People's Park
Good for: p/u basketball peeps watching
Not good for: a pik-a-nik
- Address
- Telegraph Ave Shopping District btwn Haste St & Dwight Way
Lonely Planet review for People's Park
Just east of Telegraph Ave, between Haste St and Dwight Way, is the site of People's Park, a marker in local history as a political battleground between residents and city government in the late '60s. The park has since served mostly as an unofficial residence for Berkeley's homeless. A publicly funded restoration spruced it up a bit, and occasional festivals do still happen here, but on the surface it's still just a mangy patch of trampled grass.
Traveller reviews for People's Park (2)
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Whoopi Goldberg trampled that patch of grass + Suze Orman
evercurious1 recommends this,
People's park is also good for a nice pick-up game of basketball, whether you're playing or just people watching. Rasputin's is just down the block on Telegraph. Be careful at night; if you'v ever seen the movie "Gangs of New York", think "Gangs of Berkeley", only the members are rats, not people. Telegraph is interesting but is also yuck city when the sun goes down.
Good for: p/u basketball peeps watching
Not good for: a pik-a-nik
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