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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RV8_art-and-culture-in-the-city_El-Cerrito-CA.html
Arts and culture have always been a part of El Cerrito. The City's Arts and Culture Commission, the El Cerrito Arts Association, and many businesses and organizations throughout the City work to engage, promote and celebrate El Cerrito's thriving…
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This attractive building, El Cerrito's first City Hall, was built in 1926 and replaced in 1961. It housed the City offices, both Fire and Police Departments, and even a small jail. The Council Chambers/Public Hall was upstairs, as was an apartmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUB_the-six-bells-cerro-square_El-Cerrito-CA.html
The Figone family's "Six Bells" restaurant stood near here for many years. Later Berkeley-born and well-known Major League Baseball player (and later manager) Billy Martin opened "Cerro Square" here in the early 1960s.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUA_cerrito-theater_El-Cerrito-CA.html
The Cerrito Theater opened Christmas Day, 1937. Architect William B. Davis included Art Deco elements and fanciful murals in the theater. The theater closed in 1966 and was restored forty years later by the El Cerrito Redevelopment Agency.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RU9_violets_El-Cerrito-CA.html
After running kitchens in early hotspots such as the "IT" Club and Six Bells, Violet Wong went on to become a culinary pioneer in El Cerrito by introducing Chinese American food. In 1945, Violet and her husband, Albert Wong, opened Violet's Dinin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RU8_the-it-club_El-Cerrito-CA.html
Walt Gatto's "IT" Club, located at Central and San Pablo was named for Clara Bow, the famous cinema "IT" Girl. Redd Foxx, Gypsy Rose Lee, The Vagabonds, Sally Rand, Frank Fontaine, and Johnny Mathis all played the famous "IT" Club.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RU7_master-craftsmen_El-Cerrito-CA.html
Highly regarded French artisan plasterers, Joseph Laleux and Peter Allinio, both lived near here in the early 20th century. Individually, they worked on well-known projects as the Palace of Fine Arts, the Curran and Geary Theaters, and the origin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RU6_el-cerritos-music-scene_El-Cerrito-CA.html
Both El Cerrito's and Richmond's populations quadrupled between 1941 and 1945 due to the massive influx of wartime shipyard workers. These workers brought new musical styles, such as blues, western swing and country. This musical melting pot rema…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RTX_el-cerritos-nightlife_El-Cerrito-CA.html
From the late 1920s until the early 1950s, El Cerrito and nearby unincorporated areas were popular destinations for people to play the slots, high-low games, numbers and more while enjoying fine food and entertainment.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RTV_el-cerrito-hills_El-Cerrito-CA.html
The hills to the east began rising less than two million years ago. As they rose, small creeks like Cerrito Creek, just sound of here, carried sediment from their eroding slopes downhill and formed a flood plain - today's "flatlands."
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