The Whole Sick Crew

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

Yup, used to live on Channing near 4th, a quick walk up to Spenger's for Roses, a jump over to Peet's for coffee, maybe something from Bette's. I'd walk up Channing to Dana, hitch a left to Bancroft and a right to the Musical Offering. Historically informed performances of Schubert's Great C major Symphony were starting to appear. Is the new Cody's under the old KPFA?
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From: "Robert Mahnke" <robert_mahnke at earthlink.net>
> I lived in Berkeley until a few years ago (sniff), and was struck recently
> by someone's reference here to walking up Channing Way, since I resided at
> the corner of Channing and McGee.  Anyhoo, not only has Cody's store on
> Telegraph closed, but my Bay Area sources recently called to complain that
> Cody's on Fourth was closing.  When I lived there, we went to Cody's on
> Fourth much more often, because it was closer to us, because of the Mexican
> food around the corner at Tacubaya, and because my kids loved to watch the
> trains go past.  (Also, my wife complained that Telegraph Avenue was full of
> suburban kids from Orinda pretending to be punk -- another story.)  But
> Fourth Street has transitioned from a bunch of vacant warehouses to a trendy
> shopping district, and I'm guessing that the rents go to be too much for a
> bookstore.  There is a new Cody's in downtown Berkeley, which is not nearly
> as trendy, in the former site of the Eddie Bauer store on the east side of
> Shattuck at Allston, a block or two south of the BART station.  I can't
> vouch for the selection of books, but I do recall that you can get a decent
> taco just up Allston at a place called Cancun.  More info about the new
> store at their site: http://www.codysbooks.com/.