About: People's Park (Berkeley)

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People's Park in Berkeley, California is located just east of Telegraph Avenue, bounded by Haste and Bowditch Streets, and Dwight Way, near the University of California, Berkeley. The park was created during the radical political activism of the late 1960s. The local Southside neighborhood was the scene of a major confrontation between student protesters and police in May 1969. A mural near the park, painted by Berkeley artist O'Brien Thiele and lawyer/artist Osha Neumann, depicts the shooting of James Rector, who was fatally shot by police on May 15, 1969.

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  • People's Park in Berkeley, California is located just east of Telegraph Avenue, bounded by Haste and Bowditch Streets, and Dwight Way, near the University of California, Berkeley. The park was created during the radical political activism of the late 1960s. The local Southside neighborhood was the scene of a major confrontation between student protesters and police in May 1969. A mural near the park, painted by Berkeley artist O'Brien Thiele and lawyer/artist Osha Neumann, depicts the shooting of James Rector, who was fatally shot by police on May 15, 1969. While the land is the property of the University of California, People's Park has operated since the early 1970s as a free public park. The City of Berkeley declared it a historical and cultural landmark in 1984. It is often viewed as a sanctuary for Berkeley's low income and large homeless population who, along with others, received meals from East Bay Food Not Bombs regularly. Many social welfare organizations do outreach at the park, like the Suitcase Clinic. Nearby Berkeley residents partake in regularly scheduled activities around the park like gardening, musical performances, and movie nights. Many of these events are planned and coordinated by the People's Park Committee. In response to UC Berkeley's renewed plan to build student housing on the site, the Defend People's Park coalition formed to organize events, direct actions, mutual aid, and classes at the park since a student occupation began in early 2021. A People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group also formed and pursued national recognition for the park. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. On July 29, 2022, a judge ruled in favor of the UC Berkeley construction project. Demolition work began in early August, along with protests by community members opposed to the redevelopment effort. On August 5, California First District Court of Appeal upheld a stay order. This temporarily pauses construction, demolition, or tree-cutting at the site, but UC Berkeley has been permitted to erect barricades and fences, until the legal dispute is settled. The court ruling likely means that construction will be on hold until at least October of 2022, pending outcome of the litigation. (en)
  • People's ParkPeople's Park, Berkeley. People's Park, ou parc du peuple en français, est un parc situé à Berkeley, en Californie, à la sortie de Telegraph Avenue, bordé par les rues Haste et Bowditch et le chemin Dwight, près de l'Université de Californie, Berkeley. Le parc a été créé au cours de la période d'activisme politique radical de la fin des années 1960. Le quartier Sud (Southside) a été le théâtre d'une confrontation majeure entre des manifestants et la police en mai 1969. Une peinture murale à proximité du parc, peint par l'artiste O'Brien Thiele et l'avocat-artiste Osha Neumann de Berkeley, représente le fusillage de James Rector, un étudiant qui mourut des blessures provoquées par un coup de fusil tiré par la police le 15 mai 1969. Alors que légalement le terrain est la propriété de l'Université de Californie, le Parc du Peuple a fonctionné depuis le début des années 1970 comme un parc public gratuit. Bien qu'ouvert à tous, il sert surtout d'abris de jour à la nombreuse population de sans abri de Berkeley qui sont nourris par l'association East Bay Food Not Bombs (Aliments de l'Est de la Baie, Pas de Bombes). Les voisins résidents, et ceux qui tentent d'utiliser le parc de loisirs, entre parfois en conflit avec les personnes sans-abri. (fr)
