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dancerjodiWhen I caught the news on Facebook this morning (Peet has posted last night) the store was all I could think of. I came in to work and checked my e-mail to find this:
"I am writing to inform you that there was a fire in our building on Moody Street last night. I have been told by the owner of the building that everyone escaped with either minor injuries or unscathed. The fire appears to have begun on the roof and spread, but the majority of the damage to the is from smoke and water. I am uncertain of the damage to the bookstore except for assurances that it is from water and is moderate at its worst.
Nonetheless, this could not come at a more difficult time. I am currently in California attending to the critical illness of my father who underwent major emergency surgery last Thursday. His condition remains dire and I must devote my full attention to him and my immediate family.
Those of you who have followed this store from the beginning know that it has been an all-out sprint from the start, a fight from the start, and a battle too many times to count. I have taken to responding to the question, "What would you do if the store closed," by saying, "Wait a few months and open it up again." In that way, I can say that we will reopen, but sight unseen I also cannot tell you exactly when.
We will do our best to have some employees at Johnny Carrera's studio for Open Studios this weekend. And we will fight like hell to reopen quickly, but within reason. My thoughts of the store are an anchor, even if its doors are closed, but how to get it to its feet is far beyond me right now. In the interim, I ask that you take a moment for a kind thought or prayer and do a small act of kindness for someone today. I can tell you that those are the things that have meant the most to me always at times like these.
My best to you all, and my hope to be in touch with good news soon.
Alex Green
Owner"
Please folks, support your local businesses and keep them in your thoughts.
"I am writing to inform you that there was a fire in our building on Moody Street last night. I have been told by the owner of the building that everyone escaped with either minor injuries or unscathed. The fire appears to have begun on the roof and spread, but the majority of the damage to the is from smoke and water. I am uncertain of the damage to the bookstore except for assurances that it is from water and is moderate at its worst.
Nonetheless, this could not come at a more difficult time. I am currently in California attending to the critical illness of my father who underwent major emergency surgery last Thursday. His condition remains dire and I must devote my full attention to him and my immediate family.
Those of you who have followed this store from the beginning know that it has been an all-out sprint from the start, a fight from the start, and a battle too many times to count. I have taken to responding to the question, "What would you do if the store closed," by saying, "Wait a few months and open it up again." In that way, I can say that we will reopen, but sight unseen I also cannot tell you exactly when.
We will do our best to have some employees at Johnny Carrera's studio for Open Studios this weekend. And we will fight like hell to reopen quickly, but within reason. My thoughts of the store are an anchor, even if its doors are closed, but how to get it to its feet is far beyond me right now. In the interim, I ask that you take a moment for a kind thought or prayer and do a small act of kindness for someone today. I can tell you that those are the things that have meant the most to me always at times like these.
My best to you all, and my hope to be in touch with good news soon.
Alex Green
Owner"
Please folks, support your local businesses and keep them in your thoughts.
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Date: 2009-11-05 02:30 pm (UTC)Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Turner described "heavy fire" at the rear roof at 279 Moody St., which is the Boston University Center for Digital Arts.
The unnamed woman, who lives in an apartment on the third floor above the center, was taken to a local hospital. Turner did not know the extent of her injuries.
He said the woman was sleeping next to a window. The fire blew out the window, strewing shards on her her bed.
Fire Chief Richard Cardillo said the apartment that burned was a luxury artist's loft. "My men did a good job" containing the fire, he said.
Jerry Baptiste, a bouncer working at The Landing nearby, said he was walking a woman to her car when he saw fire and smoke coming from the rear of the building. He said he ran and pulled a street alarm. He saw flames and a man running out of a building clutching a cat.
Rosa Guerra, a housecleaner working on the second floor of the building, said there seemed to be blood on the injured woman's stomach and hands.
Firefighters were still working on the building at 1 a.m.
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/news/x1659495739/Woman-injured-in-Moody-Street-fire