Comments | moonunit_alpha: DANGER DANGER! Fire in the Disco!

moonunit_alpha

DANGER DANGER! Fire in the Disco!

Feb 20, 2008 15:04

So on my way to a research study for school today I heard a couple talking about the fire on queen west, it was the first I had heard of it being secluded in my section of upper-west parkdale, sleeping until the last nanosecond before I had to catch the streetcar ( Read more... )

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eternal_green February 20 2008, 21:37:43 UTC

I know I know! I was actually upset when I read about it! My sister worked at Duke's Cycle for quite a while. :(
At least no one was killed!

moonunit_alpha February 20 2008, 22:52:14 UTC

I'm glad no one died, but my thoughts invariably turn to the pets that might have been affected. No one ever seems to report on those things, which always makes me think the worst :(

thenaiadmuse February 20 2008, 22:32:45 UTC

I had no idea!

A starbucks exploded here in vancouver a few days ago- no one was hurt except the arsonist miraculously enough!

bogamaz February 20 2008, 22:39:46 UTC

this looks very suspicious when you consider all of the development going on in the area.

moonunit_alpha February 20 2008, 22:55:09 UTC

it does indeed seems suspicious, but anyone who has lived on queen street knows the state that most of the buildings are in. They are old, not up to code, have shared walls and roofs... I'd like to believe that it is just paranoid to assume foul play, but I'm sure if arson was involved it will be known. Fire depts. are rather adept at these inquiries, generally.

bogamaz February 20 2008, 23:25:48 UTC

Good point about the old buildings but look at this - http://spacing.ca/wire/?p=2712 there was a piece in now magazine about this a month ago. Apparently the area that burnt was declared a historical landmark last year, though i have no source for this. The news media has already blamed it on a meth lab http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/305207.
I don't mean to wax conspiratorial about this, it just came to mind immediately when i heard about the fire. Plus i learned today that the small art cafes were run out of yorkville by a tb scare propagated by the city. Developers play dirty when bribery fails

moonunit_alpha February 21 2008, 05:01:40 UTC

tb scare and a felony are two very distinct accusations, huge difference between threatening and intimidating versus potentially killing people and literally destroying lives. The meth lab story was debunked, as far as the articles I read around 3 or 4 ( ... )

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frozenvirgin February 20 2008, 23:42:30 UTC

I feel the same way... I watched it this morning on the news, didn't want to leave to go to work... totally feels like a part of my life/history has burned down...

SO much of the past 10 years of my life has been spent on that block... where stainless was is gone, Dukes, suspect, etc... I am still almost in disbelief...