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February 20, 2015 by tomdalzell

Seventh Grade at TBS Goes Quirky (Berkeley)

 

Photo by Ella

Photo by Ella

Photo by Anne

Photo by Anne

Once upon a time the Seventh Grade at TBS decided to take a Quirky Berkeley walk.  For two hours they walked and talked (especially Andrew) and photographed.  The student who spotted something quirky took the photo.  These photos are the Very Best that they took.  The ostrich and the pink car were the class favorites.

Here they are, the TBS Class of 2016 in front of a quirkily painted house.

TBS in front of 1357 Addison ST.

TBS in front of 1357 Addison

And here is what they saw:

Photo by Ella. 2132 Acton

Photo by Ella. 2132 Acton

Look who’s that hiding in the shadows!

Photo by Ella. 2185 Acton.

Photo by Ella. 2185 Acton.

Photo by Ella. 2185 Acton.

Photo by Ella. 2185 Acton.

The blurry edge effect!  Discovered by Anne.

Photo by Sunny.  2204 Bonar.

Photo by Sunny. 2204 Bonar.

Photo by Sunny.  2204 Bonar.

Photo by Sunny. 2204 Bonar.

Photo by Lucas. 1402 Addison.

Photo by Lucas. 1402 Addison.

Photo by Lucas. 1402 Addison.

Photo by Lucas. 1402 Addison.

1400 Addison

1400 Addison

1400 Addison

1400 Addison

Photo by Lucas. 1341 Addison

Photo by Lucas. 1341 Addison

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What is quirky about this?

It is the intersection of Acton and Acton.

It is a street called a “Crescent.”

And it shows what color street signs are in Berkeley.  They are different colors in different cities which is one way you can tell if you have crossed into another city.

We saw a few other quirky signs.

Photo by Anne.

Photo by Anne.

Photo by Andrew.

Photo by Andrew.

Back to other quirky things –

Photo by Ronan. 2132 Acton

Photo by Ronan. 2132 Acton

Photo by Mitch. 2163 Acton

Photo by Mitch. 2163 Acton

Photo by Lucas. 2200 Acton

Photo by Lucas. 2200 Acton

Photo by Lucas. 2200 Acton

Photo by Lucas. 2200 Acton

Photo by Andrew. 2211 Acton

Photo by Andrew. 2211 Acton

Photo by Lucas. 2200 Acton

Photo by Lucas. 2200 Acton

Photo by Lucas. 2200 Acton

Photo by Lucas. 2200 Acton

Photo by Lucas. 2200 Acton

Photo by Lucas. 2200 Acton

Photo Anne. 1401 Bancroft

Photo Anne. 1401 Bancroft

We saw this quirky greenhouse on the roof at Bancroft and Acton.

Photo by Anne. Gary Rosenberg

Photo by Anne. Gary Rosenberg

Gary Rosenberg lives in the house.  He came out and told us about all the great environmental things he is doing with his house.  He told us that he would take us up on the roof but we ended up using our time listening to him teach us about the environment.

On Bancroft there are walls that look like they could be from a castle.

Photo by Andrew. 2313 Valley (on Bancroft)

Photo by Andrew. 2313 Valley (on Bancroft)

Photo by Andrew. 2313 Valley (on Bancroft)

Photo by Andrew. 2313 Valley (on Bancroft)

This is from the Berkeley Youth Alternatives community garden:

Photo by Mia H.

Photo by Mia H.

 

Photo by Anne. 2206 Bonar

Photo by Anne. 2206 Bonar

Photo by Anne. 2206 Bonar

Photo by Anne. 2206 Bonar

Photo by Andrew.  1302 Bancroft

Photo by Andrew. 1302 Bancroft

Walking down Bancroft, Andrew was struck by the grids formed by this porch.  For what it is worth, the official Quirky Berkeley Standards include grids as quirky.  Good job Andrew!

Photo by Anne. Berkeley Youth Alternatives on Bonar.

Photo by Anne. Berkeley Youth Alternatives on Bonar.

Photo by Sunny.  2204 Bonar

Photo by Sunny. 2204 Bonar

Photo by Sunny.  2204 Bonar

Photo by Sunny. 2204 Bonar

Photo by Sunny.  2204 Bonar

Photo by Sunny. 2204 Bonar

Photo by Sunny.  2204 Bonar

Photo by Sunny. 2204 Bonar

That one is quirky in anybody’s book.

One last mishmash of quirkiness was at 1267 Addison, just west of the back gate into the school.

Photo by Andrew.

Photo by Andrew.

Photo by Mia

Photo by Mia

Photo by Andrew.

Photo by Andrew.

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Photo by Amalia.

Photo by Amalia.

Photo by Mia H.

Photo by Mia H.

Aside from the pink car (above), we saw three other quirky vehicles:

Photo by Andrew

Photo by Andrew

Photo by Andrew

Photo by Andrew

Photo by Andrew

Photo by Andrew

Photo by Anne

Photo by Anne

Photo by Anne

Photo by Anne

Photo by Anne

Photo by Anne

We think that there must be a lot of stories that go with this bus.

When we got back to the school we looked at our school.

Photo by Anne.

Photo by Anne.

When you think about it, our school is quirky.  It used to be a train station.

Santa-Fe-Depot-1953 Santa Fee Depot SantaFe2

Somebody even made a model of the station!  We still call the main room of the school the depot.

Then it was a restaurant.

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No wonder we are quirky!

We learned a lot on our walk.  Mostly we learned how to keep your eyes open when you are walking.  There was nothing fancy or really quirky about the neighborhood that we walked through, but as you can see from the photos there were many quirky things to see.

This page was created by three seventh graders – Andrew, Anne, and Lucas.  What does my friend think about the job that they did with the photos and the post?

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