UC Theater eyed for concert use
BERKELEY, CA — Closed since 2001, the UC Theater may become a live entertainment site.
B.B. King is coming to town--or might soon if Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustments Board approves a new concert venue at the abandoned historic UC Theater on 2036 University Ave.The proposed project would restore the dilapidated 21,000-square-foot UC Theater--designed in 1917 by noted local architect James Plachek--into an elegant three-tiered seating facility capable of holding 1,440 guests.
The city’s oldest surviving single-screen movie theater and a Berkeley landmark, the 1,350-seat UC theater is part of a 31,200-square-foot mixed-use building, which also includes five retail storefronts and 20 residential units on the second floor.
Read the full story in the Berkeley Daily Planet.
