Shattuck Square - Berkeley, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
N 37° 52.328 W 122° 16.052
10S E 564420 N 4191880
A plaque by Shattuck Street.
Waymark Code: WMGP45
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 2

SHATTUCK SQUARE

James Miller and Timothy Pfleuger, Architects, 1926

Shattuck Square is a group of three buildings constructed on the site of a former railroad freight yard, as a northern anchor to Berkeley’s historic downtown commercial district. It is the city’s only work by the San Francisco architectural firm that also designed the Paramount Theater in Oakland and 450 Sutter Street in San Francisco and the Paramount Theater in Oakland. This striking complex displays varied and elaborate cast-concrete ornamentation and window detail in a Spanish Colonial style. Over the years, this building has housed a business school, a market, a dance studio, a drug-variety-camera store, cafes, bookstores, restaurants, and copy shops. Despite many ground-floor renovations, the original character of the building is intact.

Berkeley Historical Plaque Project
2005
Group that erected the marker: Berkeley Historical Plaque Project

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
University and Shattuck
Berkeley, CA USA


URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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