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Berkeley Art Musem/Pacific Film Archive had been planning on building a brand new home for the museum. Those plans however have been put away. The group is now considering adapting the old UC Printing Plant for its new location. “Built in 1939, the plant printed the original signatory copies of the UN Charter in 1945 for the UN conference in San Francisco. The building was designated a Berkeley landmark in 2004.” UC Berkeley had previously considered tearing down the building and constructing another museum at the location but the state of the economy ended those plans. The reuse of the building will help to conserve resources and land that may have otherwise been used for a new building while also helping to enliven the downtown area in which it’s located.