Patchoulia Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Part of the old Uptown Theatre at Yonge and Bloor Sts. appers to have collapsed trapping up to 10 students in an adjacent building. Emergency crews are converging on the scene. According to reports the famed theatre, slated for demolition, has collapsed, bringing down portions of adjacent buildings. One of the affected buildings is a nearby private school, the Yorkville English Academy, where the students may be currently trapped. All surrounding streets, including Bloor, Charles and Yonge Sts. have been closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 OMG - that's terrible!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 good vibes out to those people!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 I hope everyone is okay. This is scary stuff. They never should have been allowed to tear down the best theatre in Toronto anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Jaimoe: They never should have been allowed to tear down the best theatre in Toronto anyway. Here we go again - they *should* have been forced to keep losing money, yeah, that's the ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 i agree. from what i've 'heard' the theatre was a losing cause... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 one person has died and the rescuers believe there is still one person trapped inside this is sad news indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phred Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 That is terrible news... ((((Good vibes)))) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 I'll add my two-cents at a more appropriate time. This is getting ugly. In the meantime, enjoy your urban-sprawl multiplexes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Frightening Fall - Pulse24.com It happened with stunning swiftness. The Uptown Theatre, a Toronto landmark that was being demolished at Yonge and Bloor Sts., suddenly collapsed Monday morning, sending the roof onto several nearby buildings. One of them was a private school, the Yorkville English Academy. The school is primarily a facility that specializes in English as a second language, and mostly caters to adults. Several have been taken away by stretcher. But there were also several children believed to be in the building, and it’s not immediately clear if they all got out. John Harrington, a teacher at the school, claims three kids – ages 8, 10 and 11 – were inside at the time of the collapse, but he believes they may have gotten out in time. “I think they got them out by now but I'm not sure, there was a lot of rubble on them,” he worries. “A piece of the wall from the theatre that they are demolishing fell through. It was a pretty tall wall. It fell through the length of the building.” But the city's Fire Department admits at least three more may be trapped in the rubble. And it may be a while before they can reach them. "Certainly with the mammoth amount of the debris that’s in the structure it’s going to take an immense amount of time to get into the structure to insure there’s no more collapses on the workers as they move in." At least one 10-year-old has been taken to the Hospital For Sick Children, and fire officials have counted five overall taken to a variety of emergency rooms. But it's unclear if the others who may still be inside are children or adults. Helen Wanger raced to the scene when her daughter phoned her from inside the school on her cell phone. “She was afraid that more of the roof was going to collapse. I told her to get under a table, protect her head,” the worried mom reports. But she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her child walk out relatively unscathed. Seventeen Toronto Fire Units raced to the scene, including the High Rise Unit and the HAZMAT team. The good news: none of the ambulances that took the injured to hospital left with lights and sirens flashing. But officials admit they're still searching, and that it's likely there are some people trapped in the rubble. Officals have closed Bloor between Yonge and Bay and some on scene said they smelled natural gas, but the T.T.C. reports the Yonge subway line is still running. The theatre was opened in 1920 as a movie theatre and a live stage show venue. It was damaged by fire in 1960 before being rebuilt. And it’s been the focus of a campaign to prevent its closure. The owner of the building had expressed concern as recently as Sunday about the way the demolition was taking place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 quote: Originally posted by Jaimoe: In the meantime, enjoy your urban-sprawl multiplexes. The root of all evil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Terrible news. (((((good vibes)))))) to those who are in there,in hopes of them gettin out safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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