Greenpoint Fire Rages On
The 7-alarm fire that began early this morning on the Greenpoint waterfront is still raging. One theory floating around right now is that the fire was started on purpose to clear the way for new condos from the ground up. It’s sad indeed. This complex of warehouses was truly a landmark that defined Greenpoint–in a…
The 7-alarm fire that began early this morning on the Greenpoint waterfront is still raging. One theory floating around right now is that the fire was started on purpose to clear the way for new condos from the ground up. It’s sad indeed. This complex of warehouses was truly a landmark that defined Greenpoint–in a wonderful way. Thanks to justiNYC for the photos. If you’ve taken any photos of the fire today, please send ’em on over.
Massive Fire Still Burning [NY1]
WHAT A SCANDAL! They ought to require the developer to rebuild historic replicas of the buildings.
5:00pm and now starting to smell smoke in my office in the Wall St area.
Is this thing still going? Did the wind shift or something?
Important information. I am copying this from curbed, but too important NOT to read:
The buildings were up for preservation – several were exepected to pass.
The property is owned by Joshua Guttman, a landlord who has a history in NYC of his buildings burning down when its rezoning time
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0411,schuerman,51863,5.html
When the buildings burned 2 things happend:
– The chance for preservation dropped, making the architects renderings more likely
– Instead of paying for cleanup and abatement of toxic materials, all that shit burned into the air. Yay world-trade-center style cancers.
We need to fight for the preservation of what is left and not be trampled by this developer abuse.
I’m in CH and I’ve been smelling it for a couple of hours as well.
this “suspiscious” fire is as old as brooklyn…
I’ve been smelling smoke for a couple of hours in Crown Hgts.
Of course this is appropriate news for this blog. Arson is a serious problem and although the blog is called brownstoner, I have never gotten the impression it was supposed to be Brooklyn Old House Web. Old commercial areas have their own very valuable history to contribute to Brownstone Brooklyn, so people should care about them. And arson is a neighborhood concern everywhere.
By the way, anon 3:58- that was an excellent post and also applies to Williamsburg. Eng 212 was not just a firehouse, but a chemical foam unit for chemical and hazmat fires.
I could smell the smoke as far away as Park Slope and big black chunks of soot landed in my backyard. I think the wind was pretty high this morning, which didn’t help matters.
Does anyone in CH smell smoke at the moment? IS this another fire or is the wind blowing the smell of the Greenpoint fire towards here?
Does anyone in CH smell smoke at the moment? IS this another fire or is the wind blowing the smell of the Greenpoint fire towards here?