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ANSWERS:
1. C. While it is often said that Kaiser built homes
for his managers in the hills there is no evidence
that this is so. In fact many of the fine, Period
Revival homes that are sometimes cited as Kaiser
homes, on such streets as Barrett Avenue, Edwards
Avenue and Charles street, were built years before
the 1940 opening of the shipyards.
2. All are true at least in part except for “B.” In
fact, although El Cerrito only had a few thousand
people in the 1920s, complaints about gambling
were frequent – so much so that mayor Phil Lee
had to defend the city and his administration often.
“El Cerrito has been pictured as the home of vice
and the center of a hideous vice ring,” he said in
defense of the city. “The fact is that El Cerrito is
a city of average Americans -- responsible, homeloving
people, who work in the industries of the
East Bay section.”
“B” is only partially true. Many people say
gambling flourished here because the land was
unincorporated and thus lawless. But after El
Cerrito incorporated in 1917 gambling continued
to flourish. What makes the statementpartially true
is – once El Cerrito cracked down on gambling
and crime in 1946, both continued unabated in
the Bayview district on the west side of San Pablo
Avenue near Central Avenue until that land was
added to the city in 1956.
3. C. Prince Charles. The plan, more a student
exercise than a serious proposal, nonetheless
was well thought out and called for creating a
town square, and in part for returning the Plaza’s
layout to a standard street grid for a more townlike
atmosphere. For a time city officials did try for
more of an “urbanist” rebuild of the Plaza but no
developer would go along.
4. A. Harry Kiefer, who used the marquee sign
to advertise sales for his store Kiefer’s Furniture,
which used the theater for storage, was ordered to
remove it in the mid-70s by what he called the city’s
“taste board,” probably referring to the Design
review Board or a predecessor agency.
Source: elcerritohistorialsociety.org. The El Cerrito
Historical Society is a non-political, non-profit
organization and has only one agenda: to locate
and preserve local history - of course focused on
the history of El Cerrito.
SAVE THE DATE
El Cerrito Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
El Cerrito’s 29th Year Celebration
The 2018 MLK celebration will be a 2-day event on
Sun., January 14, 2018 at 4:00 Movie - Runaway Slave by Regina Mason,
(Free Admission) at the Rialto Cinemas Cerrito, 10070 San Pablo Avenue
Monday, January 15, 2018
8:30am: Gather across from the DMV
9:30am: Parade Begins
10:00am to 11:30am: Rally & Program at El Cerrito High School
Performing Arts Theater
Sponsors: City of El Cerrito Human Relations Commission, St. Peter CME Church,
NAACP El Cerrito Branch, West Contra Costa Unified School District.
For more information: Patricia Durham (510) 234-2518