Friends and neighbors: The Fountain at The Circle will not be flowing for a few days while we work with the city’s Public Works department to make some long-needed repairs. The opportunity to get to the repairs arose this week when someone(s) put soap in the fountain, requiring us to drain it. We hope it will be back up and...
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Friends and neighbors: In case you didn’t see this story on Berkeleyside this past week, we are sharing it here. It says the effort to re-create and install lanterns that once topped the large, century-old stone pillars at the intersection of The Alameda and Hopkins Street is nearly complete. And donors who contributed to the project via Friends of the...
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Friends and neighbors: Over its 30-plus years of existence, with your support, Friends of the Fountain and Walk has worked diligently to preserve and restore landmark elements of the Northbrae neighborhood, including the Fountain at The Circle, Fountain Walk and the balustrade that borders the historic area, all designed by esteemed architect John Galen Howard more than a century ago....
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