Fulton Street on the edge of what is now the city’s downtown. The three-story building still stands today, a century later. The Berkeley Daily Gazette reported that the cornerstone included 1893 and 1926 photographs of the group’s previous building, newspaper articles and numerous pieces of local Odd Fellow memorabilia, including membership rosters and bylaws. The new building
Berkeley, a Look Back: Historic fire’s anniversary commemorated in 1926 (opens the original)
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A century ago this week, Sept. 17, 1926, was the third anniversary of the Berkeley’s 1923 fire that destroyed more than 600 structures on the city’s northside. The anniversary was commemorated with a community luncheon attended by “more than 200 prominent citizens.” Reports were made on progress “for coordinating city departments, the university and the Red Cross in time of disaster,” the Berkeley Daily Gazette reported that day. Elsewhere, the newspaper noted that more than $3.7 million had bee
Berkeley, a Look Back: Paper in 1926 urges buying land for civic center (opens the original)
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A century ago, on Sept. 15, 1926, the Berkeley Daily Gazette published an editorial about the prospects for a Civic Center block in downtown Berkeley. “Some day — no one can say when — the city of Berkeley will purchase for a civic center the property bounded by Grove, Center, Milvia and Allston Way,” the paper editorialized. “It may not be this year or for five years hence, but it is inevitable and the longer it is put off the more we will pay for the land and the greater the cost of its develo
Berkeley, a Look Back: Crowds travel out of town for Labor Day 1926 (opens the original)
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A century ago in 1926, “crowds of Berkeleyans were leaving the city this afternoon to take advantage of the Labor Day holidays at weekend resorts, the state fair and in the country, while other thousands were prepared to enter the East Bay cities from San Francisco in celebrating of Labor Day exercises.” Some of those were taking advantage of a double holiday during the week. First, there was the Labor Day weekend, followed by a Thursday holiday celebrating California Admission Day, commemoratin
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