A historical old San Jose apartment building is moving down the street after spending its first 110 years or so near the corner of South First and East Reed streets.

On Sunday morning, the two-story Pallesen Apartment building, a Mission Revival-style four-plex built in 1910, was hooked onto the back of a semi-truck for the slow three-block drive to its new home at East Reed Street and South Fourth Street.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.