Berkeley Hills

My apartment was mid way between the Temple Of The Wings-Boynton House and Hume Castle, and just up the street from Maybeck Twin Drive. Bernard Maybeck designed some extraordinary homes near the one he built for himself and his family: don’t miss the The Lawson House (built to be earthquake resistant), the Mathewson “studio” house, and several a “sack” houses, with exteriors made of sacks dipped in concrete, as a fire preventive.

Greenwood Commons … just down the street from La Loma and Buena Vista Way has lovely mid-century homes set around a grassy commons … and a bench where you can look out on the bay.

Some of the wonderful sights in the Berkeley Hills are Cragmont, Remillard, & Indian Rock Parks (look for the rock climbers practicing their climbing skills), Rose Walk, a complex of small homes designed by Maybeck, and the Berkeley Rose Garden.

Further up the hills you’ll find the UC Botanical Gardens and the Lawrence Hall of Science… a spectacular place to watch 4th of July Fireworks around the bay.

Don’t miss Tilden Regional Park with its Little Farm, Merry-Go-Round, Golf Course (my brother Bruce hit a hole-in-one!), De Anza Lake, and steam engine and pony rides.

Some other Berkeley Hills neighborhoods are:

La Loma Park/Nut Hill: roughly bounded by Euclid Avenue on the west and the main University of California campus on the south.

Cragmont: The Berkeley Hills section north of Codornices Creek, and east of about Euclid Avenue.

Southampton: bounded by The Arlington on the west, Tilden Regional Park on the east, and Marin Avenue to the south.

The AC Transit East Bay and Trans-Bay buses run in the Berkeley Hills!

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