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May 21, 2016 by tomdalzell

Berkeley Library Benefit Walk: Sunday, May 15, 2016

 

It was a perfect Sunday afternoon.

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Blue sky.  Warm-ish.  A good group of hardcore Berkeley-lovers.  Walking together and talking.  A benefit for the library.  Perfect!

We started at Live Oak Park and walked slightly west on Berryman.

2033-Berryman-401x300At 2033 Berryman we saw this topiary giraffe.  I cover the quirky topiary of Berkeley in this post

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We looked across the street to the Hog Farm compound (1301 Henry Street is the official address).  We saw the largest peace sign in Berkeley.  I cover big peace signs in this post.

We cut through Live Oak Park to Walnut Street and walked south half a block.

Quirky Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., is seen on Thursday,  June 20th, 2013.

At 1328 Walnut we saw the Crying Angel/ Singing dog bench, minus the dog head.  I blog about benches in front of homes in this post.

We crossed the street and walked north almost to Live Oak.

Quirky Berkeley 02-15-16 At 1309 Walnut we saw the bench with tiles made by Penny Brogden.

Quirky Berkeley 02-15-16We met Penny and she took us back to her workshop behind the house.  Her website shows her ceramic tile work.  I blog about her and her sister Dorothy Klein in this post.  Penny was at Berkeley High with one of our walkers.

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We continued east through Live Oak, turned left/north on Spruce, passed the monkey over the garage at 1242 Spruce, and turned right/east on Eunice and then left/north on Arch.

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We admired the school desk planter at 1176 Spruce and then faced east.

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At 1175 we saw Frederic Fierstein’s Buddhist altar, blogged about here.

"Quirky Berkeley 06-08-2015"We talked about Fierstein’s large Guardian sculpture at the Berkeley Marina, fashioned after a small carved figure he saw in a temple in Penang.

"Quirky Berkeley on Tuesday August 26th, 2014."

We got back onto Spruce.  On the northwest corner we saw the living roof on the garage.  We then headed up the hill.

Quirky_Berkeley_02051300692-X2At 707 Spruce, we saw Buldan Seka’s giant ceramic freaks, blogged about here.

"Quirky Berkeley 05--07-2015"I told you about all the figures up on the deck, but we didn’t go up to see them. Buldan’s website is here.

Across Spruce, a few houses down the hill:

L1210150Down the driveway of 720 Spruce is Bruce Dodd’s giant orange, rescued from Highway 99 and lovingly restored.  My blog on it – here.  Cookies and fruit break.

Back down Spruce, left/east on Marin – down down down.

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At 2219 Marin is the sax-playing rusting steel skeleton made by Mike Nagamoto, featured in this blog.

Down Marin, left/south on Shattuck.

IMG_0313At 1026 Shattuck is the home of Dick and Beany Wezelman, collectors of and dealers in African art.

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We talked about the African mud hut in the back yard but couldn’t see it.  Keep an eye on Berkeleyside for notifications of their sales – wonderful stuff and you can see the hut.

It was a good walk!

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2 Responses to Berkeley Library Benefit Walk: Sunday, May 15, 2016

  1. Rachel says:
    May 21, 2016 at 7:18 pm

    Tom, not only was it good company and a great walk on a beautiful day, your curiosity inspired mine and I noticed–for the first time–places that I drive by daily. I’m looking around Berkeley in new ways.

    Thank you — and thank you for supporting the Berkeley Public Library Foundation — and Berkeley’s libraries!

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    • Kate Coleman says:
      May 30, 2016 at 6:41 pm

      Tom, thanks so much for the walk and all the curios. You have a great eye and have found many curios to amuse and enlighten. I’ve been a Berkeley resident since 1960 (with a hiatus of 4 yrs in NY and around the world) and have never ferreted out most of your sensational finds. You are a treasure.
      Kate Coleman

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