Peacock Building Fresno 2026: Why the Historic Vote Matters for Chinatown
The Peacock Building Fresno 2026 debate has become one of the city’s most interesting preservation stories this fall. On September 28, Fresno’s Historic Preservation Commission considered whether the property at 937–945 F Street and 942 Fagan Alley should qualify for the city’s Local Register of Historic Resources. The vote matters because the property sits inside […]
Weinstock’s at Fashion Fair: What Fresno’s 2026 Demolition Says About Its Mid-Century Past
For more than half a century, the large department-store building at 755 E. Shaw Avenue marked the eastern end of Fashion Fair Mall. Generations of Fresno shoppers knew it first as Weinstock’s, later as Gottschalks, and most recently as Forever 21. In 2026, the building entered its final chapter. After a historic-resource review and a […]
The Fresno Bee Plant and the History We Lose When Buildings Disappear
One of Fresno’s most consequential historic-building debates of 2026 is unfolding at 1626 E Street, where the former Fresno Bee printing and production plant is proposed for demolition. The massive complex west of Downtown Fresno is not the newspaper’s original 1922 headquarters. Instead, it represents a later chapter in the city’s history: postwar urban renewal, […]
The Former Berkeley’s Department Store: Can a 1961 Fresno Landmark Find New Life?
At 887 Fulton Street in Downtown Fresno stands a building that represents both the optimism of the city’s mid-twentieth-century commercial era and the difficult question of what happens when yesterday’s retail architecture no longer has its original purpose. Built in 1961 as Berkeley’s Department Store, the two-story commercial building has spent decades largely vacant. In […]
What Fresno’s New Tower District Plan Means for Historic Neighborhoods in 2026
Few Fresno neighborhoods have an identity as immediately recognizable as the Tower District. Its historic homes, apartment courts, neighborhood businesses, mature trees, entertainment venues, and walkable streets reflect more than a century of growth. In 2026, protecting that character has become especially timely because Fresno is beginning to implement a newly updated Tower District Specific […]
Downtown Fresno’s Next Chapter: How Historic Buildings Fit the 2026–2032 Revitalization Plan
Downtown Fresno is entering another important chapter. In 2026, the Downtown Fresno Partnership and Downtown Fresno Foundation are advancing a 2026–2032 strategic planning effort focused on making the city center more vibrant and economically active. The plan arrives as downtown has visible momentum but also persistent challenges, including vacant storefronts, underused buildings, and uneven private […]
Fresno Chinatown Is Entering a New Preservation Era in 2026
Fresno’s Chinatown is once again at the center of an important conversation about history, redevelopment, and the future of downtown. In 2026, the City of Fresno approved a new professional historic-resource survey for Chinatown, creating an opportunity to revisit a district whose story reaches back to the city’s earliest years. At the same time, new […]