Friends and neighbors: The holiday lights and greenery are up on the Fountain at The Circle. Volunteers were out Saturday, Dec. 4, to string lighted garlands around the perimeter of the fountain island and to adorn the fountain’s grizzly bear cubs with wreaths and kippot. They also carried out the monthly cleanup of The Circle, Fountain Walk...
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Friends and neighbors: The holiday season of this second year of pandemic is almost upon us. We hope that you and yours have been staying safe and well. This note is to remind you that the ‘SHOP” page of our website is active again. Here you will find lovely fountain-themed photographs, note cards and greeting cards, magnets, bear cub T-shirts,...
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Friends and neighbors: The Fountain at The Circle has been shut down temporarily to allow city crews to locate and repair the source of a significant underground leak on the fountain island. It’s not yet clear what the issue is, but appears to be in pipes between the fountain and the pump system that powers it. The good news: The...
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Friends and neighbors: As COVID restrictions begin to ease, the weather is getting milder and more of us are venturing out. If you haven’t been on Fountain Walk in a while, now if a terrific time to make the short stroll there. Spring has spring in the planting beds that border the lower walk. These beds, revived...
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Friends and neighbors: The Fountain at The Circle remains shut off while we await replacement parts to repair the pumping and auto-filling systems. We hope those will arrive and can be installed very soon. We will post another update when the work is underway. Meantime, thanks as always for your support of FOFW – and your patience while our landmark...
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Friends and neighbors: Please mark your calendars with the dates of this upcoming series of talks on Berkeley history, co-sponsored by Friends of the Fountain and Walk. It promises to be an illuminating look at our community long before it was subdivided and incorporated, as well as its development in to the city we know today. Please consult the attached...
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Friends and neighbors: You may have noticed that the Fountain at The Circle has been shut off since Sunday afternoon. It is down for some maintenance and repairs. We hope it will be up and running again by Wednesday. Thanks as always for your support. — Friends of the Fountain and Walk
Friends and neighbors: Just a note at the end of this challenging year to say thank you to our community for all the support you have shown Friends of the Fountain and Walk through these trying times. What we do is a very small and modest undertaking when considered against the backdrop of the many major issues and concerns of...
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Friends and neighbors: Season’s greetings from Friends of the Fountain and Walk! As the wreath- and kippah-wearing grizzly bear cubs at its center attest, the Fountain at The Circle is now dressed in its holiday finery, with lighted garlands strung around the perimeter of the fountain island. The display will be lighted from dusk until at least 9 each evening...
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Dear Friend of FOFW, The holiday season of this very strange year is almost upon us. We hope that you and yours have been and are staying safe and well. This note is just to let you know that the ‘SHOP” page of our website is active again. There you will find lovely photos, note and greeting cards and magnets;...
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