People’s Park Nomination for National Historic Landmark, CSHRC, October 29, 2021
Video of the People’s Park Nomination for National Historic Landmark, CSHRC, October 29, 2021
Hearing of the People’s Park nomination for the National Register of Historic Places, by the California State Historical Resources Commission, October 29, 2021
Excerpted from video of full commission meeting, available here:
https://cal-span.org/unipage/index.php?site=cal-span&owner=CSHRC&date=2021-10-29
Short introductions of Commissioners:
Lee Adams III, Chair (Public Member)
Adam Sriro, Vice Chair (Historical Archeology)
Bryan K. Brandes (Public Member)
Alan Hess (Architecture)
Luis Hoyos (Architectural History)
René Vellanoweth (Prehistoric Archeology)
and State Historic Preservation Officer:
Julianne Polanco
Followed by public comment, discussion and unanimous affirmative vote.
The Keeper of the Register is expected to issue final approval of the nomination within 45 days.
The original request for the nomination, with extensive historical context, was submitted to the commission by the People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group, and can be read here:
https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/CA_Alameda_Peoples%20Park_DRAFT.pdf
For more information about People’s Park, its history and current events, please visit:
https://www.peoplespark.org/wp/
https://defendthepark.org/
People’s Park, UC and Privatization, A Panel Discussion – July 24, 2021, 5 PM
People’s Park, UC and Privatization
July 24 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT free
The ongoing battle to prevent the development of People’s Park in Berkeley by the millionaire UC Regents continues unabated.
This panel will talk about this history and how the corporatization and privatization of UC is pushing to privatize the University for the profiteers.
Speakers:
Harvey Smith, President National New Deal Preservation Association
Michael Delacour, Boilermaker Local 6 and Organizer of Fight To Defend People’s Park
Zoom info coming soon.
https://laborfest.net/event/world-poets/
Capital Strategies Open House Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 3:30 – 6:30pm
People’s Park Forever Chapter 3: The Battle for People’s Park – U.C. Berkeley Capital Investments Protest Feb. 10 2020
U.C. Tree Destruction Winter 2018/19.
People’s Park Forever Chapter 2. Everybody Eats in the East Bay: Gourmet Tuesday Eastbay Food Not Bombs
A Day in the Life of People’s Park
We are calling for submissions of your intimate stories about people who enjoy the park and who contribute energy toward its so that People’s Park is a more safe place for everyone . We want to publish stories with the world that reveals the many different way that folks engage with the park. To publish your stories to the People’s Park.org website, please email media submissions to Dickie Haskell at dickiehaskell@gmail.com.
Join us at an Open House Speak-In!
The University has a new construction plan for People’s Park. They are going to give Campus community members a chance to look at that plan on February 10, 2020, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm, in Pauley Ballroom at the MLK Student Union.
They say they’ll be there to listen! We need you to be there to join a Speak-In. We’ll be there to share our vision for the next half-century of People’s Park. Tell them what you think of their plan to build on People’s Park.
People’s Park Forever! Chapter 1.
A new video from Dickie Haskell and the People’s Park Community.