This Saturday August 1 is the first Saturday of the month. Volunteers will be meeting at 1992 Los Angeles at 9am to maintain the landscaping around the Fountain and on Fountain Walk. Come and join us! Last month we added in compost to enrich the soil. We will continue on this special project to beautify Fountain Walk. Please come help...
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FOFW friends and neighbors: As the drought continues and water restrictions tighten, some of you may wonder: Why does the Fountain at The Circle continue to operate? It’s a reasonable question, to which there is a good answer: The fountain is – so far – drought-compliant. The fountain — a 1996 reproduction of the original, a landmark 1911 work of art...
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We have been working on the website to recover from the changes due to the WordPress update. We have added new photos to all of the Galleries that were taken in the early 1990s with film cameras and scanned! We also added a new Gallery about the 3-D scanning of the fountain art features that was done in January of...
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Hi, neighbors. The Fountain and Walk are Berkeley’s oldest public art installation. On occasion, people feel compelled to add their own artistic touches to this civic treasure. In recent days, the stairs at the base of Fountain Walk were “decorated” with chalk designs. And over the past weekend, the bollards surrounding the fountain were strewn with crepe paper and the...
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A WordPress upgrade has caused some of our photos to stop being displayed. We are working to correct this. Meanwhile, we invite you to visit our photo albums on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/friendsofthefountainandwalk?ref=aymt_homepage_panel We appreciate your understanding and patience. Sara Holmes – President
Hi, friends and neighbors. We received an immediate and very helpful response to our request for pro bono legal advice from a neighbor and longtime Fountain and Walk fan. A big FOFW thank-you to Charles Reichmann for his counsel! The FOFW Board
Friends of the Fountain and Walk is seeking some pro bono legal counsel. Our group has been asked to develop a new memorandum of understanding with the City of Berkeley, our longtime partner in caring for the Fountain at The Circle and Fountain Walk. This has raised some issues that our board would like to discuss with a lawyer versed...
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EBMUD has declared a Stage 4 critical drought and has put the following water restrictions in effect: http://www.cityofberkeley.info/drought/ Limit watering of outdoor landscapes to no more than two non-consecutive days per week and prevent runoff Water only before 9 am or after 6 pm No watering allowed within 48 hours of measurable rainfall No watering of ornamental turf on public...
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This Saturday is the first Saturday of the month. Volunteers will be meeting at 1992 Los Angeles at 9am to maintain the landscaping around the Fountain and on Fountain Walk. Come and join us! For those of you who are joining us for the first time, feel free to bring any favorite gloves or tools, however, I do supply those...
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Today was the forty-fourth day of the repairs to the fountain. Here is what was done, followed by some photos: City Parks Department staff worked on a few remaining items: they used expanding foam insulation to fill in where the concrete had been removed to install the new plumbing; they completed the drain for the middle bowl; they installed the...
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