Quirky Berkeley, Volume 3
by Tom Dalzell
2021-07-20 20:13:51
Quirky Berkeley, Volume 3
by Tom Dalzell
2021-07-20 20:13:51
Following the success of Quirky Berkeley, arbiter of the eccentric" ( The New York Times ) Tom Dalzell returns to take readers on a tour of even more artwork that peppers the proudly idiosyncratic Northern California city. Stroll along iconic Telegra...
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Following the success of Quirky Berkeley, arbiter of the eccentric" ( The New York Times ) Tom Dalzell returns to take readers on a tour of even more artwork that peppers the proudly idiosyncratic Northern California city. Stroll along iconic Telegraph Avenue for views of painted-metal portrait sculptures of figures ranging from Rasputin to Mario Savio-even Heyday''s founder, Malcolm Margolin-at the Mad Monk Center for Anachronistic Media. Hike up Marin for views of the steel skeleton forever riffing on a tenor saxophone. Dalzell points out murals honoring the Sandinistas and bas-relief sculptures of legendary Oakland Athletics on the home of a member of the Great Tortilla Conspiracy. And just where can you find the quirkiest garden ever ? Included in every write-up are profiles of the residents, whom Dalzell is careful to portray not as stereotypical "Berzerkeleyites" but as individuals who have found their true north of exuberant self-expression."
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