Grand Street Fire

We have an update this morning on the aftermath of the Grand Street fire. Last week, the residents of 289 Grand (also known as 91 Eldridge) received the bad news that their leases are being terminated. The landlord, Wong's...

The Fire Department has released results from its "exhaustive three week investigation" of the Grand Street fire. According to the fire marshal, an overheated electrical junction box caused the April 11th fire that tore through four buildings and displaced...

Lin Shu Ming, owner of Pho Grand, is happy to be back in business. Closed for almost three weeks after the devastating Chinatown fire, he lost $2000-$3000 each day and had to throw out $10,000 in spoiled food. But...

This afternoon, workers are finishing up the demolition of 283 and 285 Grand, as local businesses try to bounce back after being closed for nearly three weeks. Yesterday, the city reopened the sidewalk on the north side of the...

Over the weekend, we posted an article about the scene on Grand Street Saturday afternoon, where some residents displaced by the devastating fire more than two weeks ago were allowed to go inside their apartments. We noted that there...

The Grand Street fire has upended the lives of 200 Grand Street residents in countless ways. The people who lived in 283 and 285 Grand were dealt the worst blow, of course. Their homes - declared to be structurally...

Here's an update on the efforts to help the victims of the Grand Street fire: The Department of Housing Preservation and Development is working on finding long-term housing for about 200 people displaced by the disaster. Right now, they're living...

Contractors are working quickly to take down the Grand Street buildings destroyed by fire one week ago. This was the scene yesterday afternoon -- workers hovering above the wreckage, carefully removing the top floors of 283 and 285 Grand. On...

The human toll of this week's destructive fire on Grand Street came into sharp focus last night. A large number of residents displaced by the blaze crowded into the basement of the Chinese Benevolent Association on Mott Street for...

From Grand Street, the destruction caused by Sunday night's fire looks bad enough. But this morning, we have new photos taken from inside 289 Grand (the building on the corner of Grand and Eldridge Streets) illustrating the full extent...