Nate is an East Bay community papers editor for the East Bay Times and Bay Area News Group.
An early 20th century postcard shows Berkeley’s first main library at Shattuck Avenue and Kittredge Street. The current library was later built on the same corner.Berkeley, a Look Back: Library trustees in 1924 seek $200K bond measure
“The past year was further marked by two steps of importance … . These were the completion and opening of the West Berkeley branch, a commodious and beautiful structure, and the beginning of work upon the new Claremont branch soon to be opened.” The neighbors had been trying to get industrial and commercial uses out of their residential neighborhood, so this was a rebuff to them. At the same meeting, the city planning director of Los Angeles who was visiting Berkeley spoke to the Planning Commission and warned against too much zoning for retail use.
President Calvin Coolidge wrote to them that “The world never forgets its pathfinders. Those who trod the wilderness and cross the seas filled with dangers are never forgotten by posterity.”
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