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To help accomodate Berkeley’s dwindling number of care dealerships (i.e. less and less sales tax revenue for the city), Berkeley is in the process of rezoning certain areas to allow for such businesses to take place.
Read more in Carol Jones 08.07.07 SF Chronicle article.
(I say unofficial tounge in cheek)
And street art is the polite term….others might just call it graffiti. I’m personally on the fence. Some realizations of it are better than others. My biggest worry, and the reason for making a post about it, is that it seems to be getting more common/prevalent in the area. I actually enjoy walking by Flink Ink to check out the new additions to its crumbling walls, but as soon as it begins to spread…it will be hard to stop.
Click here to view the East wall of easternmost Flint Ink builing.
Apparently the old Flint Ink site at 4th and Gilman is a photographer’s dream….if you’ve ever wanted to know what the interior looks like, peruse some of these photo collections:
www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com
www.flickr.com
Or for a little bit of history, view the Berkeley Architectural Association’s Flink Ink page.
Still no word on what is to become of the former ink factory sites.
The word on the street–and Ron Penndorf’s March 4 blog entry–seem to say so. There isn’t any official info out there, but it is interesting to think about.
Could a Patrick Kennedy project be a better solution for the site than an auto dealership? Yes and no. Aesthetics aside, if it were a mixed use residential project, as most of his buildings are…maybe. That part of the neighborhood could use some reinvigoration and life. An autodealship couldn’t provide that.
But the likelyhood of getting a mixed use project in an area that was once toxic and that is zoned manufacturing is slim to non-existant. Thinking in terms of the City’s budget, it may also be less desirable than an autodealship in terms of its economic benefits.
It could overlap slightly with the Mayor’s plan to steer Gilman St. towards more commercial uses.
Stay tuned…
Aug. 19, 2005
Update: Flint Ink may become the new location for Weatherford BMW. The incredibly large dealership is currently located at Ashby and Second Streets.See also Berkeley Daily Voice Article.
July 5, 2005:
Once their clean-up/remediation is complete in January 2005(give or take a month), the two large Flint Ink lots along Camelia between 3rd and 5th will be on the market…keep your eyes and ears peeled for news on proposed developments for the site.
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