Events Calendar BAHA Events Outings on Fridays Our popular series of guided architectural tours, organized by Sally Sachs, continues this summer and fall. The tours take place on the first Friday of the month, unless a holiday intervenes. Meet at 10:45 am. Lunch is optional and not included in the tour price. Advance reservation required. $15 per tour ($20 for Contemporary Jewish Museum) or $60 for four. Photo: Todd Lappin   Friday, 10 September 2010 11:00 am The Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street San Francisco $20 One of the most talked-about new museum buildings, the 63,000-square-foot CJM was designed by Daniel Libeskind and occupies Willis Polk’s 1907 Jesse Street Power Substation, whose brick façade, trusses, and skylights were preserved. Lunch at a nearby restaurant. To order tickets, print and fill out the ticket order form and mail it with a check made out to BAHA and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: BAHA Outings on Fridays P.O. Box 1137 Berkeley, CA 94701 You may also order tickets online. Please specify your outing date[s] in the Description line. (See instructions for using PayPal.) ________________________________________________________ Photo: Daniella Thompson, 2007 Look for us at the Solano Stroll Sunday, 12 September 2010 The BAHA booth will be located at 1758 Solano Avenue, between Colusa and Ensenada. Solano Stroll info. ________________________________________________________ Berkeley High School Gymnasium (Olla Podrida, December 1932) Fall Downtown Walking Tours These tours are free of charge. Meeting points are indicated below. Questions? Please e-mail the BAHA office or call (510) 841-2242. Thursday, 30 September 2010, 5:30 pm–7 pm Main Street South—explore the expanded downtown area that is encroaching upon old residential neighborhoods. Leader: Susan Cerny Meet outside the Berkeley BART station. Sunday, 3 October 2010, 11:00 am–12:30 pm Civic Center—Berkeley’s only designated Historic District in the downtown area. Leader: Daniella Thompson Guest Co-leaders: Henrik Bull & Marie Bowman Meet by the Civic Center Fountain. Sunday, 17 October 2010, 11:00 am–12:30 pm Acheson Block Neighborhood—The historic heart of downtown amid 21-century developments. Leader: Lesley Emmington Meet at the northeast corner of University and Shattuck avenues. ________________________________________________________ 2011 BAHA Spring House Tour Our next Spring House Tour will take place on Sunday, 8 May 2011. ________________________________________________________ Other Events Berkeley Municipal Rose Garden (BAHA archives) The 75th Anniversary of the WPA in Berkeley 11 April 2010–18 Sept. 2010 Berkeley History Center Veterans Memorial Building 1931 Center Street This Berkeley Historical Society exhibitfeatures historic photographs and objects from the many Works Progress Administration (WPA) structures, art works, and projects that have become Berkeley’s legacy. Famous New Deal photographer Dorothea Lange also lived here. The exhibit explores the New Deal’s broad social policy benefiting education, recreation and the arts through its job programs and its relevance to today’s public policy. Curated by Harvey Smith of California’s Living New Deal Project and the National New Deal Preservation Association. ________________________________________________________ Oakland Heritage Alliance Summer Walking Tours Meet 15 minutes before listed time to allow for registration. $10 OHA members; $15 general; children 12 and under, free. 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. Reserved tours: $20 members, $25 general. Call (510) 763-9218 to reserve. Additional information on the OHA website. Saturday, 28 August, 10 am–1pm Butters Canyon Hike Meet at Butters Drive and Joaquin Miller Road Sunday, 29 August, 2 pm–4 pm Oak Center Historic District Meet at DeFremery Park, 16th and Adeline Streets Oak Center Historic District Saturday, 11 September , 10 am–12 noon Jack London District Meet at 3rd and Franklin Streets Sunday, 12 September, 12:30–3 pm Tiles and Terra Cotta in Uptown Oakland Meet at Howden Tile Building, southeast corner of 17th and Webster Streets ________________________________________________________ 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 © 2010 BAHA. All rights reserved.