What time is the next bus down the hill?

The bus runs on weekdays only.

• AC transit schedule(arrives at Vine Lane about 5-7 minutes after leaving Euclid & Grizzly)

What architectural wonders and landmarks are nearby?

Although the campus itself is rich in beautiful buildings, there are lots of notable buildings among the homes right in your neighborhood. Technically slightly too far to be called Northside, we call it that anyway and always have.

• You are only steps from Rose Walk (about 60m north), a listed heritage site
• There are many homes in the area by the architect Bernard Maybeck, including the nearby Nixon-Kennedy house just one block down Euclid at the corner of Buena Vista.
• The Berkeley Rose Garden and Codornices park are connected by a short pedestrian tunnel, passing under Euclid Ave and what was once a light rail trestle bridge. There are public tennis courts at the Rose Garden.

I’d like to go for a nice walk, where should I go?

We’ve made a whole list of suggestions just for you.

Are there special places to visit in Berkeley?

Of course. Aside from walking in the neighborhood or hiking in Tilden Park, there are a number of other things you might want to do:

• The Berkeley pier and marina are at the very end of University Avenue where it reaches the bay. When the weather’s right this is a lovely place to stroll, watch boats, and get a great perspective looking around the bay and back up at Berkeley and the hills behind.
• The most important of all the Maybeck buildings is the First Church of Christ Scientist, on Dwight Way right next to People’s Park. This structure, which caused outrage when Maybeck built it from “profane” industrial materials, is a designated National Landmark. Tour: first Sunday of the month at 12:15.
• There’s a wonderful pocket of “bobo” shopping and dining in west Berkeley on Fourth Street. This area was once part of the separate town of Ocean View before being the incorporation of Berkeley in 1878.
• Brunch is a big deal in Berkeley. Favorite places downtown are Venus and La Note, both on Shattuck just north and south of Durant, respectively. Harder to reach without a car are the Homemade Cafe at Dwight and Sacramento, or Rick & Ann’s on Domingo (just below the massive Claremont Hotel). All are excellent, but as are many others not listed here.
• The campus itself is a delight. You can go up the Campanile (the way we locals pronounce this it rhymes with “touchy-feely”); pause a while in the area in the Faculty Glade; when walking up to the campus from BART/downtown, always go through the Eucalyptus grove — but watch out, the squirrels will bite your finger.
• Telegraph Avenue sometimes closed to vehicles on weekends, and craft stalls line the streets. This is the most fun that Telegraph gets — “The Ave is a trip, man…”