"The idea of what would become Grizzly Peak Boulevard took tangible form a century ago when a court approved condemnation proceedings against the East Bay Water Co. so that a strip 3 miles long and 70 feet wide could be acquired by Berkeley and Oakland and developed with a public skyline boulevard. County Supervisor Redmond Staats said Alameda County could find $200,000 to build the road."
"Open house: That telephone company open house that I mentioned in last week's column was a popular destination in November 1925. On the first day, 600 residents visited and 1,100 on the second day came through the building at 2116 Bancroft Way housing a new modern telephone exchange between Shattuck Avenue and Fulton Street. Visitors included city councilmembers, people from local service clubs, classes of Berkeley high school students."
"Debate suppressed: In the third week of November 1925, UC President William Wallace Campbell shut down a planned debate between the women's debating teams at Cal and Stanford. The topic of the debate was, Resolved: that the family is an unnecessary element in the progress of civilization. Campbell wrote to the head of the student debating council saying he had revoked use of Wheeler Auditorium for the debate,"
A 1925 court ruling enabled condemnation of East Bay Water Co. property to create Grizzly Peak Boulevard, acquiring a three-mile, 70-foot strip for Berkeley and Oakland with Alameda County offering $200,000 for construction. The proposed boulevard promised a premier motor drive and a fire break along the ridge. In November 1925 a new modern telephone exchange at 2116 Bancroft Way drew large crowds, including civic leaders, students and early pioneers, with 600 visitors the first day and 1,100 the second. University of California President William Wallace Campbell revoked Wheeler Auditorium for a planned women's debate, citing concerns over a contested definition of the family.
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