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lounge furniture commissioned by the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum as a permanent installation by the artist Stephen De Staebler. The furniture is made of clay and was executed by the artist in 1969-1970.
Berkeley's initial public library building, funded by a Carnegie grant in 1903, was designed by John Galen Howard, the Beaux Arts architect of the University of California. The library's expansion requests in 1913 and the subsequent voter-approved library building tax in 1921 and 1925 foreshadowed its need for growth.
Berkeley Public Library building, downtown Berkeley. The Art Deco downtown Berkeley Public Library building is completed (pictured) International House Berkeley is established by YMCA official Harry Edmonds
The brick Classical Revival building was designed by G. Albert Lansburgh, and is on San Francisco's "List of Architecturally Significant Buildings." 101: San Francisco Richmond San Francisco: Jun 20, 1901 — 351 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94118 First Carnegie branch to open in San Francisco, 1914. Designed by Bliss and Faville. [3]: 9, 11 102
The Bay Area Reference Center (BARC) was a reference service serving nine Northern California public library systems and headquartered at the San Francisco Public Library.It was established as an experiment in 1967 by the California State Library and closed down in 1988, when the funding from the US Federal Government that it relied on was ended.
Berkeley Historic Civic Center District - Roughly bounded by McKinney Ave., Addison St., Shattuck Ave., and Kittredge St. Berkeley Public Library - 2090 Kittredge St. Berkeley Women's City Club - 2315 Durant Ave. Boone's University School - 2029 Durant Ave. Bowles Hall - Stadium and Gayley Way; California Hall - Oxford St.
People in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic. A city was founded near San Francisco de Macorís in 1497. After La Vega was founded, Cotuí was later established in 1505 in a place rich in gold. For centuries what is now San Francisco de Macorís and the Duarte Province were rural outskirts of La Vega and Cotuí respectively.
Miss Smith's Tea Room was a gay and lesbian bar in operation from 1954 to 1960 in the North Beach neighborhood at 1353 Grant Avenue in San Francisco, California, U.S.. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was a lesbian pickup spot, [ 4 ] known for its Wednesday poetry nights and was a hangout for Beat poets . [ 5 ]