Caddy sees a FIRE!!!!
This morning just before noon fire trucks blast by the dealership. We look out the window and see a large plume of smoke coming from about a block west of us.
I grab my camera and we head down the street toward the fire. There is a large abandoned building in this area called Alma College that has been slated for demolition in the past few weeks. It was first opened in 1881.
There have been several movies shot on the site. Most recently Silent Hill in 2005.
There have been several attempts to save the building from the wrecking ball. Restoration and condo development were attempted as you can see in the signs at the front of the building.
There are also fluorescent posters visible in the photos. There were students on site and protesting the demolition at the time is went up.
Exterior recent:
Archives:
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From the Dealership:
Approaching the scene:
From The Front:
The heat signature from here was unbelievable. In a matter of 2 minutes the heat doubled and was almost unbearable:
Moments before the Main Steeple Falls. We had been on the scene for 2 or 3 minutes:
Steeple and Roof are gone:
Total elapsed time on the entire slide show below is 15 minutes.
Slideshow
Pretty amazing. I will never see a fire like that again in my life time.
I grab my camera and we head down the street toward the fire. There is a large abandoned building in this area called Alma College that has been slated for demolition in the past few weeks. It was first opened in 1881.
There have been several movies shot on the site. Most recently Silent Hill in 2005.
There have been several attempts to save the building from the wrecking ball. Restoration and condo development were attempted as you can see in the signs at the front of the building.
There are also fluorescent posters visible in the photos. There were students on site and protesting the demolition at the time is went up.
Exterior recent:
Archives:
1891
From the Dealership:
Approaching the scene:
From The Front:
The heat signature from here was unbelievable. In a matter of 2 minutes the heat doubled and was almost unbearable:
Moments before the Main Steeple Falls. We had been on the scene for 2 or 3 minutes:
Steeple and Roof are gone:
Total elapsed time on the entire slide show below is 15 minutes.
Slideshow
Pretty amazing. I will never see a fire like that again in my life time.
Comments
Seriously can you come down and torch Galt Collegiate next? That thing is such a money pit it would save me a bundle on my taxes.
ASAP... like right now.
/g2
I took these later the same night when alot of the walls were still standing. From a different angle:
Spoken like a true Southwood supporter...:D
I saw the numbers when they were looking at closing one of the highschools and Southwood is the money pit.
My own personal camera is an Canon 35mm SLR but unfortunately I didn't have that one handy.