  • Parque do Povo, em Berkeley (Califórnia), Califórnia, EUA, é um parque perto da Universidade da Califórnia (Berkeley). O parque foi criado durante o ativismo político radical dos anos 1960. Atualmente, o Parque do Povo é um parque público gratuito. Embora aberto a todos, é principalmente um santuário da grande população de sem-tetos de Berkeley, que, assim como outras pessoas, recebem refeições do grupo Food Not Bombs. Banheiros públicos estão disponíveis, e o parque dispõe de inovadores jardins de demonstração, inclusive de jardinagem orgânica comunitária e áreas com plantas nativas da Califórnia, todos os quais foram criados por jardineiros voluntários. Os estudantes usam as quadras de basquete. Um público mais amplo é atraído por manifestações ocasionais, shows e eventos de hip-hop realizados no Palco do Povo, um coreto de madeira projetado e construído no extremo oeste do parque por voluntários organizados pelo Conselho do Parque do Povo. Moradores, e aqueles que usam o parque para o lazer, às vezes experimentam conflitos com alguns sem-tetos mais agressivos no Parque do Povo. A mitologia do parque é uma parte importante da cultura local. O bairro South Campus foi palco de um grande confronto entre manifestantes estudantis e a polícia em maio de 1969. Um mural perto do parque, pintado pelo artista nativo O'Brien Thiele e o advogado/artista Osha Neumann, representa o tiro de James Rector, um estudante que morreu após ser ferido por tiros de espingarda infligidos pela polícia em 15 de maio de 1969. (pt)
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  • — Dr. Harry Brean, chief radiologist at Berkeley's Herrick Hospital (en)
  • Steve Stallone (en)
  • — Frank Bardacke, a participant in the park's development (en)
  • — State Sen. Gordon Cologne (en)
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  • The park with tents in April 2021. (en)
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  • "Since 1972, the university has fought a sniper war with the community, hoping the casualties would wear us down, gambling that Berkeley's shifting population would eventually erase the social memory of the park's importance, and planning to turn the community against the park. (en)
  • A group of people took some corporate land, owned by the University of California, that was a parking lot and turned it into a park and then said, 'We're using the land better than you used it; it's ours.' (en)
  • The Bay Area Rapid Transit has substantial property under which the new San Francisco trains will run. The surface has been offered to the city, without charge, for such a park and is located only a few blocks away from this park. Actually, the space available for a park there is substantially larger. If the real issue is a park for people, why not develop that? (en)
  • POLICE SEIZE PARK; SHOOT AT LEAST 35; March Triggers Ave. Gassing; Bystanders, Students Wounded; Emergency, Curfew Enforced (en)
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  • East Bay Guardian (en)
  • June 1969 editorial, The Desert Sun (en)
  • quoted in the documentary film Berkeley in the Sixties (en)
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  • "The indiscriminate use of shotguns [was] sheer insanity." (en)
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  • People's Park in Berkeley, California is located just east of Telegraph Avenue, bounded by Haste and Bowditch Streets, and Dwight Way, near the University of California, Berkeley. The park was created during the radical political activism of the late 1960s. The local Southside neighborhood was the scene of a major confrontation between student protesters and police in May 1969. A mural near the park, painted by Berkeley artist O'Brien Thiele and lawyer/artist Osha Neumann, depicts the shooting of James Rector, who was fatally shot by police on May 15, 1969. (en)
  • People's ParkPeople's Park, Berkeley. People's Park, ou parc du peuple en français, est un parc situé à Berkeley, en Californie, à la sortie de Telegraph Avenue, bordé par les rues Haste et Bowditch et le chemin Dwight, près de l'Université de Californie, Berkeley. Le parc a été créé au cours de la période d'activisme politique radical de la fin des années 1960. (fr)
  • Parque do Povo, em Berkeley (Califórnia), Califórnia, EUA, é um parque perto da Universidade da Califórnia (Berkeley). O parque foi criado durante o ativismo político radical dos anos 1960. Atualmente, o Parque do Povo é um parque público gratuito. Embora aberto a todos, é principalmente um santuário da grande população de sem-tetos de Berkeley, que, assim como outras pessoas, recebem refeições do grupo Food Not Bombs. Banheiros públicos estão disponíveis, e o parque dispõe de inovadores jardins de demonstração, inclusive de jardinagem orgânica comunitária e áreas com plantas nativas da Califórnia, todos os quais foram criados por jardineiros voluntários. Os estudantes usam as quadras de basquete. Um público mais amplo é atraído por manifestações ocasionais, shows e eventos de hip-hop real (pt)
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  • People's Park (fr)
  • People's Park (Berkeley) (en)
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