Links: El Cerrito history and activism
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soniaHistoric El Cerrito Touring its commercial core.
Walking Tour Brochure. Only noticed this while I was posting here!
Sidewalk Markers About City History, Culture. This is about installing the paver markers in 2011. Eleven years later, at least one of them is so faded I couldn't read it. The one about the city originally being named "Rust" is still legible!
Together We Will: Albany Berkeley. I saw these politically progressive folks tabling at the El Cerrito Farmers Market and I might eventually get involved. They remind me of "Nasty Women Get Shit Done" in Portland, now more sedately named "In Our America, Love Wins".
Welcome to historic El Cerrito! Home to Native Americans for centuries, the area known today as El Cerrito (the “Little Hill,” referring to what is now called Albany Hill) was settled by Victor Ramon Castro in 1836. The city incorporated in 1917.
Our town was home to quarries, gambling and nightlife. Since the 1940s El Cerrito has been accurately known as a “City of Homes.” As you walk along San Pablo Avenue, notice the Historic-Cultural Pavers that dot the sidewalk, providing much historical information.
Walking Tour Brochure. Only noticed this while I was posting here!
Sidewalk Markers About City History, Culture. This is about installing the paver markers in 2011. Eleven years later, at least one of them is so faded I couldn't read it. The one about the city originally being named "Rust" is still legible!
Together We Will: Albany Berkeley. I saw these politically progressive folks tabling at the El Cerrito Farmers Market and I might eventually get involved. They remind me of "Nasty Women Get Shit Done" in Portland, now more sedately named "In Our America, Love Wins".
