Old Cal Memorial Stadium for sale, one bleacher at a time
Wooden Duck’s Eric Gellerman points out paint remnants and a numeral engraved in a section of wooden seating removed from Cal Memorial Stadium before its renovation. Photo: Tracey Taylor Cal fans might...
View Article4 Berkeley businesses, including Wooden Duck, Import Tile damaged in 5-alarm...
A major fire in West Berkeley that broke out around 8 p.m. Saturday damaged a warehouse with four businesses. Photo: Davoud Kermaninejad This breaking news story was updated as more information became...
View ArticleWest Berkeley fire causes $5 million in damage, destroys 20 artisan businesses
1802 Second St. was a charred shell Sunday after a massive fire destroyed it Saturday night. Photo: Pete Rosos The huge fire that ripped through a building on Second Street in West Berkeley on Saturday...
View ArticleAfter a West Berkeley blaze, praise for the firefighters
The remains of warehouse at 1800-1810 Second St. that was destroyed in a five-alarm fire Saturday, April 12, 2014. The building held stock from Import Tile and housed Joshua Tree Furniture. The Wooden...
View ArticleBerkeley warehouse fire started accidentally; Wooden Duck not insured for...
The smoke from the West Berkeley warehouse fire as seen from Delaware Street. Photo: Raph Levien The fire that erupted in a West Berkeley warehouse on Saturday, seriously damaging or destroying...
View ArticleFundraiser will help artisans burned out in Berkeley fire
The showroom in Joshua Tree Artisans’ Collective, which was destroyed by a fire April 12. Photo: Joshua Goldberg By many accounts, the Joshua Tree Artisans’ Collective was a special place to work....
View ArticleOld Cal Memorial Stadium for sale, one bleacher at a time
Cal fans might describe Eric Gellerman as a hero. Gellerman is a wood aficionado who owns Berkeley’s salvaged wood furniture store, The Wooden Duck. A few weeks ago, he discovered that all the...
View Article4 Berkeley businesses, including Wooden Duck, Import Tile damaged in 5-alarm...
This breaking news story was updated as more information became available. Watch this feed on Twitter — no account needed — for live updates. Frances Dinkelspiel, of Berkeleyside, reported from the...
View ArticleWest Berkeley fire causes $5 million in damage, destroys 20 artisan businesses
The huge fire that ripped through a building on Second Street in West Berkeley on Saturday night not only affected well-known businesses like Import Tile and The Wooden Duck, but destroyed the...
View ArticleAfter a West Berkeley blaze, praise for the firefighters
Eric Gellerman, owner of The Wooden Duck furniture store, says he has nothing but thanks for the firefighters who fought the blaze that engulfed a building on Second Street in West Berkeley on Saturday...
View ArticleBerkeley warehouse fire started accidentally; Wooden Duck not insured for...
The fire that erupted in a West Berkeley warehouse on Saturday, seriously damaging or destroying numerous businesses, started accidentally, according to fire officials. “There didn’t seem to be any...
View ArticleFundraiser will help artisans burned out in Berkeley fire
By many accounts, the Joshua Tree Artisans’ Collective was a special place to work. Taking up two floors on a building on Second Street, the collective had individual spaces for woodworkers, metal...
View ArticleThe Wooden Duck, longtime Berkeley furniture maker, is closing
The furniture store has made hundreds of thousands of pieces of furniture in the last 23 years. It will close Nov. 15.
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