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The Berkeley City Council unanimously denounced the racist history of single-family zoning in the city on Tuesday night, beginning a two-year process to change the city’s general plan and introduce more multi-unit housing in every part of the city.
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As council members emphasized repeatedly during the late-night meeting the approved Resolution to End Exclusionary Zoning in Berkeley is just a document of intent, meaning it’s largely symbolic and doesn’t immediately change any city zoning rules. That’s a much longer, involved process that requires multiple handoffs between the Planning Commission and the City Council, and is slated to be completed by the end of 2022.
Magical storybook cottage on the market for the first time in 50 years
The Berkeley Hills charmer asks $1.13M
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Nestled in the woodsy Berkeley Hills, this 1920s-era storybook home has been in the same family for half a century. The home was built in 1927 by Joseph M. Walker with the original intent, in keeping with storybook architecture, to be magical. Though there is no single definition of storybook design the main factor may be a sense of playfulness and whimsy, according to Storybookers.com.
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33 Forest Lane, we see these features immediately in the facade. The roof features wavy lines there s the distinctive brick chimney. Inside, pitched beamed ceilings, a grand fireplace, and clever built-ins keep the vintage feel alive. Of course, in the near hundred years since it was built, the home has been updated as well, most notably in the kitchen and bathrooms.
Obscure Bay Area: The fairy-tale village hidden off a busy Berkeley street
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The story of how a storybook European village, complete with sloping stairways and pretty stone streets, landed in the middle of Berkeley starts with an inferno.
On Sept. 17, 1923, a wildfire started in the Berkeley hills. Gusty, dry winds pushed the flames down into the city. It roared by Cal s campus, through Northside and down all the way to Shattuck Avenue. By the time it was finally extinguished, almost 600 homes were gone. North Berkeley was little more than charred rubble.
From devastation came opportunity, particularly for one young man named Jack Thornburg. Then just 21, he began to plan out a new neighborhood filled with fairy-tale charm and secret corners.