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This building was once an antique shop.
In 2004, Ramz Hall, a student housing building under construction across the street, caught fire and quickly became an inferno. The wind blew the fire across the street burning buildings all the way to the interstate. This building caught fire and the 2nd floor was left as a burnt out shell. The water made the ceilings collapse .
A picture (not mine) of this building after the fire:
www.flickr.com/photos/bkmcae/88738179/
It sat vacant after that for months, the windows mostly broken out, graffiti all over, and a fence surrounding it. They was talk that the rest of this block could be torn down (another parking lot? probably). Luckily that didn't happen and a beautiful restoration took place.
The last storefront used to be a place to park cars. I assume it was some modification done at somepoint in the 60s-70s. It has now been tranformed into a storefront once again with an appropriate look. The windows go all of the way up to match the rest of the building.
Richmond, VA
January, 2006
building01
This building was once an antique shop.
In 2004, Ramz Hall, a student housing building under construction across the street, caught fire and quickly became an inferno. The wind blew the fire across the street burning buildings all the way to the interstate. This building caught fire and the 2nd floor was left as a burnt out shell. The water made the ceilings collapse .
A picture (not mine) of this building after the fire:
www.flickr.com/photos/bkmcae/88738179/
It sat vacant after that for months, the windows mostly broken out, graffiti all over, and a fence surrounding it. They was talk that the rest of this block could be torn down (another parking lot? probably). Luckily that didn't happen and a beautiful restoration took place.
The last storefront used to be a place to park cars. I assume it was some modification done at somepoint in the 60s-70s. It has now been tranformed into a storefront once again with an appropriate look. The windows go all of the way up to match the rest of the building.
Richmond, VA
January, 2006