283 Grand Street Fire

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  • 289 Grand Street Tenants Association Celebrates Court Victory Over Landlords

    289 Grand Street Tenants Association Celebrates Court Victory Over Landlords

    After two years of drawn-out legal proceedings against the landlords of 289 Grand Street, there is finally some semblance of closure to the whole fire-scorched issue.

  • 289 Grand Street, morning after fire (April 2010)

    Former Residents of 289 Grand Street Sue Landlord for “Gross Negligence”

    Nearly two years after a devastating seven-alarm fire tore through a bustling block of Lower East Side, killing one and leaving 200 homeless, the complicated saga of 289 Grand Street continues. Details after the jump!

  • Grand Street History Uncovered in Wake of Fire

    Grand Street History Uncovered in Wake of Fire

    It’s been more than five weeks since a fire on Grand Street killed one tenant, left scores of families homeless, and gutted the century-old tenement buildings at 283, 287, and 289 Grand.  Many of us who work [...]

  • Early Edition: May 17

    Early Edition: May 17

    [Photo Credit: Jenny Penny]

  • Grand Street Fire Fundraiser

    Grand Street Fire Fundraiser

    It’s really great to see the community come together amidst tragedy.  We just received information that there is a fundraiser week currently planned to benefit the victims of the Grand Street fire.  From May [...]

  • Nabe News: May 7

    Nabe News: May 7

    Fairey in trouble, time travel, and the crazy landlord, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!

  • Grand Street Fire: 283 Grand is No More

    Grand Street Fire: 283 Grand is No More

    And that’s all she wrote.  283-287 Grand Street is no more.  Its suffering has finally come to an end.  Yesterday evening, the heavy-duty backhoes had their claws full of brick, wood, and twisted metal.  All [...]

  • Pho Grand Has Reopened

    Pho Grand Has Reopened

    Nearly three weeks removed from the devastating Grand Street fire, business in the immediate vicinity is trickling back.  A reader reported yesterday that Vietnamese restaurant Pho Grand at number 277 reopened the [...]