Outings on Fridays
Our popular series of guided tours, organized by Sally Sachs, returns this spring and summer. The tours take place on the first Friday of the month at 11:00 am (we meet at the tour location at 10:45 am). Lunch is optional.
$15 per tour or $40 for all three
Friday, 4 April 2008
Charles S. Greene Library,
now African-American Museum & Library of Oakland
Courtesy of Oakland California Landmarks
This Beaux-Arts Carnegie library was designed in 1900 by Bliss & Faville, with murals by Arthur Matthews. Designated Oakland Landmark #43, the building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Since 2002, the library has been the home of the African-American Museum & Library of Oakland, dedicated “to discover, preserve, interpret and share the historical and cultural experiences of African Americans in California and the West for present and future generations.”
Lunch in Old Oakland.
Friday, 2 May 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals Building
Seventh & Mission Streets, San Francisco
Courtesy of som.com
This imposing granite edifice was designed in the 1890s by James Knox Taylor, chief architect for the U.S. Treasury Department, to house the federal courts and the main San Francisco post office. When it opened in 1905, Sunset magazine called it the Versailles of the West. This tour is free but requires a reservation before 30 April.
Lunch in San Francisco.
Friday, 6 June 2008
Blake Garden Sold out
Kensington
The Anson S. Blake House (Walter Bliss, 1920s) serves as the home of the Univesity of California president. The extensive landscaped grounds surrounding the house, which we will tour, are used as a teaching facility for the U.C. Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.
Lunch in Kensington.
Friday, 11 & 25 July 2008
Tao House
Danville
The Eugene and Carlotta O’Neill House (Frederick Confer, 1937) has a Spanish Colonial Revival exterior, but its interior reflects the O’Neills’ passion for Oriental thought, art, and design. This National Historic Site is administered by the National Park Service. The tour will last approximately 2 hours. The 11 July tour is sold out. Tickets are still available for the 25th.
Lunch in downtown Danville.
To order tickets, send a check made out to BAHA and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:
BAHA
Outings on Fridays
P.O. Box 1137
Berkeley, CA 94701
You can also pay for tickets by credit card via PayPal. Please specify your outing date[s].
$15 per tour or $40 for all three
Friday, 4 April 2008
Charles S. Greene Library,
now African-American Museum & Library of Oakland
Courtesy of Oakland California Landmarks
This Beaux-Arts Carnegie library was designed in 1900 by Bliss & Faville, with murals by Arthur Matthews. Designated Oakland Landmark #43, the building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Since 2002, the library has been the home of the African-American Museum & Library of Oakland, dedicated “to discover, preserve, interpret and share the historical and cultural experiences of African Americans in California and the West for present and future generations.”
Lunch in Old Oakland.
Friday, 2 May 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals Building
Seventh & Mission Streets, San Francisco
Courtesy of som.com
This imposing granite edifice was designed in the 1890s by James Knox Taylor, chief architect for the U.S. Treasury Department, to house the federal courts and the main San Francisco post office. When it opened in 1905, Sunset magazine called it the Versailles of the West. This tour is free but requires a reservation before 30 April.
Lunch in San Francisco.
Friday, 6 June 2008
Blake Garden Sold out
Kensington
The Anson S. Blake House (Walter Bliss, 1920s) serves as the home of the Univesity of California president. The extensive landscaped grounds surrounding the house, which we will tour, are used as a teaching facility for the U.C. Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.
Lunch in Kensington.
Friday, 11 & 25 July 2008
Tao House
Danville
The Eugene and Carlotta O’Neill House (Frederick Confer, 1937) has a Spanish Colonial Revival exterior, but its interior reflects the O’Neills’ passion for Oriental thought, art, and design. This National Historic Site is administered by the National Park Service. The tour will last approximately 2 hours. The 11 July tour is sold out. Tickets are still available for the 25th.
Lunch in downtown Danville.
To order tickets, send a check made out to BAHA and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:
BAHA
Outings on Fridays
P.O. Box 1137
Berkeley, CA 94701
You can also pay for tickets by credit card via PayPal. Please specify your outing date[s].
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