Pictures of Berkeley

 

 

Only statues go through the out-moded motions of college life

 

 

The three places visited during the shut-down
were Oakland, Alameda, and Berkeley.
Normally so bustling, Berkeley seemed the most vacant

Not that I mind having the place to myself

One keeps on trucking come what may

Berkeley BART station goes Blade Runner

A grim faced emptiness pervades

Found some Winter clothes in Berkeley

Old timey Berkeley homestead

Local funk survives in scattered pockets

Used to be an open green playing field for everyone
Now hardened into a ballpark by permission only

 

The venerable ICELAND skating rink 

now a vast sporting goods emporium

Scored a a high-tech ski jacket from Norway at half list price
and an organic cotton shirt from Patagonia over-priced naturally

The jacket was all I needed this mild Winter

Festivity was subdued this holiday season

Still one makes the best of things

On a day so lonesome gloomy

 

 

 The creek is not exactly roaring

 

 

 

 

 

 It's not the Berkeley of yore

 

A strange new feeling

Nobody around here

Having a teeth-cleaning

The Lauren District

Winter shadows on the former five-and-dime

Jazz School

Zany new building

Crane shot

 

 

 Eyeball kicks

 

 

 

 Deserted restaurant

A different ballpark these days

University Avenue

 

 Vintage Little Richard
in the Berkeley Black Repertory Theater window

I think it means "NO CAL COPS" 
UC Berkeley police

Same old message

The tail end of an epoch

Fall 2020-Spring 2021