Thursday, January 20, 2011

The former Paul's Boutique burns down on the Lower East Side

A little outside our usual coverage area... However, several readers sent word of a fire on the Lower East Side... Per a tweet by @winedanddined:

"Wow...the Three Monkeys at Ludlow and Rivington on Lower East Side just burned down."

[Photo via @winedanddined]

This corner was once Paul's Boutique, made famous by the Beastie Boys. (BoweryBoogie has more on that here.)


According to DNAinfo: "The fire department received a call about a fire in the first floor of the restaurant at 99 Rivington St. about 8:11 p.m. The fire was put out by 8:46 p.m., FDNY said."

There weren't any reported injuries.

[Via @hwmk]

Interestingly enough, BoweryBoogie noted just last week how some residents were unhappy with the noise coming from Three Monkeys at night...

[Via @john_swaggerdap]
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5 comments:

  1. scottJanuary 20, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    What the hell is up with all these fires?

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    Whoa, I walked past this place tonight on my way home, must have been just before the fire started. Freaky. Hope the residents of the building are safe and sound.

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  3. RyanAvenueAJanuary 21, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Was this the only fire last night? I went out around 8:20 after hearing a lot of sirens and could faintly smell smoke in breeze, but couldn't tell where it was coming from. As I walked north on A a firetruck was racing south, in the direction of this fire, faster than I'd ever seen a firetruck drive in the city.

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  4. EV GrieveJanuary 21, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    @Ryan

    Shawn Chittle said he saw fire trucks zip by 11th and A... and I had the reader photos about the smoking manhole (sorry) on Eighth Street and C that brought out 4 trucks.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    Anyone know what was going on in Stuytown around 6PM yesterday. There were several fire trucks, ambulances & poilice cars around the oval.

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