General Information
Go to: Tips for the Traveler (Visit Berkeley)
Go to: Traveling to UC Berkeley

Maps
Go to: Interactive Campus Map
Go to: Printable Map (PDF)
Go to: Standard Map

Haas Pavilion
Haas Pavilion is located at the intersection of Bancroft Way and Dana Street, on the northeast side of the Recreational Sports Facility (RSF).
Go to: Haas Pavilion (Cal Athletics)
Go to: Haas Pavilion (Wikipedia)
 

BERKELEY IN THE 60s
“For these ten years — from roughly 1964 to 1974 — Cal captured the imagination of the United States in a way that happens once a lifetime, if that. Though we, for convenience’s sake, group ‘the 60s’ together, it was really two separate ideas and spirits manifesting themselves, related only in time and place.”
Go to: Heritage of the Sixties (Berkeley Public Library)
Go to: Berkeley in the 60’s (Days of Cal)

 
SPECTACULAR VIEW & TILDEN PARK
Take a visit to the Lawrence Hall of Science for interesting exhibits and a spectacular view across the bay of San Francisco and more. Bring your cameras!
Go to: Panoramic View of SF Bay

And, if you make it this far, check out Tilden Regional Park, just a short drive further up the hill and Grizzly Peak skyline road. If you arrive in the afternoon, the park even has a steam train for children.
Go to: Tilden Regional Park (Yelp Reviews)

 
ARCHITECTURE
There are many examples of late-19th and early-20th Century architecture on- and off-campus particularly those buildings of the Beaux-Arts Classical tradition. Many individuals made their mark on the campus architectural landscape that exists today including John Galen Howard (campus architect until 1924), William Ratcliffe, Bernard Maybeck (Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco), and his student, Julia Morgan (the architect for Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA).

In the early 20th Century, much of the funding for campus construction was provided by the Hearst family (the same Hearst family in Mt. Shasta-Dunsmuir-McCloud area). The Hearst family “adopted” UC Berkeley following the founding of Stanford University by the Stanford family and a little competition between the families, and the universities, arose.

Following are four landmark buildings near Haas Pavilion.

 
SATHER TOWER (THE CAMPANILE)
Named for its inspiration in St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy, this is “perhaps UC Berkeley’s most famous symbol. Visible for miles, it stands 307 feet tall and is the third tallest bell and clock-tower in the world...Completed in 1914, the Campanile is the symbol of the campus. It also houses a carillon of 61 bells on which music is played every day at noon.”
Go to: Sather Tower / Campanile (UC Berkeley Visitor Services)
Go to: Sather Tower (Berkeley Landmarks)

 
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH
(now the univerisity Dramatic Arts Department dance facility) This building, immediately across from the walkway from Haas Pavilion, is “...an excellent early example of the Bay Area Shingle style...The First Unitarian Church design was revolutionary for its time—in its single huge west gable, the use of shingles and metal sash windows, the exceptionally heavy rough beams resting on unpeeled redwood trunks, and the semi-circular apse with a bisected conical roof on the east side. Curved buttresses along the side walls—structurally unnecessary in a wood-frame building—make a playful allusion to traditional masonry churches.”
Go to: First Unitarian Church (Berkeley Landmarks)

 
BERKELEY CITY CLUB
One block over from Haas Pavilion on Durant, “the Berkeley City Club is listed in the Berkeley Designated Landmark #2, 1975, California State Landmark #908, 1977 and the National Register of Historic Places, 1977. This beautiful building was designed and built in 1929 by architect Julia Morgan.”
Go to: Berkeley City Club

 
HEARST GYMNASIUM
A five-minute walk up Bancroft from Haas Pavilion, this facility offers a taste of Hearst Castle and its beautifully designed swimming pool (still in use). “Hearst Memorial Gymnasium, 1927, originally the women’s gym, was designed by Bernard Maybeck and Julia Morgan. It includes two gyms, three dance studios, and three outdoor swimming pools. The gym was built as a memorial to Phoebe Apperson Hearst” (the mother of William Randolph Hearst).
Go to: Brief Description
Go to: Photos of Gym Exterior
Go to: Virtual Reality View of Pool
Go to: Compare w/ Pool at Hearst Castle

 
MORE INFORMATION
Learn more about the university and the city of Berkeley.
Go to: Campus of UC Berkeley (excellent overview)
Go to: List of Berkeley City Landmarks
Go to: “Berkeley: Walking tour reveals college town’s historic homes” (SF Gate)