{{about|the street in Berkeley|the street in Oakland|Piedmont Avenue (Oakland, California)|other uses|Piedmont Avenue (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox historic site | name = Piedmont Avenue | image = Piedmont Ave1915.jpg | caption = Piedmont Avenue, 1915 | location = Piedmont Ave. between Gayley Rd. and Dwight Way | coordinates = {{coord|37.867789|-122.251889|region:US-CA_source:gnis-218162_type:landmark|display=inline}} | locmapin = United States Oakland | map_caption = Location in Berkeley/the East Bay | built = 1865 | architect = Frederick Law Olmsted | architecture = | designation1 = California | designation1_date = <!-- 1958-01-29 --> | designation1_offname = Piedmont Way<ref name=CHL/> | designation1_number = 986<ref name=CHL/> | governing_body = | refnum = | designation2 = Berkeley Landmark | designation2_date = February 22, 1990 | designation2_number = 130 | designation2_offname = Piedmont Way }} '''Piedmont Avenue''' is a street in the city of Berkeley, California. Originally known as '''Piedmont Way''', is the major street through the University of California, Berkeley's fraternity and sorority area. The street was originally named Piedmont Way.
Piedmont Way was conceived in 1865 by Frederick Law Olmsted, America's foremost landscape architect. As the centerpiece of a gracious residential community close beside the College of California, Olmsted envisioned a roadway that would follow the natural contours of the land and be sheltered from sun and wind by "an overarching bowery of foliage." This curvilinear, tree-lined parkway was Olmsted's first residential street design. It has served as the model for similar parkways across the US.
This original portion, now located between Gayley Road and Dwight Way, is designated as a Berkeley Landmark and California Historical Landmark.<ref name="CHL">{{cite ohp |id=986 |name=Piedmont Way |accessdate=2012-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Berkeley Landmarks: Piedmont Way |url=http://berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/piedmont_way.html |access-date=2021-03-05 |website=berkeleyheritage.com}}</ref> The road continues south to Webster Street.
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==External links== {{Commons category|Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, California}} {{Attached KML |display=title,inline}} *[http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/piedmont_way.html Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association] *{{HALS |survey=CA-2 |id=ca3441 |title=Piedmont Way & the Berkeley Property Tract, East of College Avenue between Dwight Way & U.C. Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, Alameda County, CA |photos=42 |dwgs=5 |data=13 |cap=6}}
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Category:Streets in Berkeley, California Category:California Historical Landmarks Category:Historic American Landscapes Survey in California Category:Berkeley landmarks in Berkeley, California