Richmond Line
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Ashby
Berkeley
North Berkeley
Linear Parkway
Urban Beautification Demonstration Project
Transit Route Landscaping Solano Ave to Garfield Ave, Albany CA
Improvements Sponsored by Bay Area Rapid Transit District and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
"To demonstrate how a portion of the aerial structures could be made more useful and beautiful, the District, with a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, established this 2.7 mile parkway project in the cities of Albany and Cerrito. The parkway included meandering pedestrian walks, focal points, and activity centers, alongside treatment of parking areas and pedestrian circulation spaces and entrances at El Cerrito del Norte station. Landscape architects were Sasaki, Walker Associates, Inc. of Sausalito." - May 1968. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Linear Parkway. Sasaki, Walker Associates, Inc. WRM
Transit Route Landscaping Solano Ave to Garfield Ave, Albany CA
Improvements Sponsored by Bay Area Rapid Transit District and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
"To demonstrate how a portion of the aerial structures could be made more useful and beautiful, the District, with a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, established this 2.7 mile parkway project in the cities of Albany and Cerrito. The parkway included meandering pedestrian walks, focal points, and activity centers, alongside treatment of parking areas and pedestrian circulation spaces and entrances at El Cerrito del Norte station. Landscape architects were Sasaki, Walker Associates, Inc. of Sausalito." - May 1968. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Linear Parkway. Sasaki, Walker Associates, Inc. WRM
El Cerrito Plaza
From the BART Fact Sheet "ART in BART":
BART'S STATION ART PROGRAM was implemented to complement the varied station designs. The result is a number of outstanding works of art placed in 15 of the stations funded with an initial BART investment in the 1970s of $170,000 and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts...
El Cerrito Plaza and El Cerrito Del Norte: Both stations were awarded national design honors by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Alfonso Pardinas created and executed longitudinal glass wall mosaics which cover stairwells and entry walls.
BART News Release O-18: The 700 foot El Cerrito Plaza aerial station was selected for national design honors by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
BART'S STATION ART PROGRAM was implemented to complement the varied station designs. The result is a number of outstanding works of art placed in 15 of the stations funded with an initial BART investment in the 1970s of $170,000 and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts...
El Cerrito Plaza and El Cerrito Del Norte: Both stations were awarded national design honors by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Alfonso Pardinas created and executed longitudinal glass wall mosaics which cover stairwells and entry walls.
BART News Release O-18: The 700 foot El Cerrito Plaza aerial station was selected for national design honors by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
El Cerrito Del Norte
El Cerrito Del Norte is a major bus transfer station due to the proximity of the station to I-80.
From the BART Fact Sheet "ART in BART":
BART'S STATION ART PROGRAM was implemented to complement the varied station designs. The result is a number of outstanding works of art placed in 15 of the stations funded with an initial BART investment in the 1970s of $170,000 and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts...
El Cerrito Plaza and El Cerrito Del Norte: Both stations were awarded national design honors by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Alfonso Pardinas created and executed longitudinal glass wall mosaics which cover stairwells and entry walls.
From the BART Fact Sheet "ART in BART":
BART'S STATION ART PROGRAM was implemented to complement the varied station designs. The result is a number of outstanding works of art placed in 15 of the stations funded with an initial BART investment in the 1970s of $170,000 and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts...
El Cerrito Plaza and El Cerrito Del Norte: Both stations were awarded national design honors by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Alfonso Pardinas created and executed longitudinal glass wall mosaics which cover stairwells and entry walls.
Richmond
Richmond Yard
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