Bancroft Steps

Berkeley PathsRomantic Collection
Written By Karen Kemp
Hand-drawn illustration of the Beaux-Arts Bancroft Steps in Berkeley, featuring arcing balustrades, flowering trees, and the 1927 Mediterranean-style Alpha Phi sorority house designed by architect Walter H. Ratcliff, Jr.

Karen Draws Secret Paths | postcard

Bancroft Steps Mediterranean vibe postcard

You’re in the Mediterranean? Somewhere in Europe? No, you’re on the Beaux-Arts Bancroft Steps designed by Henry Atkins in Berkeley under flowering trees adjacent to the alpha phi sorority house, a Spanish-Mediterranean building designed by Walter H. Ratcliff Jr.

From the Romantic Paths collection: twelve secret Berkeley paths captured in dreamy ink and color.

Currently for sale in select Berkeley shops.

Karen Kemp
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