East Bay: Then & Now Articles by Daniella Thompson Parsons house (photo: Daniella Thompson, 2008) Westenberg House: The Grande Dame of Benvenue Avenue 27 April 2008 Marshall-Lindblom House was the “prettiest home in Berkeley” 15 April 2008 Parsons House: A Pioneering Design for Accessible Living 28 March & 19 April 2008 Allenoke Manor Was a Scene of Hospitality for Five Decades 18 March 2008 Telegraph & Durant: From Ritzy Enclave to Commercial Hub 5 March 2008 William Wharff: Architect, Civil War Vet and Free Mason 19 February 2008 The Rise and Fall of a West Berkeley Knitting Pioneer 6 February 2008 Knitwear Magnate Looked to Europe for Building Inspiration 23 January 2008 Grocer-Politician Fred C. Koerber Left Berkeley a Double Legacy 9 January 2008 Two East Bay Churches Mark Christmas Centennials 26 December 2007 The Bentleys of Le Conte Avenue: 96 Years of Public Service and Art 14 December 2007 North Gables: an early exemplar of equal-opportunity housing 27 November 2007 A Tale of Two Mystery Houses and One Politician 13 November 2007 Maybeck’s Boke House: Made by One Crusader for Another 31 October 2007 The Shattuck Hotel: Berkeley’s Once and Future Jewel? 17 October 2007 Bennington Apartments Evoke 19th-Century Euclid Avenue 3 October 2007 Orchids and Industry Thrived Side-by-Side in Berkeley 18 September 2007 Simone Marengo Gave Berkeley Macaroni 4 September 2007 Buyer Sought for Historic West Berkeley Church 3 August 2007 Oscar Maurer Studio Celebrates Its Centennial 22 July 2007 When Southside Apartment Living Was All the Rage 9 July 2007 Immigrants’ Sons Established Local Tanning Industry 26 June 2007 Sea Captains Found in Berkeley an Ideal Home 12 June 2007 The Slater-Irving Connection Was Sealed in Paraffine 28 May 2007 Captain Slater's House Is an Early Classic Colonial 15 May 2007 John Hopkins Spring: Splendor, Strife & Shenanigans 2 May 2007 Mark Daniels Excelled in Developing and Marketing Scenic Beauty 28 April 2007 Villa della Rocca, the Sills’ Thousand Oaks Citadel 11 April 2007 The Evolution of a Downtown Corner 27 March 2007 Guy Hyde Chick: the Man Behind the House 13 & 21 March 2007 Maybeck’s First House Was a Design Laboratory 20 February & 8 March 2007 Builder-Artist A.H. Broad Left His Mark on Berkeley 6 February 2007 Sierra Club Pioneers Lived Near Pre-Stadium Strawberry Canyon 23 January 2007 Architectural Patron Phoebe Apperson Hearst Lived Here 1 January 2007 Charles Manning MacGregor, Indefatigable Builder 30 November 2006 Hillside Club Left a Lasting Mark on Berkeley’s Northside 24 November 2006 This West Berkeley Early Landmark Is a Proud Survivor 2004–17 November 2006 Inspired by Precedent, Part 2 24 October 2006 Inspired by Precedent 4 October 2006 Spring Mansion Was Modeled After Empress’ Island Palace 28 September 2005–19 September 2006 Shipping Magnate’s Mansion Is Rare Survivor on Its Block 28 July 2006–2 September 2006 SBCC: A Grand Building on a Modest Scale 22 August 2006 Harris Allen: The Spirit of Individuality 8 August 2006 The House That Students Built 25 July 2006 Roadside Architecture Worth Preserving 3 July & 10 August 2006 An Enchanting Country House Echoes East Coast Follies 20 June 2006 Maurice Curtis Lent Berkeley Brief Splendor 6 June 2006 Historic Pattiani House Emerges from a 20-Year Restoration 22 May 2006 Peralta Park Grew in the Shade of Giants 16 May 2006 When Walter Ratcliff Was City Architect 1 May 2006 Hawaiian Sugar Magnate’s Family Called Berkeley Home for Seven Decades 17 April 2006 In Berkeley, Seth Babson Gets No Respect 4 April 2006 High-Peaked Colonial Revival, a Bay Area Phenomenon 14 March 2006 Arts & Crafts on the Fire’s Edge 6 February 2006 Berkeley’s Victorian Enclave Recalls City’s Early Days 30 January 2006 Berkeley’s Landmarks Are Everywhere You Look 25 August 2005 Copyright © 2006–2008 Daniella Thompson. All rights reserved.