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The Walnut Building Returns

The Walnut Building Returns

“I think we’re one of the tallest buildings in the Arts District,” Ryan Afari said on a cloudy weekday afternoon. Afari made the comment while standing on the rooftop deck of the Walnut Building. He pointed to the Toy and Biscuit…
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High-rise buildings and Fire

High-rise buildings and Fire

High-rise buildings present several unique challenges not found in traditional low-rise buildings; longer egress times and distance, evacuation strategies, fire department accessibility, smoke movement and fire control. High-rise buildings…
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Continental Building in Los Angeles

Continental Building in Los Angeles

The Continental Building, one of Downtown Los Angeles’ first high-rise structures as well as the first old building to be turned into modern housing as part of the Downtown adaptive reuse craze, is getting ready for another change: It…
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Fire Safety

Fire Safety

Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce the destruction caused by fire. Fire safety measures include those that are intended to prevent ignition of an uncontrolled fire, and those that are used to limit the development and…
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A View from Salesforce Tower’s Ohana Floor

A View from Salesforce Tower’s Ohana Floor

Outside of the Upper Haight, you can’t get much higher in San Francisco than the 61st floor of the Salesforce Tower—aka the Ohana Floor—the very top of the city’s tallest tower. What’s on the top floor, exactly? No offices,…
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Fire burns through roof of building in Los Angeles

Fire burns through roof of building in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES – A building in downtown Los Angeles caught fire Wednesday morning, prompting a large response from firefighters. The blaze started about 5 a.m. and burned until 8:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Margo Street, about four blocks…
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