Poets Corner in Berkeley in Alameda County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Garden History
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 3, 2020
1. Garden History Marker
Inscription.
Garden History. . From 1902 to 1979 the Santa Fe railroad company used this land for both industrial shipping and passenger service. The railroad tracks that once passed through here were part of a nine mile strip of land that went from Richmond to Oakland. After the tracks had been uprooted in 1979 the city of Berkeley devoted this land for open space. In 1993, designs for our garden patch were developed with help from the University of California Berkeley Department of Landscape Architecture. In 1994 the garden patch was completed with aid from AmeriCorps participants, community volunteers, East Bay Conservation Corps, and University of California Berkeley students. This land is still owned by the city of Berkeley, and leased by Berkeley Youth Alternatives.
From 1902 to 1979 the Santa Fe railroad company used this land for both industrial shipping and passenger
service. The railroad tracks that once passed through here were part of a nine mile strip of land that went from
Richmond to Oakland. After the tracks had been uprooted in 1979 the city of Berkeley devoted this land for
open space. In 1993, designs for our garden patch were developed with help from the University of California
Berkeley Department of Landscape Architecture. In 1994 the garden patch was completed with aid from
AmeriCorps participants, community volunteers, East Bay Conservation Corps, and University of California
Berkeley students. This land is still owned by the city of Berkeley, and leased by Berkeley Youth Alternatives.
Location. 37° 51.907′ N, 122° 17.159′ W. Marker is in Berkeley, California, in Alameda County. It is in Poets Corner. It is on Bancroft Way west of West Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1308 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA 94702, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area and on the Coast Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
More about this marker. The marker is just within the gate, on the right, of the Bancroft Community Garden.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 3, 2020
2. Garden History Marker - wide view
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, May 3, 2020
3. Province of Cats
Just outside the garden gate, embedded in the sidewalk, is another plaque providing an alternative perspective on the use of the land.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 28, 2020, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 312 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on July 28, 2020, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
