*tips and photos from Will
Former Tropical Market. Fire in mid-2009, subsequently locked up with note re:arson investigation on door.
windows boarded, but no construction underway
Judging by the altar in front of this house, something bad went down here. Anybody know about this?
*pix from toad
Another recent fire, this just one block south of 42 Arch (which, even after the fire investigation, still sits unsecure).
These properties (as well as several not shown here) form a sub-block which is entirely derelict, and unsecured. One adjacent building appeared to have one tenant still inside despite numerous broken widows, and a really nice car out front with tinted windows….needless to say we got out of there pretty fast. Quoth my co-mapper: “This feels like one of the worst places I’ve ever been. And I say that having been to the mouth of the Argentinian harbor in La Boca where the fetid water boils from nothing but the force of it’s own putrification. Not that anything is particularly putrid on this property, but the despair is palpable. All four properties are burned, unsecured, and covered with graffiti by artist like “Tears” and “Omen” (as well as the Famous Bloods”). The properties have dozens of mailboxes to reflect how many people were once stacked in here, and surrounded a terrible courtyard that overlooks the remains of some sort of now-defuct commercial space [pictured in 88 veazie property card]“
This is one of the four houses which fell victim to arson on the 07/13, as you can see be the last photo, it was boarded up, but apparently not well enough to keep people out. This is exactly why we need better management of these properties in the city. The Providence Journal refers to this house as “286 Veazie”, not sure who’s right here…
This destroyed car that seemingly comes free with this property may or may not have been the cause of the huge fire which melted the siding off of this property. Yikes.