Ashkenaz will use a $27,000 grant it received from the Berkeley Preservation Trust to seismically upgrade its building and help fund a new roof. Photo: Joe Balestreri
A bell tower constructed in 1878. A nursery school built in 1927. An import-export warehouse converted into a music venue. A prefabricated panel cottage put together in 1887.
These four Berkeley structures will soon be improved, thanks to $87,000 generated by the settlement of a lawsuit between Berkeley and Concerned Library Users, a group that protested how some Measure FF library bond funds were to be used.(...)
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Post tags: Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center, Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, Berkeley Day Nursery, Berkeley Historical Plaque Project, Berkeley Preservation Fund, Dmitri Belser, Elizabeth M. Kenney, Gary Skupa, Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Janice Edwards, Kenney-Meinheit Cottage, Lifelong Medical Care, Ludwig Meinheit, Rev. Este Gardner Cantor, Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny, Walter Ratcliff Jr
