Archive for the ‘Telegraph Avenue’ Category
Foreword to Rag Theater
Archive Entry Date: 1975
Thomas Farber's poetic and sharply etched portrait of life on Telegraph Ave
Down and Out in Berkeley
Archive Entry Date: 5/1974
A sober 80-page study of life on the street, arguing that 'hippies' were not a large fraction of the homeless
A Rooftop View
Archive Entry Date: c. 1973
In the aftermath of a Telegraph Ave protest, the crowd disperses
A Troubling Smile
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
An older man lifting up a woman's shirt, in a jumbled-up moment on the Ave
Three Card Molly on Telegraph Ave
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
In a card game, street hustle and performance art
A Moment Stolen from Reading Together
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
Looking up from an underground comic
Street Scene Across from Moe’s Books
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
An image that asks the eye to roam over it
‘Heroin Emergency Life Project’
Archive Entry Date: 2/5/1971
A sign of changing times on the Ave: a new drug treatment project for those ensnared by hard drugs
Junk—Above All, a Very Human Problem
Archive Entry Date: 1/29/1971
Addicts, ex-addicts, doctors, and merchants gathered to wipe out heroin on the Ave
Three Friends Outside Rag Theatre
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971
An abbreviated moment of dress-up and dreaming
Runaway Roundup—For Revenge?
Archive Entry Date: 7/24/1970
The Barb punched back against police roundups of runaways
Runaway Crackdown Continues
Archive Entry Date: 7/18/1970
Police rousted 175 runaway teens to push them out of town — and found a telling postcard in one raid
Police Begin Crackdown on City’s Summer Runaways
Archive Entry Date: 7/17/1970
Many young people were rounded up within five minutes of arriving in Berkeley
Accessibility Survey of Telegraph Avenue
Archive Entry Date: 6/1984
A remarkable survey of the accessibility of Telegraph's businesses — complete with beautiful illustrations and smart solutions
Crash Pad Procedures
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
Berkeley Free Church's careful in-house instructions for the popular crash pad program
The View from the Street
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
From Nacio Jan Brown, a dog's eye view of Telegraph
Street Vendors on Telegraph
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
In a photo, a window onto the handicrafts revolution
Young Man with Drawing on Glasses
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
In an altered pair of eyeglasses, a skewed sense of humor
Two Kids Cruising Down Telegraph on Bicycle
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
Two ways of living on the Ave -- on the move, and planted in place
A Pair on the Stage of “Rag Theater”
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
Flanked by a middle finger and question marks
A Dancing Circle at Night
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
A magical moment on Telegraph, captured serendipitously by photographer Nacio Jan Brown
