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Group circulates ballot measure to preserve ice rink
A rendering of Iceland from the environmental report on remodeling it into a Sports Basement A group that worked to place Berkeley Iceland on a city list of historic places is circulating a ballot...
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Op/Ed: Clean Berkeley Iceland building, whatever its fate
Graffiti on the front of Berkeley Iceland. Photo: Beck Cowles It’s been five years since Berkeley Iceland closed for the last time, and the historic property on Milvia Street has largely been left to...
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Sports Basement to take over historic Berkeley ice rink
Five years after closure, Berkeley Iceland is derelict and graffittied. Photo: Sports Basement Mayor Tom Bates fell on his butt there. Susan Wengraf and Gordon Wozniak fondly recalled children’s...
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
Photo: Emilie Raguso ALPHA DESIGN A new custom upholstery store has opened at 2001 San Pablo Ave., on the corner of University Avenue). Alpha Design has over 250 frame styles for chairs and sofas and...
View ArticleBerkeley Iceland is more than a building: it’s a sanctuary
Tuesday will be a big day for the city of Berkeley and especially for a little neighborhood in south Berkeley. Tuesday at 7pm the Berkeley City Council will hold a hearing on whether to allow Berkeley...
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Sports Basement to open Nov. 1 at Berkeley Iceland site
In June, crews began to convert the former Berkeley Iceland property into the building that will house Sports Basement beginning in November. Photo: Ted Friedman There are mounds of dirt where once...
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Photos: Sports Basement preparing to open Nov. 11
Those are not stained glass windows, simply the sunset as seen from the interior of the new Sports Basement opening on Tuesday next week. Photo: courtesy Sports Basement Sports Basement will open in...
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
New York’s MSC Customs bike store will open on Telegraph Avenue later this month. Photo: Ted Friedman COMING SOON: MSC CUSTOMS Manhattan’s MSC Customs bicycle and apparel company has opened its first...
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Bites: Millennium on for Rockridge, Vampire Penguin
Vampire Penguin, the soon-to-open “shaved ice” restaurant in Berkeley, will serve treats like the Halo-Halo, with flan, jackfruit, coconut, ube paste, mung beans and condensed milk over taro shaved...
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Group circulates ballot measure to preserve ice rink
Save Berkeley Iceland is circulating a petition for the November 2012 ballot to force the city to consider continuing to use the ice rink building as a community recreation space.
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Sports Basement to take over historic Berkeley ice rink
Mayor Tom Bates fell on his butt there. Susan Wengraf and Gordon Wozniak fondly recalled children’s parties there. There was a wave of nostalgia for Berkeley Iceland at last night’s City Council...
View ArticleShop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
ALPHA DESIGN A new custom upholstery store has opened at 2001 San Pablo Ave., on the corner of University Avenue). Alpha Design has over 250 frame styles for chairs and sofas and over 1,000 types of...
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Sports Basement to open Nov. 1 at Berkeley Iceland site
There are mounds of dirt where once there was ice, and construction crews where there used to be skaters. If work continues on schedule, Sports Basement will open on Nov. 1 at 2727 Milvia Street, the...
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Photos: Sports Basement preparing to open Nov. 11
Sports Basement will open in the former Berkeley Iceland location on Tuesday next week, 10 days later than originally forecast. It will follow with a “Grandish Snowpening” on Saturday, Nov.15, when...
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
COMING SOON: MSC CUSTOMS Manhattan’s MSC Customs bicycle and apparel company has opened its first West Coast shop at 2422 Telegraph Ave. The company assembles and sells made-to-order single-speed track...
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Millennium on for Rockridge, Vampire Penguin
Vampire Penguin begins build out, Teazzert opens in Alameda, Oakland Juice and Co. makes cocktails, and much more in this week's Bites.
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Group circulates ballot measure to preserve ice rink
Save Berkeley Iceland is circulating a petition for the November 2012 ballot to force the city to consider continuing to use the ice rink building as a community recreation space.
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Sports Basement to take over historic Berkeley ice rink
Mayor Tom Bates fell on his butt there. Susan Wengraf and Gordon Wozniak fondly recalled children’s parties there. There was a wave of nostalgia for Berkeley Iceland at last night’s City Council...
View ArticleShop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
ALPHA DESIGN A new custom upholstery store has opened at 2001 San Pablo Ave., on the corner of University Avenue). Alpha Design has over 250 frame styles for chairs and sofas and over 1,000 types of...
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Sports Basement to open Nov. 1 at Berkeley Iceland site
There are mounds of dirt where once there was ice, and construction crews where there used to be skaters. If work continues on schedule, Sports Basement will open on Nov. 1 at 2727 Milvia Street, the...
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