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Off-the-Street Fair Here


OffTheStreetFaire

Date: 6/20/1969

Citation:

"Off-the-Street Fair Here," Berkeley Barb, June 20, 1969, p. 3.

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Categories:

Telegraph Avenue

Tags:

Fred CodyTelegraph AvenueTelegraph Avenue Summer Program (TASP)youth



  • 1. Home of "the Sidewalk Stars and Bizarres"

    • Telegraph Avenue, the Greatest Freak Show on Earth

      Telegraph Avenue, the Greatest Freak Show on Earth
      –1/1/1967–

      An archconservative candidate for mayor vilified Telegraph as "a magnet for perverts, dope addicts and degenerates"

    • Off-the-Street Fair Here

      Off-the-Street Fair Here
      –6/20/1969–

      The Telegraph Ave Summer Project brought health clinics, jobs and food to the street

    • The Street Scene Outside Rag Theatre

      The Street Scene Outside Rag Theatre
      –c. 1970–

      The motion and life of Telegraph Avenue, in a photograph jammed with contrasts

    • A Pair on the Stage of “Rag Theater”

      A Pair on the Stage of “Rag Theater”
      –c. 1970–

      Flanked by a middle finger and question marks

    • Young Man with Drawing on Glasses

      Young Man with Drawing on Glasses
      –c. 1970–

      In an altered pair of eyeglasses, a skewed sense of humor

    • On the Avenue

      On the Avenue
      –c. 1970–

      The Telegraph Avenue scene in black and white

    • Street Vendors on Telegraph

      Street Vendors on Telegraph
      –c. 1970–

      In a photo, a window onto the handicrafts revolution

    • Three Friends Outside Rag Theatre

      Three Friends Outside Rag Theatre
      –c. 1971–

      An abbreviated moment of dress-up and dreaming

    • Girl Plays with Cat’s Cradle

      Girl Plays with Cat’s Cradle
      –c. 1971–

      Girl? Woman? "Nymphet"?

    • Three Card Molly on Telegraph Ave

      Three Card Molly on Telegraph Ave
      –c. 1971–

      In a card game, street hustle and performance art

    • Portrait of Kathy Delacour

      Portrait of Kathy Delacour
      –c. 1973–

      "People were just drawn to her"

    • Foreword to Rag Theater

      Foreword to Rag Theater
      –1975–

      Thomas Farber's poetic and sharply etched portrait of life on Telegraph Ave

  • 2. Camaraderie on the Avenue

    • Three Young Men on the Corner

      Three Young Men on the Corner
      –c. 1970–

      A popular place to wile away the hours: on the sidewalk facing Moe's Books

    • A Scene of Grooming

      A Scene of Grooming
      –c. 1970–

      A young woman tends to the hair of a young man

    • A Dancing Circle at Night

      A Dancing Circle at Night
      –c. 1970–

      A magical moment on Telegraph, captured serendipitously by photographer Nacio Jan Brown

    • Two Kids Cruising Down Telegraph on Bicycle

      Two Kids Cruising Down Telegraph on Bicycle
      –c. 1970–

      Two ways of living on the Ave -- on the move, and planted in place

    • The View from the Street

      The View from the Street
      –c. 1970–

      From Nacio Jan Brown, a dog's eye view of Telegraph

    • Street Scene Across from Moe’s Books

      Street Scene Across from Moe’s Books
      –c. 1971–

      An image that asks the eye to roam over it

    • A Moment Stolen from Reading Together

      A Moment Stolen from Reading Together
      –c. 1971–

      Looking up from an underground comic

  • 3. The Darker Side of Street Life

    • Young Woman with Dog

      Young Woman with Dog
      –c. 1971–

      On the street, with a dog nestling at her feet

    • Girl Rolling Joint

      Girl Rolling Joint
      –c. 1971–

      A moment in the churn of Telegraph Avenue life

    • Junk—Above All, a Very Human Problem

      Junk—Above All, a Very Human Problem
      –1/29/1971–

      Addicts, ex-addicts, doctors, and merchants gathered to wipe out heroin on the Ave

    • ‘Heroin Emergency Life Project’

      ‘Heroin Emergency Life Project’
      –2/5/1971–

      A sign of changing times on the Ave: a new drug treatment project for those ensnared by hard drugs

    • An Arm with a Grim Reaper Tattoo

      An Arm with a Grim Reaper Tattoo
      –c. 1971–

      Death, taking a hit

    • A Troubling Smile

      A Troubling Smile
      –c. 1971–

      An older man lifting up a woman's shirt, in a jumbled-up moment on the Ave

  • 4. Police and Politics

    • A Telegraph Avenue Bust

      A Telegraph Avenue Bust
      –c. 1969–

      The hammer comes down on a long-haired denizen of the Avenue

    • Pigs Get Press, Press Press Back

      Pigs Get Press, Press Press Back
      –5/30/1969–

      The photographer Nacio Jan Brown found himself at the center of the story

    • Police Begin Crackdown on City’s Summer Runaways

      Police Begin Crackdown on City’s Summer Runaways
      –7/17/1970–

      Many young people were rounded up within five minutes of arriving in Berkeley

    • Runaway Roundup—For Revenge?

      Runaway Roundup—For Revenge?
      –7/24/1970–

      The Barb punched back against police roundups of runaways

    • A Rooftop View

      A Rooftop View
      –c. 1973–

      In the aftermath of a Telegraph Ave protest, the crowd disperses

  • 5. Homelessness and Crash Pads

    • Free Church Crashes

      Free Church Crashes
      –c. 1969–

      The broader specs on the Berkeley Free Church 'crash pad' program, which housed over 7000 people in its first year

    • Crash Pad Procedures

      Crash Pad Procedures
      –c. 1970–

      Berkeley Free Church's careful in-house instructions for the popular crash pad program

    • Runaway Crackdown Continues

      Runaway Crackdown Continues
      –7/18/1970–

      Police rousted 175 runaway teens to push them out of town — and found a telling postcard in one raid

    • Down and Out in Berkeley

      Down and Out in Berkeley
      –5/1974–

      A sober 80-page study of life on the street, arguing that 'hippies' were not a large fraction of the homeless

  • 6. A Different Type of Business Owner: Moe, Fred, Pat and Others

    • Putting the Street Together

      Putting the Street Together
      –8/23/1968–

      Telegraph Avenue's business owners and its "Commune" met for two nights to hash out their difficulties

    • Off-the-Street Fair Here

      Off-the-Street Fair Here
      –6/20/1969–

      The Telegraph Ave Summer Project brought health clinics, jobs and food to the street

    • Street Vendors on Telegraph

      Street Vendors on Telegraph
      –c. 1970–

      In a photo, a window onto the handicrafts revolution

    • Accessibility Survey of Telegraph Avenue

      Accessibility Survey of Telegraph Avenue
      –6/1984–

      A remarkable survey of the accessibility of Telegraph's businesses — complete with beautiful illustrations and smart solutions

    • Junk—Above All, a Very Human Problem

      Junk—Above All, a Very Human Problem
      –1/29/1971–

      Addicts, ex-addicts, doctors, and merchants gathered to wipe out heroin on the Ave

    • ‘Heroin Emergency Life Project’

      ‘Heroin Emergency Life Project’
      –2/5/1971–

      A sign of changing times on the Ave: a new drug treatment project for those ensnared by hard drugs

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