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Building begins on site of Sequoia Apts fire on Telegraph

A groundbreaking for a new building at 2441 Haste St., at Telegraph Avenue, on May 28. Among those pictured (left to right), the property’s owner, Kenneth Ent (fourth from left). His son Gregory is second from left. Photo: Ted Friedman A groundbreaking for a new building at 2441 Haste St., at Telegraph Avenue, on May 28. […]

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Popular restaurants closed by fires face further delays

All that remains of the Sequoia Building is the one-story façade on Telegraph that housed Café Intermezzo and Raleigh’s. Photo: Lance Knobel All that remains of the Sequoia Building is the one-story façade on Telegraph that housed Café Intermezzo and Raleigh’s. Photo: Lance Knobel It looks like a number of Berkeley restaurants won’t be recovering […]

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The Sequoia Building: At heart of Berkeley’s rich heritage

An undated view, probably from the early 1960s, shows the Sequoia with the Cinema Guild theatre marquee visible at far left, on the commercial façade. Photo: Courtesy Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association By Steven Finacom Telegraph Avenue’s Sequoia Apartments building, seriously damaged in a fire on Friday, November 18, 2011, is a stately and historic edifice […]

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Devastating fire in apartment building, Haste at Telegraph

The fire-scarred Sequoia Apartments at Telegraph and Haste Saturday morning. Photo: Tracey Taylor A five-alarm fire that broke out at around 8:30 pm Friday at 2441 Haste Street burned through the night and has left the 39-unit Sequoia Apartments building uninhabitable. Residents and neighbors were evacuated and there were no reported casualties, according to Assistant […]