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New Trees Installed in Civic Center Mark Grand Plan to ‘Reintroduce Vegetation on a Grand Scale’ to Plaza

A tiny start to a very ambitious project got underway when Rec and Parks installed a few new sycamore trees in Civic Center Plaza, though this lofty landscape design has been stalled for years.

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Berkeley Advocates for Homeless Up In Arms Over Roped-Off ‘For Customers Only’ Section at BART Plaza

A very Berkeley story out of Berkeley this week, as a little restaurant plaza outside the BART station has roped off one area with signage saying “For Customers Only,” and advocates for the homeless population are furious over the move.

Arts & Entertainment

Even Lawrence Ferlinghetti Can't Save 'Poets Plaza' Plan In North Beach

A long discussed, previously quashed plan to close down a block of Vallejo Street in North Beach in front of the Church of St. Francis from Assisi to create Piazza Saint Francis, The

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McCoppin Plaza Fenced Off, Declared Construction Zone

McCoppin Hub Plaza, a minor land use nightmare near where Valencia meets Market Street, beside a U-Haul store, and adjacent to where the 101 meets Octavia, is now fenced off according to