Comments on: Berkeley’s “Little Secret”: New Housing Construction Downtown

By: Ricardo Webster

Ricardo Webster — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:09:25 +0000

I liked reading this post.

By: David

David — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:11:39 +0000

Heh. Bruce=typical Berkeley hippie. Cry about housing costs and then try to nix any increase in housing supply which would actually moderate the cost. Then throw in a gratuitous jab at the University, the ONLY thing that keeps Berkeley from being 1/2 El Cerrito and 1/2 North/West Oakland, with an even more gratuitous jab at the science & engineering grad students who are the ONLY students that keep the university awash in money. Sorry, buddy, it ain’t Berkeley’s department of ethnic studies that contributes to society.

By: Tracey Taylor

Tracey Taylor — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:18:05 +0000

Bruce: You are obviously very knowledgeable about Berkeley (readers — if you click on Bruce’s name you will find yourself at “Berkeleyans for Better Transportation Options”) so I will bow to that superior understanding of what makes the city tick.

However I do not fully agree with you that higher rise buildings in downtown Berkeley (as opposed to other areas) are necessarily a bad thing. At the moment Downtown is lacking soul — even a pulse — and some (good-looking, well-designed) 9-story buildings with residents attached might just go some way to changing that.

By: Bruce Kaplan

Bruce Kaplan — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:49:14 +0000

Led by the dictatorial mayor of Berkeley, Tom Bates, the City is in the process of ruining the small city feel, and building inappropriate developments that are completely wrong for the Berkeley. Nine and 13 story buildings are going to change the whole feel of Berkeley, all of this so the University and its corporate partner BP can house grad students doing research for the oil industry.

Oh, by the way, the CIty is systematically removing parking to, so that patrons who use cars to get to Rep (as well as the Freight and Salvage music venue, which is renovating the Stadium Garage on Addison) will have no where to park.

Beware. Berkeley has its charms, but its government is completely dysfunctional! Vote Tom Bates out!