History
When CZ opened in 1966, it was known as "Ridge Project" since it shares its lot with Ridge House, another BSC cooperative. Ridge Project was one of the first instances of co-ed housing on the Berkeley campus.
In 1987, the house residents successfully petitioned to change the house name to its current one, originally intended as a parody of some alternative exotic-sounding proposals. In the spring of 2001, the residents voted during house council to change the house name to Krakistan (though this has never been recognized by anyone outside of the house).
Casa Zimbabwe closed December 19, 2006 in order to perform major seismic retrofitting work. The house reopened August 23, 2007.
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