Berkeley-Civic Center, Arts District & Downtown(West of Shattuck Ave.)

Rain or Shine, bring an umbrella. Maybe some showers but not bad, is the forecast.
We'll explore the heritage architecture in downtown Berkeley, in the Civic Center and Arts District in Berkeley's Historic Commercial and Cultural Districts. About two miles and flat. (above photo, Berkeley's Italian Renaissance style main post office building, 1914)
Meet at the door of the North Berkeley Senior Center at the northeast corner of Hearst Ave. & MLK Blvd.
We'll go, rain or shine, bring an umbrella.
I find two hour parking on Bonita St., between Virginia and Vine St., then I walk to the Senior Center. This location seems to be a sure thing but you may find parking closer. Watch the parking signs for street cleaning day and times.

A word or two about Downtown Berkeley:
Berkeley's downtown was established in 1876, when Francis Kittredge Shattuck and James Loring persuaded the Central Pacific RR to run a branch line into Berkeley. The building boom after the 1906 Earthquake, replaced wooden buildings with more substantial masonry and concrete ones. Enough remains from that period to give a flavor of an early 1900s downtown. Now over a hundred years later, we see an evolution of 20th- century commercial architectural styles here. But now with a push for greater uses and density, size and scale becomes a problem.