People's Park (Berkeley, California)
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Haste Street, 1556
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People's Park was founded by Berkeley residents April 20, 1969 in the face of University expansion into the neighborhood. It survived despite repeated attempts by the university and law enforcement to shut it down or gentrify it. This park holds free speech/concert events on some Saturdays and sports a basketball court.
At all times, there are typically several dozen homeless people sleeping in the park, most keeping to themselves but some aggressively preaching this or that or begging.
From a former Berkeley student:
www.anusha.com/peoplesp.htm
At all times, there are typically several dozen homeless people sleeping in the park, most keeping to themselves but some aggressively preaching this or that or begging.
From a former Berkeley student:
www.anusha.com/peoplesp.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Park_(Berkeley)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°51'56"N 122°15'25"W
- Tilden Regional Park 6.2 km
- EBMUD San Leandro Watershed 7.1 km
- Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park 7.2 km
- Anthony Chabot Regional Park 11 km
- Wildcat Canyon Park 12 km
- Briones Regional Park 13 km
- San Pablo Reservoir Recreation Area 15 km
- Las Trampas Regional Wilderness 17 km
- Shell Ridge Open Space 19 km
- Diablo Foothills Regional Park 22 km
- Southside 0.1 km
- Bicycle Boulevard 0.2 km
- USCA Student Co-operative 0.3 km
- First Prebyterian Church of Berkeley 0.3 km
- Willard Middle School 0.6 km
- LeConte Elementary School 1 km
- Elmwood Neighborhood 1 km
- Downtown Berkeley 1.1 km
- University of California, Berkeley 1.6 km
- San Francisco Bay 17 km
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