Start at playground of Live Oak Park, Shattuck and Berryman.  Walk west on Berryman.

2033 Berryman

 

 

 

1301 Henry (on Berryman on south side of street at Henry)

Peace sign on Hog Farm commune, Berkeley compound.

 

Return to Live Oak Park.  Walk east around tennis courts to Walnut Street.  Cross Walnut.

1307 Walnut

Bench in front of home.  Bust of Rollie Fingers in garden to left of front door.

 

1309 Walnut

Bench in front of home.  Check out the tiles.

 

 

Walk south on Walnut.  Cross street.

1328 Walnut

Crying dog and sleeping angel bench.  It is a tribute to Diana Buist, a Corsican sculptor who died in 2000.

 

Retrace steps north on Walnut. At Live Oak Park turn right and follow the path through the park to Oxford Street.  Turn left on Oxford.

1220 Oxford

The Oroboros, an ancient image of dragon or snake eating its own tail.  It symbolizes self-flexivity and cyclicality.

 

1218 Oxford

 

 

 

1212 Oxford

Seats from Fenway Park, Boston.

 

 

Turn right at Eunice.

1199 Spruce (northeast corner at Eunice)

Former office of Beserkeley Records.

 

 

Turn left on Arch.

1176 Arch

School desk planter.

 

 

1175 Arch

Frederic Fierstein’s Buddhist altar for the street.  You may light incense and leave an offering.

 

Retrace your steps back to Eunice.  Take a right on Eunice.  Cross Spruce and turn right. Walk north on Spruce for a while.  Up hill.

1132 Spruce

 

 

 

At Los Angeles glance down hill to the garage of the house on the northwest corner.

Spruce and Los Angeles

Living roof on garage.

 

 

Continue up Spruce.

1066 Spruce

 

 

 

1062 Spruce

Chronicle jazz/rock critic Ralph J. Gleason lived here.

 

 

1022 Spruce

Dinosaur fence.

 

 

878 Spruce

Tiki face to right of door.

 

 

860 Spruce

 

 

 

780 Spruce

 

 

 

722 Spruce

Giant orange!  Down the driveway.  Makes the walk up the hill worthwhile.

 

Cross Spruce Street.  Carefully!

707 Spruce

Buldan Seka’s giant ceramic family.  The walk is now doubly worth it.

 

Turn around here and go back down Spruce on the east side.  Look for small quirk.  When you get to Marin, turn right down the hill.

2219 Marin

Rusty skeleton playing saxophone.

 

 

Turn left on Shattuck.

1026 Shattuck

Dick and Beany Wezelman’s African themed house.

 

 

1035 Shattuck

One of our best Little Free Libraries.

 

 

And then a cluster of animal mailboxes:

1129 Shattuck

 

 

 

1137 Shattuck

 

 

 

1153 Shatuck

 

 

 

Cross Eunice, down the hill, you are back at Live Oak Park.  A few blocks south on Shattuck is the Gourmet Ghetto – lots of food choices.