Well, we know Berkeley city officials are happy that Apple is opening a store on Fourth Street. They can’t wait to see some of that sales tax revenue. Other people are apparently excited as well. Kate Harper, a Berkeley artist who licenses greeting cards, and the Art Licensing Group, which has an office near the […]
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Berkeley Apple Store designs show building changes
Storefront of the planned new Apple Store/photo: ifoAppleStore.com When Berkeleyside broke the news that an Apple Store was moving into Fourth Street, officials from neither Apple nor the city could confirm the story. But ifoAppleStore, a site dedicated to news about Apple’s retail operations, yesterday revealed the full details of the store from drawings filed […]
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Apple store set to open on Berkeley’s Fourth Street
Apple's Bay Street store, which is 2.7 miles from Berkeley's Fourth Street. Photo: Flickr Commons. Apple will open one of its sleek retail operations on Fourth Street in Berkeley, according to sources close to the negotiations. The computer giant will take over the former Slater Marinoff space at 1823 Fourth Street, currently being used by […]
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Ford Motor Co. takes the pop-up road in Berkeley
Small is beautiful, local’s where it’s at and a whiff of the underground is the cherry on top. At least that’s what the distinctly unlocal Ford Motor Co may have been thinking when it came up with its pop-up Fiesta Lounge concept, currently happening in the vacant retail space at 1823 Fourth Street. Opened on […]
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Inside the mind of an (anonymous) yarn bomber
Post with knitted cover by Streetcolor on Fourth Street. Photo: Streetcolor. Berkeleyside has been following the city’s yarn bombing movement since May when KnittaPlease conducted a stealth knitting operation on a piece of public art on the Berkeley-Oakland border. Another anonymous graffiti knitter, Streetcolor, has emerged more recently and focuses on covering sign- and lamp-posts, mostly […]
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Good and sad on Fourth Street
There seems to be some movement forward on Fourth Street from the depths of the retail recession. CB2 took over the old Cody’s space some time ago. Today I noticed that a new clothes store, Convert (above), is planning to open in March in the attractive building that used to house Hear Music. Across the […]