Telegraph Avenue

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street thoroughfare

Telegraph Avenue is a famous street in Berkeley, California, known for its vibrant mix of student life, counterculture history, eclectic shops, and proximity to the University of California, Berkeley.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Telegraph Avenue commercial corridor	1
Telegraph Avenue commercial district	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	street ⓘ thoroughfare ⓘ
adjacentTo	Southside neighborhood of Berkeley ⓘ surface form: UC Berkeley Southside neighborhood
associatedWithMovement	Free Speech Movement ⓘ counterculture movement ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	iconic college-town commercial strip ⓘ symbol of Berkeley radicalism and activism ⓘ
featuredIn	novel "Telegraph Avenue" by Michael Chabon ⓘ
hasBusinessDistrict	Telegraph Business Improvement District ⓘ
hasNotableEventHistory	People's Park protests vicinity ⓘ
hasPostalCodeArea	94704 ⓘ
hasPublicTransit	AC Transit bus routes ⓘ
hasSectionName	Southside Telegraph ⓘ Telegraph commercial district ⓘ
hasTransportationRole	major north–south arterial between Berkeley and Oakland ⓘ
historicalRole	center of 1960s counterculture in Berkeley ⓘ site of Vietnam War era protests ⓘ
knownFor	head shops ⓘ independent bookstores ⓘ public demonstrations ⓘ record stores ⓘ restaurants and cafes ⓘ street vendors ⓘ student-oriented businesses ⓘ vintage clothing stores ⓘ
locatedIn	Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California Oakland ⓘ surface form: Oakland, California
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Alameda County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter	historic telegraph line route between Oakland and Martinez ⓘ
near	Ashby BART station ⓘ Downtown Berkeley station ⓘ surface form: Downtown Berkeley BART station MacArthur BART station ⓘ People's Park ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
partOf	East Bay ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
passesThroughNeighborhood	Southside neighborhood of Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Southside, Berkeley Temescal, Oakland ⓘ
roadSurface	asphalt ⓘ
servesPopulation	UC Berkeley students ⓘ local residents ⓘ tourists ⓘ
terminusNorth	Sather Gate ⓘ Sproul Plaza ⓘ
terminusNorthCity	Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California
terminusSouth	Broadway ⓘ
terminusSouthCity	Oakland ⓘ surface form: Oakland, California

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sproul Plaza → adjacentTo → Telegraph Avenue ⓘ

Sproul Plaza → connectsTo → Telegraph Avenue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telegraph Avenue commercial district

Berkeley → hasLandmark → Telegraph Avenue ⓘ

UC Berkeley Southside area → hasLandmark → Telegraph Avenue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Telegraph Avenue commercial corridor

People's Park → near → Telegraph Avenue ⓘ

Unit 1 residence halls (UC Berkeley) → near → Telegraph Avenue ⓘ