A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Tipping Building

    Berkeley Fire Station No. 2

    • berkeley
    • fire
    • fire department
    • 1961
    • 1998
    • california
    • bay area

    Birgeneau Energy Garden

      Energy Garden

        Bachenheimer Building

          Submitted by Abby Paske. 

          Submitted by Abby Paske. 

        • berkeley
        • california
        • bay area
        • jane jacobs

        Chief Justice Earl Warren

          Berkeleyan Apartments

          • berkeley
          • california
          • bay area
          • jane jacobs

          The 1923 Berkeley Fire

          THE 1923 BERKELEY FIRE  On the morning of September 17, 1923, a grass fire spread from Wildcat Canyon over the hills into Berkeley. Driven by hot, dry winds, the fire spread rapidly across the...

          THE 1923 BERKELEY FIRE  On the morning of September 17, 1923, a grass fire spread from Wildcat Canyon over the hills into Berkeley. Driven by hot, dry winds, the fire spread rapidly across the...

          • berkeley
          • california
          • bay area
          • fire
          • 1923
          • washington school

          Roos Bros. Building

          CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1984 ROOS BROS. BUILDING Miller and Pflueger, Architects, 1926 In 1876 the Central Pacific (later Southern Pacific) Railroad expanded into downtown...

          CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1984 ROOS BROS. BUILDING Miller and Pflueger, Architects, 1926 In 1876 the Central Pacific (later Southern Pacific) Railroad expanded into downtown...

          • berkeley
          • california
          • bay area
          • roos
          • cal
          • golden bears

          Hokey Pokey

            Birthplace of the Asian American Movement

            BIRTHPLACE OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT  By the late 1960s, a new generation of political activists emerged in Berkeley from protests opposing the  Vietnam War and supporting the Farmworkers,...

            BIRTHPLACE OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT  By the late 1960s, a new generation of political activists emerged in Berkeley from protests opposing the  Vietnam War and supporting the Farmworkers,...

              S. H. Kress Co. Store

              CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1981 S. H. KRESS CO. STORE Edward F. Sibbert, Architect, 1933 Samuel H. Kress began his chain of retail stores around 1900 and soon these...

              CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1981 S. H. KRESS CO. STORE Edward F. Sibbert, Architect, 1933 Samuel H. Kress began his chain of retail stores around 1900 and soon these...

              • berkeley
              • california
              • bay area
              • kress
              • store
              • five and dime

              Heywood Building

              CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1993 HEYWOOD BUILDING James W. Plachek, Architect, 1917, Jim Novosel: The Bay Architects, 1994 This small commercial building was built for William Heywood,...

              CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1993 HEYWOOD BUILDING James W. Plachek, Architect, 1917, Jim Novosel: The Bay Architects, 1994 This small commercial building was built for William Heywood,...

              • berkeley
              • california
              • bay area
              • plachek
              • library
              • terra-cotta
              • paramount

              First Home of the California College of Arts and Crafts

              • berkeley
              • california
              • bay area
              • studio building
              • 1905
              • 1906
              • 1982

              The Touriel Building

              Possibilities to add convenience, intensity, and cheer in cities... are limitless" -- Jane Jacobs

              Possibilities to add convenience, intensity, and cheer in cities... are limitless" -- Jane Jacobs

              • berkeley
              • california
              • bay area
              • jane jacobs

              F.D. Chase Building

              F. D. Chase Building   William Wharff, Architect, 1909 Renovated by Jim Novosel, The Bay Architects, 2001   During Berkeley’s early 20th Century development boom, the F.D. Chase Real Estate...

              F. D. Chase Building   William Wharff, Architect, 1909 Renovated by Jim Novosel, The Bay Architects, 2001   During Berkeley’s early 20th Century development boom, the F.D. Chase Real...

                Site of David Park's Studio

                BERKELEY HISTORY SITE OF DAVID PARK’S STUDIO In the 1940’s painter David Park (1911–1960) had a studio in a brick building that once occupied this site. Despite a well-received exhibition of his...

                BERKELEY HISTORY SITE OF DAVID PARK’S STUDIO In the 1940’s painter David Park (1911–1960) had a studio in a brick building that once occupied this site. Despite a well-received exhibition of...

                • berkeley
                • california
                • bay area
                • park
                • painting

                Ohlone Park Mural

                  Golden Sheaf Bakery Annex

                  CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1978 GOLDEN SHEAF BAKERY ANNEX Clinton Day, Architect, 1905 Jim Novosel, Architect, 2000 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places In 1877, English...

                  CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1978 GOLDEN SHEAF BAKERY ANNEX Clinton Day, Architect, 1905 Jim Novosel, Architect, 2000 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places In 1877, English...

                  • berkeley
                  • bakery
                  • california
                  • bay area
                  • earthquake
                  • loaves
                  • horse-drawn
                  • baker's union