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Santa Cruz County History - Disasters & Calamities
Buildings Demolished in Downtown Santa Cruz as a Result of the Loma Prieta Earthquake, 1989
Source: "City Quake Report." Santa Cruz, Ca.: City of Santa Cruz, December 1989. p. 6.
| Pacific Avenue | 1500 Block |
|---|---|
| 1549 | Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company |
| 1547 | Bookshop Santa Cruz* (1899), Cafezinho |
| 1539 | Western Vision |
| 1537 | Penniman Title |
| 1531 | Modern Life* (Drennan Building, 1910) |
| 1529 | Gold Camel |
| 1527 | Zwerling Optometrist |
| 1523 | Santa Cruz Hardware |
| 1521 | Chi Pants |
| Pacific Avenue | 1400 Block |
| 1405 | Gottschalks (partial) |
| Pacific Avenue | 1300 Block |
| 1369-1379 | Rittenhouse Building |
| Express Limited | |
| Body Options | |
| Angelica's | |
| 1363 | Lilly Marlene's |
| 1353 | Shockley's |
| 1349 | Roberts |
| 1347 | Revelations |
| Pacific Avenue | 1200 Block |
| 1201-1211 | Hihn Building* (Medical-Dental Building, 1894) |
| Sparkle | |
| Gergen's Hallmark | |
| Royal Cleaners | |
| Upstairs offices | |
| Pacific Avenue | 1100 Block |
| 1125 | Athletic Express |
| 1123 | Gensler Lee |
| 1121 | Pipeline |
| 1117 | Logos Books (partial) |
| 1116 | Acapulco Restaurant |
| 1114 | Colonial Hotel |
| 1111 | Plaza Books (partial)* (Hotel Metropole, 1908) |
| 1110 | Good Times Building |
| Folk Arts | |
| Blue Moon Cafe | |
| 1101 | Ford's Department Store |
| Pacific Avenue | 1000 Block |
| 1012-14 | Greenpeace |
| Upper Crust | |
| 1001 | Spodick's Furniture |
| Cooper Street | 100 Block |
| 107 | Shandrydan* (1894) |
| 109 | Shen's Gallery* (1894) |
| 110 | Cooper House* (1894) |
| Front Street | 400 Block |
| 440 | Runyan's |
* Buildings listed in Santa Cruz Historic Building Survey
earthquakes, Loma Prieta earthquake
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