BART-Berkeley Mural Being Completed Saturday.News Editors/Transportation Writers This coming Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. , July 13, beginning at 10 a.m., the public is invited to come and watch local artists at work as they complete a colorful, 72-foot mural mural Painting applied to and made integral with the surface of a wall or ceiling. Its roots can be found in the universal desire that led prehistoric peoples to create cave paintings—the desire to decorate their surroundings and express their ideas and beliefs. on a BART support wall in North Berkeley. Initial work on the giant mural began last year as part of the Ohlone Natural and Cultural History Greenway Project. The mural wall is located along the Ohlone Greenway The Ohlone Greenway is a pedestrian and bicycle path in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The path is named for the local indigenous people (Ohlone Indians) who originally lived in the area. under the BART tracks about 100 feet south of Gillman Avenue in North Berkeley. It depicts the evolution of transportation systems and the important role transportation played in the migration of people to the area, spanning more than 100 years, beginning with the pre-settlement period. Coordinating the mural work is artist Alan Leon, working with artists Sophia Allez, Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution Bighard, Sarah Kaykel, Dan Fontes and Jamie Wyn. The mural has its roots in the Community Garden and Ohlone Greenway Project on BART and City of Berkeley property along a portion of Peralta. It is being coordinated by Berkeley Landscape Architect Karl Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] . Total cost of the community mural is $17,532. Funding for the project, which was committed last year, came from BART ($12,025) and the Berkeley Civic Arts Commission ($5,507). |
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