An Alameda County Superior Court judge has given the green light to UC Berkeley to begin construction on a $312M student housing project that will erect two apartment buildings in Berkeley's famous People's Park.
People's Park was so named in 1969—when an earlier plan by the university to build student housing in the 2.8-acre park generated protests that led to the declaration of a state of emergency.
One person died in the violence that erupted during the 1969 protests, which saw thousands of demonstrators descend on the park and occupy it. The civil unrest in 1969 was a stark contrast to the Woodstock vibe of the Bay Area's laid back "summer of love" in 1968, when hippies established communes in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco.
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