Harvey Smith

Mar 11, 2024 | berkeleydailyplanet.com | Harvey Smith

The first public Teach-In on the UC Berkeley campus about People’s Park that included perspectives from students, professors and the community was held on February 26, 2024. A video of the event can be seen at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Jqt_PGV8Q. For the past 4 ½ years the UC administration has presented distorted facts about the need for the destruction of People’s Park.

Jan 2, 2024 | berkeleydailyplanet.com | Harvey Smith

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has called for the preservation of People's Park, pointing out that it is “nationally significant for its association with student protests and countercultural activities during the 1960s” and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Aug 7, 2023 | berkeleydailyplanet.com | Harvey Smith

At the Corner On a Friday morning this July, I heard a metallic scraping and clunking outside my house that seemed to come from the direction of the corner. I walked outside and could see the back end of a stake bed truck with the U.S.P.S. logo that was loaded with blue postal mailboxes. At first I thought our box was being removed again, and the neighborhood would have to fight another time for its re-installation.