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MEDIA
ADVISORY
ATTENTION:
ASSIGNMENT DESKS
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4/5/00
- File #15298
Contact: Marie Felde
(510) 642-3734
mff@uclink.berkeley.edu
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WHAT: |
Press
briefing on the University of California, Berkeley's plans
to build new student housing, which would provide 850
new beds, as well as a seismically-secure central dining
and office complex. In addition, the master plan for the
Underhill area, on the south side of campus, includes
a parking structure for 1,000 vehicles with a sports field
on top.
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drawings showing the planned housing units and dining
complex will be available at the briefing, as will the
draft environmental impact report on the area plan.
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WHEN: |
Friday,
April 7, from 11:30 a.m. to noon. |
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WHERE: |
The
east dining room of the Unit 1 residence hall, a high-rise
complex at the corner of College and Durant avenues, on
UC Berkeley's south side. |
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WHO: |
Campus
planning, and housing and dining officials will explain
the plans and designs for the housing facilities and answer
questions. In addition, residence hall students will be
available to comment. |
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BACKGROUND:
Available housing has become one of the most important
issues to UC Berkeley students. The new project will provide
two residence-hall style complexes and two apartment-style
complexes. The current dining halls, which are not seismically
secure, will be replaced by one central dining facility.
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR VISUALS: Students having lunch in the Unit 1 dining
hall; areas proposed for new housing; and architectural
drawings of the proposed facilities.
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