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The Solano Stroll began in 1974 by the Thousand Oaks Merchant Association, a small business guild started by Ira Klein and co-headed by Lisa Burnham. Klein owned and managed "The Iris", a Solano clothing and jewelry store formerly based on Shattuck Avenue [5] that sold dress goods made primarily by local fashion designers, among the earliest including Laurel Burch.
Oakland, Berkeley N/A Yes F: UC Berkeley (Bancroft & Telegraph) Daily Emeryville, Oakland, Berkeley Downtown Berkeley, Ashby Yes FS: Berkeley (Solano & Colusa) Weekdays (commute only) Berkeley Downtown Berkeley No G: El Cerrito (El Cerrito Plaza BART) Weekdays (commute only) Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito El Cerrito Plaza No J: Berkeley ...
Solano Avenue in Berkeley and Albany, California is a two-mile (3.2 km) long east-west street. Solano Avenue is one of the larger shopping districts in the Berkeley area. Businesses along Solano Avenue cover a wide range, including grocery stores, coffee shops, drugstores, bookstores, antique dealers, apparel outlets, ethnic restaurants and a movie thea
Albany is a small city located on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, bordering the city of Berkeley to the south and east, and the Contra Costa County cities of El Cerrito and Richmond to the north. Albany's northern and southern borders are defined by two creeks, Codornices Creek on the south and Cerrito Creek on the north.
Berkeley station is an Amtrak station in Berkeley, California, served by Amtrak California's Capitol Corridor service. The station is located under the University Avenue overpass just west of 4th Street. It is served directly by AC Transit bus routes 51B and 802; additionally, AC Transit Transbay routes FS, G, and Z stop nearby at 6th Street.
Many shoppers also turned to nearby Fourth Street in Berkeley and retail developments in Emeryville. The closures of the Woolworth's store in 1993 and the Emporium (formerly Capwell's) anchor store in 1996 further accelerated the Plaza's decline. [5] In 2002, El Cerrito Plaza was partly demolished, remodeled, and reopened in its present form.
It would eventually house 8000-10000 people in an area of Berkeley and Albany bordered by Camilia street, San Pablo, and Buchanan and be known as Codornices Village. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Both the Albany and Berkeley city councils protested the project, claiming private developers would be able to meet the need and that the housing should not be located ...
University of California, Berkeley: 14,444 2 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: 3,735 3 Alta Bates Summit Medical Center: 3,100 4 City of Berkeley 1,658 5 Bayer: 1,500 6 Berkeley Unified School District: 1,200 7 Kaiser Permanente: 700 8 Pacific Steel: 600 9 Andronico's: 325 10 Berkeley City College: 300