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Expansion of a 104-Year-Old Property CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY’S ALPHA SIGMA HOUSING CORPORATION MADE A GENERATIONS LONG DREAM A REALITY IN 2024 By Russ Keene (Texas, Beta Mu ’80)
site of a emoie or t e oe tha 2,000 in t ted A a S g e, inc u g toda’s c a te of 50 me wo enjo te PI otheoo cameie of iv n an ocil toget e. T e ite was uter e ade with t e pucae of ajcent o ert i te 1950s, k ow a “T e An e.” T e An e ouse ma rot e unt te tructre ecame un tae an te ro et bea ein ue as pg ot in 1967. A lo -he vis o o ew, ad t on hou on t e An e arce ajcent to the cha te ouse ecame a rea t with t e im tion a eadei of t e Al a Sig ou n Cor . e ex a on oject is cal e te Southate An e ad a bee ueway o ear with t e ibo cutt n ane o thi al. e roject is thee-sto, our t bu g with 19 beoos. e enta t can oue
he a roach te statel fater it ouse at the cor e of ieot an unt teets
the ult te pice fo i sevice. Po t war, cha te emehi ew an te eed fo a hou e ecame ap et. T e thee- sto ric tuctre at 2324 Pieot was pucaed i 1920 fo $32,000. A $25,000 pivte motae was ceated a gou o al n te ema e of t e ucha e pice was to be a y col eite mees with i coe ro tei sue job . T e 16-beoo cha te ouse a severa eetin, tuy a ocil oo, an a comecil itche , an a bee te
in t e ea y cam confi e of t e Univer it o Cal oi– Beeey, Al a S g es ta tal , oud o 104 yea o conti o s ownei of t e 130-yea-ol-po ety. Al a S g cha te was oue in 1912 at Cal aw 91 of its ees eave sc oo to seve in Wor War n 1917-18, tha ul on osi oe heoic mee who a
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