Friends and neighbors: If you’ve strolled along Fountain Walk the past few years, you’ve seen how the lower part of the Walk has been transformed into a lovely garden with an amazing variety of plantings that provide greenery and bursts of color year-round. That transformation is largely the work of Walk neighbor and Friends of the Fountain and Walk volunteer...
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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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Friends and neighbors: Happy holidays! And a sincere thank you for all your support of our now 30-year-old neighborhood nonprofit. Yes, 2023 marked Friends of the Fountain and Walk’s third full decade as an all-volunteer, grassroots organization, a milestone only possible thanks to a community that cares about preserving its neighborhood treasures. In this 30th anniversary year, in partnership with...
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Friends and neighbors: For nearly 30 years, community support has been essential to the work of Friends the Fountain and Walk, the all-volunteer neighborhood nonprofit that teams with the City of Berkeley to care for the Fountain at The Circle, Fountain Walk and the surrounding historic area. That support shows up in a variety of ways, from generous donations from...
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Friends and neighbors: On Thursday, July 7, a large truck entering The Circle from The Arlington ran up onto the the center island and knocked down two of the concrete bollards on the rim of the island. Some neighbors who witnessed it managed to get the ID of the company that apparently owns the truck and get that to police...
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An update: Shortly after this note was posted, a neighbor contacted us to say they had removed the Love-in-a-Mist cuttings in an effort to keep Fountain Walk clean. The cuttings and seed pods have been recovered and will help beautify the lower Walk planting beds in the future. Friends and neighbors: For many years now, Fountain Walk neighbor Wendy Wells...
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Friends and neighbors: Every day for more than a century, Berkeleyans have been traversing the two-block length of Fountain Walk between the south entrance to the Solano Tunnel and The Circle, home of the landmark Fountain at The Circle. In the previous century, it provided a connection for commuters moving between local trolleys on The Circle and trains heading to...
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Friends and neighbors: This morning (Jan. 27), almost a month after a large truck knocked over several of the bollards lining the perimeter of the fountain island in the middle of The Circle, repairs got underway. A city crew was out early digging up the toppled bollards, assessing the damage, and re-erecting the pillars that form protective barrier. It seems...
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Friends and neighbors: The holiday lights and greenery are up on the Fountain at The Circle. Volunteers were out Saturday, Dec. 4, to string lighted garlands around the perimeter of the fountain island and to adorn the fountain’s grizzly bear cubs with wreaths and kippot. They also carried out the monthly cleanup of The Circle, Fountain Walk...
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Friends and neighbors: The holiday season of this second year of pandemic is almost upon us. We hope that you and yours have been staying safe and well. This note is to remind you that the ‘SHOP” page of our website is active again. Here you will find lovely fountain-themed photographs, note cards and greeting cards, magnets, bear cub T-shirts,...
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