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Old 2005-11-16, 11:01 AM   #1
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It looks like the Golden Phoenix is on fire from where I'm at on Bell St.
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Old 2005-11-16, 11:04 AM   #2
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Wow.

Wasn't the Golden Phoenix scheduled to soon become condos? Sucks for those investors, though it is kind of funny if you think about it.
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Old 2005-11-16, 11:04 AM   #3
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Irony much?
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Old 2005-11-16, 11:11 AM   #4
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huh, I'm 2 or 3 blocks east of it, I didn't hear any fire engines (station is across the street from my office bldg.).
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huh, I'm 2 or 3 blocks east of it, I didn't hear any fire engines (station is across the street from my office bldg.).
They're just gonna let it burn... call it urban renewal.
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Old 2005-11-16, 11:13 AM   #6
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Oh shit I should call James.
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Old 2005-11-16, 11:18 AM   #7
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Oh shit I should call James.
Why, does he live there?

"Dude, wake up, you're on fire!"

"What? I'm at work."

"Oh, well, your place is on fire!"
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Old 2005-11-16, 11:28 AM   #8
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He lives about a block away.
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Old 2005-11-16, 11:31 AM   #9
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huh, I'm 2 or 3 blocks east of it, I didn't hear any fire engines (station is across the street from my office bldg.).
I heard them when I was standing outside watching the black smoke bellow out what appeared to be the top of the building and the side.

Scott, you have no soul.
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Old 2005-11-16, 12:33 PM   #10
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It was a new Diesel generator they started for the first time...
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Old 2005-11-16, 12:35 PM   #11
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Wow, that was a ton of black smoke. Makes sense though.
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Old 2005-11-16, 03:38 PM   #12
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Wow.

Wasn't the Golden Phoenix scheduled to soon become condos? Sucks for those investors, though it is kind of funny if you think about it.
Article about it closing early in today's RGJ:
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...511160364/1002
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