  Monahan568 Member Username: Monahan568 Post Number: 276 Registered: 04-2004 |
anyone near there or hear anything about it at all? a fire started there @ 3 am allegedly - all they keep showing on tv is just little clips of nothing though... mostly wondering if any other apartment buildings had to be evacuated nearby? (Message edited by monahan568 on February 06, 2008) | ||
Leoqueen Member Username: Leoqueen Post Number: 1823 Registered: 07-2004 |
I just turned on my tv and saw this horrible fire..when they said 1 half block from WSU I immediately thought it might be the Renaud and Touraine, so thanks for clearing that up, Monahan. It is an absolutely massive fire! | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 7109 Registered: 02-2004 |
What a total loss for that historical apartment. It's people being careless for taking care of their properties. | ||
Mbr Member Username: Mbr Post Number: 294 Registered: 03-2005 |
The top floor is on fire. The trucks woke me up around 5:30am. It looked like about half of the top floor was in flames with two ladders on either "arm" spraying water down on it. In the past hour it looks like the fire has spread more to the southern part of the top floor while the northern part has been mostly contained. | ||
Mbr Member Username: Mbr Post Number: 295 Registered: 03-2005 |
For Reference: http://www.detroitmidtown.com/ 05/midtown.php?offset=120&type =&lid=66 http://maps.live.com/default.a spx?v=2&cp=r1rx01829x41&style= o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-10 00&scene=5646080&where1=4663%2 02nd%20Ave%2C%20Detroit%2C%20M I&encType=1 | ||
Leoqueen Member Username: Leoqueen Post Number: 1824 Registered: 07-2004 |
On the news they said arson was suspected, and that it started in one apartment on the 4th floor | ||
Mbr Member Username: Mbr Post Number: 296 Registered: 03-2005 |
The fire has now definitely spread to the third floor. The front area of the southern arm is completely engulfed in flames and there is a serious chance this will spread to the adjacent ABC Building. | ||
Monahan568 Member Username: Monahan568 Post Number: 277 Registered: 04-2004 |
also I think I heard from the little blurb on wdiv that it's a 5 alarm blaze? yikes. who owns that building now? the detroitmidtown.com blurb above says it's under new ownership? just wondering... (thanks for that by the way mbr!) | ||
Blksoul_x Member Username: Blksoul_x Post Number: 128 Registered: 06-2007 |
TV 2 (Al Allen) just interviewed the owner of the Amsterdam Coffee shop, and she is devastated...she quoted 'I don't know, I have lost everything...I might just move out of Detroit'.... black-atcha! | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 7059 Registered: 11-2004 |
Five alarms and every firefighter in town is on alert. This IS huge. Scary stuff. | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 2449 Registered: 01-2004 |
Heres photos of the building and entryway sculptural reliefs: http://www.detroitfunk.com/200 5/08/weird_butterfly_girls.htm l What a drag - the building dates back to 1905. I dated a girl who lived on the top floor of the left "wing" overlooking what used to be Zoots. I used to love hanging out in that bay window watching the street action at night. The building was rather dirty back in the mid 1990's but well maintained structurally. My friend would sunbathe on the roof, so I was able to hang out up there. (LeoQueen - remember a model from school named marlo?) | ||
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle Post Number: 333 Registered: 10-2006 |
Ill get on taking some photos on my was to class. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 3424 Registered: 06-2004 |
That big of a building that time of night it's a blessing that apparently no one's missing or severely injured | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 4973 Registered: 02-2007 |
I have a lot of great memories in that building. very sad | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1548 Registered: 11-2004 |
From what I saw on TV it appears the fire damage is contained to the top floors. However, they're pouring so much water on it that the water damage will probably be throughout the structure, not to mention a bunch of smoke damage. | ||
Mbr Member Username: Mbr Post Number: 297 Registered: 03-2005 |
Freep is on it: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20080206/NEW S01/80206020 | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 1391 Registered: 08-2007 |
That was a beautiful building. Thanks for the pix. In 1969-70, we lived across the street in that building pictured second to last in that album. It was a home built by JJ Goyette, corset maker, in 1895. We used to look out our third floor windows at the Forest Arms. | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1951 Registered: 05-2005 |
that's terrible, i lived right around the corner on prentis for many years. i hope no one was hurt. Blksoul_x: spew your bile elsewhere | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 1709 Registered: 11-2003 |
Yes it is a shame about the building. But I am appalled that no one has worried about the residents. I personally hope that no one was injured. | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 1710 Registered: 11-2003 |
Thank you Gravitymachine for restoring my faith in humanity.  | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1954 Registered: 05-2005 |
no problem. if amsterdamn coffee is a total loss, i hate to think what the fate of people's records is, as it shares the basement. this will be quite a blow to that area, and a couple of dedicated detroit entrapeneurs (Message edited by gravitymachine on February 06, 2008) | ||
Digitalvision Member Username: Digitalvision Post Number: 544 Registered: 11-2003 |
WDIV still shots on the right side of the page from last night: http://www.clickondetroit.com/ news/15230998/detail.html Video report on Channel 7's web site: http://www.wxyz.com/news/story .aspx?content_id=38b5eeae-aaf0 -40bf-a452-243f2c64dc36 | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 1058 Registered: 02-2004 |
When I was living in ABC they were slowly replacing all the windows in forest arms, sad a beautiful building. I hear they had a new owner thats why there was some work done on the windows. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 3828 Registered: 10-2003 |
Wonder if the shell/facade can be saved and the interior replaced. | ||
Beatsworking Member Username: Beatsworking Post Number: 108 Registered: 08-2004 |
People's Records owner Brad Hales was also on channel 2 this morning. I missed what he said... did anyone else happen to catch this? | ||
Iddude313 Member Username: Iddude313 Post Number: 146 Registered: 07-2005 |
I've heard rumors that it was arson. | ||
Iddude313 Member Username: Iddude313 Post Number: 147 Registered: 07-2005 |
I just spoke with my friend. She is ok but lost everything. She said a man tried to burn down his apt. this sucks for all of those residents. And for Amsterdam and Peoples too. | ||
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle Post Number: 334 Registered: 10-2006 |
Here are some quick snaps I took on my way to work. http://web.mac.com/m.doyle/iWe b/Site/fire.html |
