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Home > Summer Solstice from the Berkeley Rose Garden

Summer Solstice from the Berkeley Rose Garden

June 21, 2010 by idxcentral 1 Comment

I was showing homes in the Berkeley Hills this morning, and took a stroll up Rose Walk, one of Berkeley’s magical places.  I first discovered it in the late 70’s when I lived at 2833 Buena Vista Way.

Here’s the link to the Berkeley Path Wanderer’s Association web page about Rose Walk

Rose Walk was designed by Bernard Maybeck, and buildings were designed by Henry Gutterson.  It’s right next to Codornices Park and the Rose Garden.  There’s a terrific concrete slide in the park; a tunnel under Euclid Avenue takes you to the tennis courts and Rose Garden.

http://berkeleyhomes.com/graphics/maps/bay-area/east-bay/berkeley/berkeley-hills/map-berkeley-hills-rose-walk-rose-garden-1.jpg

Rose Walk – It goes from Euclid on the west to Rose Street on the east. The lovely “Renaissance Revival stairway” is just to the east and south of the crosswalk on Euclid.

The Berkeley Rose Garden is a traditional place to watch the sunset, and since todays’ the Summer Solstice I thought you’d be interested seeing where the sun rose and set on the longest day.

Rose Walk and Rose Garden

Rose Walk is at the blue circle bottom right corner.  The large trapezoidal structure is (was?) a reservoir. Codornices Park is north of the reservoir; you can clearly see the Rose Garden Amphitheater and Tennis Courts; The Tennis Courts were a WPA (or analogous) project.

Rose Garden

Close up view. The hemispherical landing is filled with people at sunset.

And here’s how the sun rises and sets on the Summer Solstice!

Sunset Over Marin from The Berkeley Rose Garden

Sunset over Marin.

Sydney Harbor Bridge Solstice June 21st

And the Winter Solstice in Sydney Australia.  The sun sets at 4:54 PM for our friends down under.

Ira & Carol Serkes - Sydney Harbor Bridge Climb
And why I love looking at photos of the beautiful Sydney Harbor!

Filed Under: Architects, Architecture, Berkeley Hills, June, Maps, Parks, Gardens & Nurseries, Summer, What Makes Berkeley Special Tagged With: Berkeley Path Wanderers Association, Berkeley Rose Garden, Bernard Maybeck, Bridge Climb, Codornices Park, Concrete Slide, Henry Gutterson, Playground, Rose Walk, Summer Solstice, Sydney Harbor, Sydney Harbor Bridge, WPA

Comments

  1. Julie Ryan says

    June 22, 2010 at 12:19 pm

    What a delightful story Ira. It makes me want to hurry back to Berkeley! Berkeley is lucky to have you to help unlock the rich beauty and interesting history of this vibrant part of the world. Of course, “down under” is pretty special too… you and Carol look so happy in that pic on the Bridge!

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