McBride Construction employees are running bolts into the facade of the Eleanor Roosevelt Building and bolting on boards to stabilize the brick wall today.
There’s also a makeshift memorial on the fence, with flowers, a sign reading, “Thank you for giving me a home,” and a couple books, one wrapped in a University of Washington book cover and the other, “The Ultimate Mousse Cookbook.”
If anyone has insights into what this is about, post it in comments. Remember too, that there is a fund set up for the displaced businesses at the nearby Chase Bank on the corner of 85th and Greenwood.
The 3-alarm fire destroyed four locally owned businesses: Pho Tic Tac, the Green Bean Coffeehouse, Szechuan Bistro and C.C. Teriyaki.
Susan Helf sent us some pictures of the scene yesterday, including this shot:
And here’s one from Susan looking through the front window of the Green Bean Coffee House to the open sky beyond.
And here’s some more shots of the back of the building. Thanks, Susan, for sharing these.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Brian // Oct 25, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Are these buildings going to be torn down?
2 Iron City Mike // Oct 26, 2009 at 8:03 am
Doens’t look like there is much left TOO tear down, after going by yesterday. The real question is, will any of these businesses rebuild and/or relocate, or will they just close up shop? Pleny of vacant storefronts in Piper village, maybe they can give those folks a break on rent.
3 greenwood-fan // Oct 26, 2009 at 9:07 am
According to Q13 last night, Green Bean is already looking for a new location in the area. There are quite a few available storefronts on Greenwood…
4 greenbean regular // Oct 26, 2009 at 11:05 am
The “thank you for giving me a home” sing is to honor the Green Bean’s unconditional hospitality to many…
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