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322: 131: 564: 270: 250: 27: 289: 276: 256: 160: 674: 428:. This map proposed names for several streets in a grid pattern, incorporating the alignment of Shattuck's Road, but designating it "Guyot Street". The name never stuck. By the time of the incorporation of the Town of Berkeley in 1878, Shattuck's Road had become Shattuck Avenue. By that time also, it had been extended northward to Rose Street. Additionally, the 407:
During the 1850s, Francis Shattuck and three others laid claim to four adjoining strips of land in what is now downtown Berkeley. The dividing line between the parcels claimed by Shattuck and his brother-in-law George Blake became the alignment of a new county road whose construction the Board of
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intersection with the Telegraph Road (today's Telegraph Avenue). The road became known as "Shattuck's Road". Francis Shattuck built his new home above the north bank of Strawberry Creek at the northern terminus of the county road, which was also the northern bound of Shattuck's claim, along the
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in North Oakland. The route of this early predecessor road, which came to be called the "Temescal Road", is depicted on the first official plat map of the area,
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headquarters and other office towers. The downtown length is home to many anchor and small retailers, in addition to being a bustling restaurant district.
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The street is a major gathering place for protestors, as it is effectively the city's Main Street and connects with other major arterials including
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Shattuck is an important north–south arterial roadway for northern Alameda County connecting the downtowns of Berkeley and
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near what is today the intersection of Sacramento and Hopkins Streets in Berkeley. Vicente's home was situated along
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alignment of what is now Addison Street. The creek and Shattuck's home were situated along what is now Allston Way.
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A 1973 color photocrome postcard of the Downtown Berkeley BART station and Berkeley Chamber of Commerce building
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In 1866, the College Homestead Association, an organization established to raise funds for the new site of the
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and features a pink-colored curb reserved for protesting parking. Further south the street is the home to
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Supervisors assigned to Francis Shattuck, a member of the board. The new road was laid out from where
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which merged into Shattuck at Adeline Avenue. In later years, this line was assigned to the
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stations. Downtown Berkeley is one of BART's most frequented stations and a transit hub for
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intersected the old Temescal Road, thence along the new alignment, extending southward to a
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carries commuters underground on the system's second-most-popular line, including the
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An anti-military recruitment protest along the street in downtown Berkeley
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During the Mexican era, a trail or road ran between the homes of the
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Major employers and schools located along the street include the
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brothers, Domingo and Vicente. Domingo made his home along
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near what is today the intersection of 55th Street and
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Shattuck Avenue is the 707:Template:Attached KML/Shattuck Avenue 645: 49:adding citations to reliable sources 20: 16:Street in California, United States 13: 448:also ran on Shattuck in Berkeley. 14: 740: 667: 672: 562: 287: 274: 268: 254: 248: 158: 25: 724:Streets in Berkeley, California 36:needs additional citations for 729:Streets in Oakland, California 632: 608: 583: 533:. It was also the site of the 1: 576: 570:San Francisco Bay Area portal 679:Shattuck Avenue (California) 615:Wollenberg, Charles (2002). 7: 618:Berkeley, A City in History 548: 451: 372:. 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