Maison d’ Etre Reopening on Friday May 10 at 5PM

On By Joe JohnstonIn College Ave, Maison d' EtreLeave a comment

As promised, we are reopening our doors,

and hoping you’ll drop in to

CELEBRATE

our

SPRING REOPENING

FRIDAY, MAY 10

5-9pm

Cycling through our phases –

the sad sunset,

the joyful sunrise,

now, beyond the total eclipse,

out of the shadow and into the light…

We can’t wait to welcome you in!

With love,

Patty, Lily & Daisy


Maison d’ Etre
5640 College Avenue
Oakland, California 94618
(510) 658-2801

Video & Slide Show of the Presentations of the Proposals from UCB Design Class Teams for the Ridge 2 vacant lot on May 2, 2024

On By Joe JohnstonIn Pleasant Valley Ave& Broadway neighborhood, Shops at the Ridge Phase 2Leave a comment

Above is an assortment of slides from the presentations by the 4 Teams in UC Berkeley Class CP 116(Spring 2024). These presentations were hosted on Zoom by the Rockridge Community Planning Council on May 2.2024.

Video recording of UC Berkeley Class CP 116(Spring 2024) Presentations of Designs for the vacant lot at Shops on the Ridge 2. Hosted on Zoom by the Rockridge Community Planning Council on May 2,2024.

Presentations slides are posted on the Miro website

Thursday Night May 2: UC Berkeley Students Present Ideas on The Ridge Site

On By Joe JohnstonIn RCPC, Shops at the Ridge Phase 2Leave a comment

 Join us! Thursday, May 2 at 7:30pm Zoom Link

Hosted by Rockridge Community Planning Council

 Analysis & Ideas about The Ridge Phase II Site: Project Presentations by UC Berkeley Urban Studies students’

The empty lot at Broadway / Pleasant Valley (Photo from Oaklandside, 2022)

This spring, the Urban Planning Process Studio (CP 116) at UC Berkeley has been studying The Ridge site at Broadway and Pleasant Valley Ave. City Planning 116 is an intensive studio course that seeks to give students a real-world experience with city planning.  By focusing on one physical area, the course helps students learn about the entire gamut of city planning issues:  physical building and street design issues, social and economic issues, environmental impacts, analysis methods, legal framework, city government, politics, and community dynamics.  
The final assignment is organized around thematic focus areas: Social and Racial Equity, Housing and Affordability, Economic Opportunity, Culture Keeping, and Public Realm. Over the last two months, students have been working to gather information via site observations, surveying Oakland Tech High School students, and reviewing city planning documents, and now based on their research have proposed solutions to the problems/trends, their early work identified.  
As student work can help add fresh perspective to planning issues, we are hoping that the broader community is able to join these final presentations, to provide the students with feedback about their overall analysis and proposed solutions, in addition to helping inspire new conversations within the community. Also, this review has the unique opportunity for many students to be their last class/presentation of their undergraduate education and is a wonderful opportunity to encourage the creative problem solving of the next generation of planners.  
  Join us! Thursday, May 2 at 7:30pm Zoom Link
Hosted by Rockridge Community Planning Council