- The Fresno Bee building, a place that once mattered so much to so many people, will soon be nothing more than an empty field.
- It was a place where friendships were forged under the glow of late-night deadlines, and where coworkers became an extended family.
- Though it may vanish from the landscape, its imprint remains — in the stories told, the lives touched, and the journalists shaped by the work done there.
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When the news broke that the old Fresno Bee building in west Fresno was going to be torn down, it stirred a deep wave of nostalgia tied to my 48 years at the newspaper. It also brought a sobering realization: A place that once mattered so much to so many people will soon be nothing more than an empty field.
By Jim Boren
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