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E. Guy Warren Hall, commonly known as Warren Hall, was a 13-story building at
California State University, East Bay California State University, East Bay (Cal State East Bay, CSU East Bay, or CSUEB) is a public university in Hayward, California. The university is part of the California State University system and offers 136 undergraduate and 60 post-baccala ...
. It was the signature building of the campus in
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, overlooking the
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region of the
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. The building was visible from cities throughout the Bay Area, and served as a landmark for Hayward and the East Bay. It was the tallest building in Hayward at the time, followed by the abandoned
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in
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.


History

The hall was named for E. Guy Warren, a Hayward trucking businessman who helped convince the state of
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to open its campus in Hayward. The building held administration offices and classrooms for 40 years. The president's office was on the top floor and had extensive views.


Demolition

Warren Hall was rated the least earthquake-safe building in the
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(CSU) system by the CSU Seismic Review Board. It was built 2000 feet (600 meters) from the
Hayward Fault The Hayward Fault Zone is a right-lateral strike-slip geologic fault zone capable of generating destructive earthquakes. The fault was first named in the Lawson Report of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake in recognition of its involvement in the ...
. In January 2013, the CSU Board of Trustees authorized $50 million to demolish the building and replace it with a new structure. Warren Hall was demolished by implosion on August 17, 2013. At the time, construction for a new 67,000 square foot-building was expected to begin in November 2013, with doors expected to open in May 2015. Today the now-demolished Warren Hall has become a parking lot, and there are no current plans to build a new building on it.


Seismic research

The implosion of Warren Hall provided a scientific opportunity to learn more about the Hayward fault.


See also

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CLA Building The Classroom, Laboratory & Administration Building, commonly known simply as the CLA Building, was an administrative building on the campus of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). Designed by Albuquerque, New Mexicoâ ...
- another landmark building demolished at
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State Polytechnic University Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) is a Public university, public Institute of Technology (United States)#Polytechnic universities, polytechnic research university in Pomona, California, United States. It is the l ...


References


External links


"Warren Hall Replacement Project", at CSUEB website
(PDF)
Campus map"E. Guy Warren Hall" at FacebookSeismic data collected from the demolition
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