Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/52
1963
![Contemporary BAM/PFA building](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg/100px-Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive.jpeg)
- The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (pictured) is founded
- The Committee improvisational theatre group is formed in San Francisco
- The Reverend Cecil Williams becomes pastor of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco
- General Motors Oakland Assembly closes