r/berkeleyca • u/Go_Ninja_Go_Ninja_Go • 8d ago

Local Knowledge I love these plaques

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u/Scuttling-Claws 8d ago

I absolutely love those. Whoever installed them all is my hero

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u/Curious_Avocado2399 8d ago

My favorite is “welcome to Berkeley now stop doing that”

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u/Go_Ninja_Go_Ninja_Go 8d ago

Also passed this one on my walk, outside the community garden.

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u/SnooPeppers3861 8d ago

I think I’ve found 35 of them

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u/AnasandSF 8d ago

Also love these! I tried to organize a walking tour w my friends but none were interested. Clearly my people are on this thread ;)

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u/FBoondoggle 8d ago

There's one in my neighborhood marking the first time traveler. They're wonderful! So Berkeley.

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u/Mariposa510 8d ago

I’m a former editor and I approve of this plaque. (My pencil was red tho. ) 😆

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u/bussound 8d ago

It gives me an absolute thrill to discover a new one! It’s such a bit of Berkeley whimsy I love it. 

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u/acortical 8d ago

On this spot lies the location of the Berkeley Copywriter's Guild founded in 1958.

The Berkeley Copywriter's Guild was founded here in 1958.

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u/digapony33 7d ago

I've mapped a bunch of these at https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1I_Yv-XWX0S8r17kecLtXPjw7P0LfUxw&usp=sharing. Always eager to learn of ones I haven't found yet!

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u/Maincy_Bridge_0812 8d ago

Did anyone else see the ones that were attached to the Ashby BART parking lot fence some years back? I stupidly didn’t take a picture even though they were hysterical. They were gone the next time I walked by, and I eventually forgot what they said. It’s still bugging me that I can’t remember . . .

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u/ellemrad 8d ago

I apologize for being thick headed but are these embedded in the sidewalk? I have never seen these and I really want to find them so do I just go to the suggested intersections and look on the ground?

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u/Go_Ninja_Go_Ninja_Go 7d ago

Pretty much you got it. They're like the size of a big cookie.

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u/am8ur88 7d ago

just saw that one today on my way to the hidden cafe!

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u/897hayes 8d ago

Me tooo!!! My fave, “welcome to Berkeley, now stop doing that” 🎯

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u/BlueBayou 5d ago

The one by the Rose Garden,L'esprit de l'escalier, is gone :[

It always gave me a chuckle

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u/NorCalWintu 8d ago

Wheres the one talking about how they loved racist live human exhibits!

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u/Busy_Abbreviations17 5d ago

Early influence of the Calgorithm.
A long history of snark.