Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Begins Construction of Its New Green Performance Space, School and Café in Downtown Berkeley

The Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, the longest-established full-time folk and traditional music venue west of the Mississippi River, has started renovation of a 70-year-old building in Berkeley's Downtown Arts District, transforming it into its new, 18,000-square-foot green performing arts and teaching facility. The nonprofit organization's new home at 2020 Addison Street, slated to open in early 2009, will have a 440-seat listening room, double the capacity of its existing venue. The plans also include an additional performance space seating 60-70 people, a state-of-the-art sound system, a café and six classrooms. (PRWeb Feb 4, 2008)

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