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Aug 13

New Window on Cedar Street

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzioworks, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (1)


Brand new opening -- will be a window!

The Sentinel building used to be a long, uninterrupted wall of 10" thick concrete down most of a block of Cedar Street. It had an element of Willy Wonka's factory: what's going on inside? You could see the newspaper's presses through the far window, but other than that all was dark.

When Cruzio, Ecology Action and Joe

Jun 09

TEDx Livestream at Cruzio

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, Local Event, Internet TV, Current Events by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

 tedx logo

Do you know TED? TED is an internationally recognized conference with the theme "ideas worth spreading." And now, TED is coming to Santa Cruz.

The main event is sold out, but Cruzio is proud to host a livestream of Santa Cruz's own TEDx this Saturday, June 11 from 9am-5pm. Won't you join us? Admission is free, but space is limited.

Apr 15

Electric Car Charging in Santa Cruz -- At 877 Cedar

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Energy Issues, Ecology Action, 877 Cedar Street by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

At Cruzio's new building, 877 Cedar Street, we now have electrical charging stations thanks to our neighbor Ecology Action. Now there is a place to charge your electric vehicle, right in downtown Santa Cruz.

Don't yet have an electric car? Have a look at this gorgeous Tesla:


Socket rocket...


Plugged in!


And a neato electric motorcycle from local company Zero

Feb 17

Ribbon Cutting at 877 Cedar

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)
 
On Friday, February 11th, Cruzio and Ecology Action got together to celebrate the opening of our newly renovated building at 877 Cedar Street.
 
Cruzio will be holding another celebration -- open to the public, yes, you are invited -- when we light up the gigabit fiber we've brought into downtown Santa Cruz.  The date isn't set yet, but we expect it in late
Nov 30

Colocation in Santa Cruz

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)
Pretty impressive air conditioner in Cruzio's new data center! We'll soon be hosting servers in the space, which will be also be fitted out with gigantic UPS and generator units, as well as an FM200 fire suppression system.

Nov 30

Finishing the Renovation

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

Cruzio is in the final stretch of our renovation project and the building is looking fine. It's on the corner of Cedar and Church Street in downtown Santa Cruz, and we have already started moving in.

The coworking space has huge North-facing windows over it — a beautiful, well-lit space. Many windows are openable, providing pleasant fresh air on nice days. 

Nov 22

Cruzio's New Building Gets Better and Better

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)
 
 
Walls have been framed, sheetrocked and taped. Kind of beautiful to look at the unfinished bones of Cruzio's new office space. 
 
Cruzio's offices overlook the well-lit coworking space below. The colocation & data center are also on the first floor, protected by a waterproof membrane in the ceiling. Many steps to producing a space which serves every
Oct 26

Sam Farr Visits Cruzio's New Building

The Editor Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Local News, Local Business, ISP, Internet, Fiber, Cruzio, Community, California Politics, California Economics by The Editor | Comment (1)

Our very own Congressman, Sam Farr, paid Cruzio Internet and building partner Ecology Action a visit last week to tour our new building. Cruzio's founder and CEO, Peggy Dolgenos, showed Representative Farr around. He learned about our plans to pull fiber Internet into the building, examined the bones of our forthcoming state-of-the-art colocation center,

Oct 19

Red staircase

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

 

Our designer Krissie Olson chose red stairs for our new office space.

It's not going to be a typical bland office space... 

 

 

 

This report by

Oct 12

We've got walls

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

Now Cruzio's new building is more than a skeleton. We've got rooms becoming actual rooms, with sheetrock, tape and plaster. It's exciting to see our floorplan fleshed out and becoming 3-dimensional at last.
 
We're impatient to move in, but there's still another month of work to go.
 
Second floor before sheetrock:  
 
 And after:
 
 
Check out the interesting
Sep 12

In a silvery forest (of building construction)

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

When the walls in a steel-and-concrete building are framed, it's silver all around. There aren't any walls to block the light, so one room shines into another and another. Kind of sad that it has to get filled in.
 
 
 
 
Aug 27

Embrace the Rock

The Editor Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by The Editor | Comment (1)

When Cruzio and partners won the right to buy the old, gloomy Sentinel Building at auction, the topic came up almost immediately: what to do with the mid-20th-century crushed-rock facade? Although partially hidden at the time by clawlike cypress bushes, the rock was certainly a standout feature. And not in a good way.
 
The color? Rusty red. The texture?
Aug 18

Progress at the Sentinel

The Editor Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by The Editor | Comment (0)

 

The windows are in, the framing is getting done. We are hard at work! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jun 11

Sentinel Building Goes Disco

The Editor Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by The Editor | Comment (0)
 
 
After much of the roof was removed, it looks like the building is full of stars.  
 
 
May 28

Bam! Smash! Rippp! Crash! — the Sentinel Building in Demo

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, Santa Cruz, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

The noise, the big saws and bulldozers inside the building, the piles of broken-up walls and floors — that's what's going on at the Sentinel Building. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 28

Seeing the Sky Through the Sentinel Building

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, Santa Cruz, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

As demolition continues at the Sentinel Building, we can now see right through it.

 

And sunlight pours into parts of the building where it's never been seen before:

May 28

Matthew Thompson Amid the Rubble

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

The task of designing the Sentinel Building renovation went to Matthew Thompson, one of Santa Cruz's most talented and influential architects. 
 
His approach — preserving the brawny beauty of the mid-century modern building while upgrading its function — won the job for his firm.
 
Here is Matthew dashing through demolished concrete:
 
 
And here he is close up:
 
May 13

Boom! Walls come down at the New Sentinel Building

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (1)

The demolition is happening fast at the New Sentinel building. That means lots of smashing and crashing. We're opening up windows and doors to let light into the once-dour printing plant. Today Shane called us over to watch some walls fall down — doorways will replace them.
 
These are 50-year-old 6" thick concrete walls full of rebar that have been cut
May 07

Before and After Shots: New Windows at the New Sentinel

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

 

We start with a manufacturing building in downtown Santa Cruz. Our plan: to recycle and re-use the building for a couple of local organizations (Cruzio and Ecology Action). That means making the building people-friendly. Step one: it's dark and gloomy inside. We need more windows and doors!

 

The original parking lot face of the building (notice, no

May 06

Let There Be Light! Progress at New Building

Cruzio Reporter Published in Sentinel building, New Sentinel by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)

We officially broke ground at the Sentinel building in March, but these days the work is really ramping up.

When you pass by Cruzio's future digs  you can hear the hum of equipment and see hard hatted workers milling about. Today the progress was more evident than ever when a new window was cut into the ground floor.

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