Demolition crews were preparing the site of 2441 Haste for partial demolition on Monday afternoon. Photo: Tracey Taylor As demolition crews prepared to partially demolish the fire-ravaged building at 2441 Haste Street Monday afternoon, a group of former tenants of the building were planning to meet this evening to discuss securing settlements from the building’s […]
Sequoia Building
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Shop Telegraph to help it recover from fire
A view of the Sequoia Building from Haste Street. Photo: Ira Serkes Update, 5:18pm: Writing in the Berkeley Voice, Doug Oakley reports that the owner of the Sequoia Building will begin tearing it down Monday, but it remains in danger of collapsing and is a public safety problem until that happens, according to city officials. […]
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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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End of the road for an historic Berkeley building?
Update, 11.24.11: The Berkeley Fire Department reports that all 68 residents of 2441 Haste Street have been accounted for. There were no firefighter or civilian injuries or fatalities as a result of the building’s five-alarm fire on November 18th. Update 5:05pm According to KQED News, the city has said the fire-damaged building will need to be […]
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Friday’s fire ‘another hit in the face’ for Telegraph Avenue
Firefighters battling the fire that engulfed the Sequoia Apartments building on Haste and Telegraph Friday. Photo: Pete Rosos The city of Berkeley and the merchants of Telegraph Avenue are encouraging the community to shop on Berkeley’s most famous street this holiday season after a devastating fire left many people homeless on Friday and closed down […]
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‘Largest fire since 1991’ leaves many locals homeless
The Sequoia Apartment building on Saturday afternoon. The fire gutted the interiors, with floors and roof sections collapsing. Photo: Tracey Taylor Update, 11.21.11, 9:09 am: ASUC (The Associated Students of the University of California) is organizing a Donation Drive for those displaced by the fire on Haste and Telegraph. Many of the residents of The […]
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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 […]
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Fire at Haste and Telegraph, no one injured
Firefighters climb to the roof to investigate cause of fire. Photo: Lance Knobel. A rooftop fire at the apartment block on the corner of Haste and Telegraph drew a dramatic response from the Berkeley Fire Department. Five engines, two trucks and a total of 32 firefighters responded to the 3:19 p.m. alarm. The first firefighters […]
