Berkeley Official Visitors Guide 2008/2009 - (Page 2) » Credits Visit Berkeley 2008-09 is published by the Berkeley Convention & Visitors Bureau and Film Office 2015 Center St., Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 549-7040 • Fax (510) 644-2052 www.visitberkeley.com President: Barbara Hillman Sales Manager: April Walton Admin. Assistant: Adele Sanchez-McQuade Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors: Harry LeGrande – UC Berkeley Thomas Burcham – Attorney Robert Hartman – Golden Gate Fields Suzanne Rudisill – Hotel Durant Nancy Johnson – Berkeley City Club LaDawn Duvall – UC Berkeley Visitor Services Marty de Souto – Berkeley City College Kevin Allen – Rose Garden Inn Nasser Maroufi – Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Bill Kim – California Tours Lisa Bullwinkel – Another Bullwinkel Show Rod Macneil – Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive Shiloh Alexis Elias – Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto Matt Terwilliger – UC Berkeley CAL Athletics Designed & Published by: Design Site 1984 Bonita Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 843-7483 • www.dsite.com Designer: Tania Kac © Copyright 2007 Berkeley CVB. All rights reserved. All photographs are property of the credited photographers and may not be reproduced without permission. The Berkeley Convention & Visitors Bureau (BCVB) provides the Official Berkeley Visitor Guide as a service. The BCVB has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the material in the Guide. The BCVB and the Publisher assume no responsibility or liability for errors, changes, omitted or outdated information contained in this Guide. No parts of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written consent of the Berkeley CVB and Design Site. A special thank you to all our marketing partners. Without your advertising support the Berkeley Visitor Guide would not be possible. Peace Mural What is this city called Berkeley? The news media view Berkeley (“Berzerkeley”) with a bemused and condescending attitude. They snicker at the shenanigans of its politicians (“the only city with its own foreign policy”), rave over its restaurants (“Gourmet Ghetto”), and search out its inconsistencies. If your only knowledge of Berkeley came from the media, you might expect a city obsessed with radical ideas; its streets lined with psycho-babbling new age types; its stores stocked with nothing but sun-dried tomatoes; while Nobel Laureates wax eloquent on the extinction of the dinosaurs. The stereotypes of Berkeley do have a basis in reality, and the city does sometimes come perilously close to slipping off the edge of societal norms, but it is this proximity to chaos that keeps Berkeley so alive and creative. Berkeley is a city of unexpected diversity. Saunter along the Berkeley pier on a fall afternoon and you’ll meet Latino, Asian, Caucasian, and African American families fishing for striped bass. Nearby, men dressed in deck shoes ease their sailboats from slips in the yacht harbor, and children fly kites in the Marina parks. Across the roaring freeway, factories bustle with activity and artisans build ceramic sculptures in nearby studios. Retired folks head for classes at the North Berkeley Senior Center, while teens race to make volleyball practice at Donahue Gym. From the University’s Sproul Plaza floats the sound of bongo drums. On nearby Telegraph Ave., street vendors sell jewelry and tie-dyed shirts, while panhandlers look for the generous. Just north of the campus, a graduate student is studying liberation theology over a caffe latte. High in hills crowded with sumptuous homes, a group of Japanese tourists stands outside Lawrence Hall of Science surveying one of the most magnificent views (and sunsets) in the world—San Francisco Bay has turned silver, the Golden Gate Bridge is bedecked with its necklace of lights, and the sun is setting in an apricot glow behind the summit of Mt. Tamalpais. Berkeley’s contributions to society have ranged from research that led to the creation of atomic weapons to culinary developments that revolutionized American cooking, from discoveries in genetic engineering and supercondutivity to a radical activism that sets off political seismographs far beyond the city’s borders. Berkeley’s international reputation as an intellectual mecca and a dynamic social center continues to make it a magnet for inventive people and new ideas. —By Malcolm Margolin Text pages printed on 10% PCW recycled paper. We would like to acknowledge the following photographers for providing photos for this publication. Christian Peacock- 510-652-5299 www.christianpeacock.com Dana Davis- 510-658-7617 www.danadavisphoto.com Kiran Singh- 510-295-7060 www.kiranphoto.com http://www.visitberkeley.com http://www.dsite.com http://www.christianpeacock.com http://www.danadavisphoto.com http://www.kiranphoto.com
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