Bay Area city's skyline set for major change as 23-story tower breaks ground

Neighbors should anticipate noise and traffic.

UC Berkeley begins building 23-story dorm that will reshape city's skyline

Construction has begun on a 23-story student housing tower at UC Berkeley that will soon become the tallest building in the city and add more than 1,600 beds, officials confirmed.
Berkeleyside

The Wire: Cal breaks ground on 23-story dorm in downtown Berkeley

Also: Russia blacklists UC Berkeley, and an alumna of a famed local music program pays tribute to it in her new play.

Patch AM: How a 23‑story UC Berkeley dorm will reshape downtown’s skyline

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Progress on housing at Berkeley’s People’s Park elicits mixed feelings

BERKELEY — Construction on a controversial student housing project at UC Berkeley’s People’s Park has steadily progressed as a concrete tower now looms over walls of shipping containers, a hard new ...
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This Berkeley building can snap back into place after a major earthquake

Zig-zagging around the glass-and-steel perimeter of the UC Berkeley Grimes Engineering Center, 36 thin metal rods could be what it takes to prevent the building’s total destruction. The rods are the ...