Events Calendar Urban Beast or Urbane Beauty: Planning the City Beautiful 20 May–15 September 2009 Volkmann Reading Room Environmental Design Library (hours) 210 Wurster Hall University of California, Berkeley One hundred years ago, Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett published a vision of Chicago that reflected the early stages of big city planning. The City Beautiful Movement, spurred by Baron Haussmann’s remaking of Paris in the 1860s and the Progressive Movement in America, was intended to create a rational, classical city to replace the crowded, unplanned Victorian city common in the 19th century. The 1909 Plan for Chicago, although never fully realized, is heralded as the apex of the City Beautiful Movement that found echoes in plans for the San Francisco Civic Center, Oakland’s City Center, and urban planning from Manila to Canberra, Australia. This exhibit explores the City Beautiful Movement as manifested in the San Francisco Bay Area. ________________________________________________________ Up Against the Wall: Berkeley Posters from the 1960s 19 April 2009–26 September 2009 Berkeley History Center Veterans Memorial Building 1931 Center Street A new exhibit at the Berkeley Historical Society examines the political posters of the 1960s. Spurred by the success of local rock and counterculture posters, political posters were vibrant public documents that promoted a wide range of social issues. Curated by archivist and poster scholar Lincoln Cushing, this exhibition is drawn from a unique private Berkeley collection of over 25,000 posters assembled by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman. Opening reception on 19 April 2009 from 3 to 5 pm. ________________________________________________________ OHA Summer Walking Tours For starting locations, see the OHA Calendar. $10 OHA members, $15 general for most tours. Members may purchase a 5-tour pass for $40. Sign up or renew your membership on the day of the tour, and the tour is free. Reservations required for the Fox Theater/uptown art deco tour. $20.00 members, $25.00 general. To sign up, call (510) 763-9218. Saturday, July 11 10 am–12:30 pm Mountain View Cemetery Sunday, July 12 10 am–12:30 pm Amelia’s Airport: Oakland’s Historic North Field Saturday, July 18 10 am–12 pm F. M. “Borax” Smith Estate Sunday, July 19 10 am–12:30 pm Laurel: Cherries, Dairies, and Bungalows Saturday, July 25 10 am–12:00 pm The Fox Oakland Theater and Uptown Art Deco Saturday, July 25 2:00 pm–4:30 pm The Bungalows of Fairview Park Sunday, July 26 10 am–12:30 pm Jingletown: Industry to Art Saturday, August 1 10 am–12:30 pm Rezoning: Facing Oakland’s Future Sunday, August 2 11 am–1 pm 20 Years Later: Loma Prieta And Oakland’s Downtown Saturday, August 8 2 pm–4 pm Piedmont Avenue Sunday, August 9 10 am–12:30 pm* Chinatown Oakland Saturday, August 15 10 am–12:00 noon* Walking the Key System’s C Line Sunday, August 16 10 am–1:30 pm Scaling Leona Heights Saturday, August 22 10 am–12:30 pm Rail Meets Water: Then and Now Sunday, August 23 1pm–3:30 pm Montclair Village: Oakland’s Early Hill Town Saturday, August 29 10 am–12 noon Stroll Along a Transformed Shoreline Sunday, August 30 10 am–12:30 pm Oakland Point and the West Oakland Marsh Saturday, September 12 10 am–1:00 pm Temescal: A Bit of Old Italy Sunday, September 13 2 pm–4 pm Mills College Campus Saturday, September 19 11 am–1:30 pm Oakland’s Historic Town Squares Sunday, September 20 10 am–1:30 pm The Civil War at Mountain View Cemetery ________________________________________________________ Alameda Museum Lectures All lectures start at 7:00 pm at the Alameda Museum, 2324 Alameda Avenue near Park Street. No reserved seats; come early to save a place and enjoy the exhibits in the History Hall and the Art Gallery. Admission is free for Museum members and $5 for others. Topics may change without notice. For lecture information, leave a message at (510) 748-0796 or check alamedamuseum.org. Thursday, 25 June 2009 Pioneer Families of Alameda, presented by Dennis Evanosky and Eric Kos, coauthors of San Francisco in Photographs and East Bay Then and Now. Thursday, 30 July 2009 Winslow Homer and the Post Civil War Era in America, Art historian Colette Colester returns with another dynamic lecture. Thursday, 27 August 2009 Just Across the Pond: Oakland Point and the West Oakland Marsh by architectural historian Betty Marvin. Thursday, 24 September 2009 Alameda Album, an illustrated talk by Paul Roberts based on two recently discovered vintage photo albums from the 1890s. ________________________________________________________ Oakland Heritage Alliance House & Garden Tour Oakland’s Fernwood Neighborhood Sunday, 4 October 2009 1:00 to 5:30 pm This charming section of the Montclair district was formed in 1852, just as Oakland (then four miles away) was being incorporated. Once an isolated community near the headwaters of Temescal Creek, known for exotic wildlife and an abundance of Redwoods, Fernwood as we know it grew out of the real estate boom of the 1920s, when Period Revival homes were built and marketed to people “of average means.” The tour incudes eight Fernwood homes in Tudor, Spanish, French and Colonial revival styles. For more information, contact OHA at (510) 763-9218 or visit oaklandheritage.org. ________________________________________________________ Guided Tours of the Paramount Theatre Public tours of the Paramount Theatre are given on the first and third Saturdays of each month, excluding holidays and holiday weekends. No reservations are necessary. Tours begin promptly at 10:00 am at the Box Office entrance on 21st Street near Broadway. The tour lasts about 2 hours and provides a full and informative view of the Theatre. Cameras are allowed. Admission is $5.00 per person. Children must be at least 10 years old, and adult chaperones are required. Please note that some areas of the tour are not wheelchair accessible. ________________________________________________________ Your donations to BAHA are tax-deductible. Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association 2318 Durant Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 841-2242 Copyright © 2009 BAHA. All rights reserved.