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    Holy Hubert the evangelist.  Holy Hubert is in Sproul Plaza, just steps away from the northern end of Telegraph Avenue.  Photo taken in 1970
    Tom B.

    Telegraph Avenue is one of the main streets in Berkeley, CA. At the northern terminus of Telegraph, is the U.C. Berkeley campus. In contrast, the southern terminus is near Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland. In the middle section, that is, from Ashby Avenue on southwards to the Route 580 overpass, one finds one of the least attractive and most dirty parts of all California. For many students at U.C. Berkeley, Telegraph provides a land-of-enchantment, where finds the legendary Moe's book store, with its facinating collection of books that concern art, photography, history, music, and literature, where the literature includes Julia "the Bubble Lady" Vinograd's poetry books. CUISINE. On Telegraph, one finds intriguing cuisine from many lands, for example, Ethiopia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, India, Vietnam, and Germany. By "German cuisine" I am referring of course to Top Dog, with a selection of sausages that includes bratwurst, bockwurst, kielbasa (Pollish), calabrese (Italian), and hot links (Lousiana). Regarding Ethiopian cuisine, we find Finfine located at 2556 Telegraph Avenue. At this address, we find a charming enclosed courtyard with a dozen restaurants and shops. RIOTS AND PASTORALE ACTIVITIES ON TELEGRAPH. My experiences with Telegraph Avenue began in September 1969, as a student at U.C. My very first record album purchase was from "Discount Price Records" on Telegraph, and the album contained Bela Bartok's Divertimento for Strings. At that time, I did some street photography, and I've posted some of my black'n'white photographs here. The photos include anti-war riots and accompanying mayhem, provided by the courtesy of mindless children wanting to get into the act. My photos also provide more pastorale images of friendly crowds from days when upper Telegraph Avenue was closed to traffic for the afternoon. THE DAY L.B.J. DIED. My photos include a street person holding up a newspaper. He had just stolen a newspaper from the newspaper stand. By coincidence, I had my camera and I snapped his photo. The street person complained that I'd taken his picture, and so I stated that I was only taking a picture of Shakespeare book store across the street on Telegraph Avenue. I was not sure why the street person had taken the newspaper, and I was not sure why he was so happy about the newspaper. However, about 40 years later, when I decided to get this negative scanned (I'd never printed it in my darkroom at home), I realized that the street person was in a happy state because the headlines proclaimed that L.B.J. had died. You can see my photo of the jubilant street person.

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    Artistic Picture Framing

    Artistic Picture Framing

    4.8
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    0.9 mi
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    Locally owned & operated

    I have been coming here for almost 15 years. Rodolfo and his staff always do a great job. It's not…read morenecessarily cheap, but it's great value for the money. There is absolutely no need to go to any other framing place. I haven't had any pieces done here that I haven't loved. The right frame and matte can make all the difference.

    This review is long overdue. Thank you Artistic Picture Framing for your care, precision, time, and…read moreattention to detail. Rodolfo truly is a joy to work with and is so knowledgable about his craft. Couldn't have pictured (love a good pun) working with anyone else for the first framed piece in our son's nursery. While at a community holiday fare, we bought a super cool piece of art from a local vendor of a map of El Cerrito which includes my husband's work site. It's playful, colorful, and full of joy. After utilizing the Yelp app to find a framing company close by, we found Artistic Picture Framing. After meeting the crew in-person, we knew we were in the right hands. We worked with Rodolfo on choosing the right colors for the piece and chatted about becoming parents, the nursery we were building, and the magic we were hoping to encompass and build around from this staple piece. He captured truly what we were looking for at an affordable rate. Looking forward to utilizing this service for future art, so happy with the outcome!

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    The leggings were our main inspiration here, we incorporated a similar concept, using a fillet and the main frame with stripes
    The leggings were our main inspiration here, we incorporated a similar concept, using a fillet and the main frame with stripes
    The face of the frame complements the earthy tones of the art pieces with its distressed, coppery undertones. Museum glass
    The face of the frame complements the earthy tones of the art pieces with its distressed, coppery undertones. Museum glass
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    Sather Gate

    Sather Gate

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    I've never heard of Sather Gate until Saturday. We had some free time in Berkeley, so we took some…read moretime to tour the Berkeley. The Sather Gate is a very nice arch on the Berkeley campus. Soon as you get on Campus you will see the student store, keep walking towards the center of campus, then you will see the student center and the Amazon center where you can pick up and return packages. To the left you will see Strawberry Creek and the little waterfall and the trickling creek. Now look up and you will see Sather Gate. We got some nice pictures under it. It's a real tourist attractions. It seemed that 50% of the people walking under it on a Saturday in June were talking selfies. School is out of session so there isn't many people on campus. There may be summer school going on. We also see several parents with their kids on campus taking tours.

    When I was foot commuting to Sprout Hall for work in the Graduate Division while attending the…read moreUniversity of California, Berkeley the Sather Gate was on one of my two main routes when going to Sproul from my office in McCone Hall. I liked the green of the gate, it helped capture my attention and was more of a sea green, so not as far away from the school colors, blue and yellow, as a rainforest green. Depending on the time of day and the season, traffic thru the gate could be quite high. It could be quite the picture-taking hotspot. Sproul Plaza could have booths and performers/demonstrators/protestors. So, depending on the happenings in the plaza I might physically pivot and take a different path for approach to the building. I gauged whether I would be turning by the end of bridge before the gate (approaching from the north), so in that sense Sather Gate became a reminder to myself to check my surroundings and physical safety.

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