libberding ([info]libberding) wrote in [info]b0st0n,
2008-06-10 18:41:00
Hey, what's going on in Allston? 

I get off the T and there's fire trucks and ambulances and police everywhere and north side of Harvard Ave is blocked off and stuff...



Lame cam phone pic, but I was simultaneously trying to light a cigarette, turn off my iPod, find my keys and take a pic all while trying to not get run over by cars and trains and buses.

Anybody know what's up?

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[info]libberding

June 10 2008, 22:50:22 UTC 3 years ago

Yeah. I was all about to be pissed off that I got home 45 minutes late and then I see this. Not affecting the trains, though. I think buses are being rerouted, cause I really did almost get run over by one.

[info]unodostresitson

June 10 2008, 22:50:49 UTC 3 years ago

There was a huge fire at the grecian diner, i just got home from getting beer at blanchards and I had to walk through that

[info]libberding

June 10 2008, 22:52:24 UTC 3 years ago

Aww, I liked that place! Ok, I'd only been there once and I'm moving in a couple weeks, but it was pretty good!

Anybody hurt? I'm assuming that with the 4-5 ambulances I saw, there had to be someone hurt.

[info]turkishb

June 10 2008, 22:57:09 UTC 3 years ago

I didn't stick around or ask questions so I really have no idea. I got my beer and got out lol. I saw a few people breathing into surgical masks that were handed out but I didn't see any dead and/or injured people... they might have already taken them to the hospital by time i got there (The fire looked like it was under control).

[info]unodostresitson

June 10 2008, 22:57:49 UTC 3 years ago

Woops... sorry this is the same poster as above.. I forgot i was logged in under my boyfriend's name

[info]xenakat13

June 11 2008, 00:48:47 UTC 3 years ago

Holy Shit! I live near there, but I happened to be in Watertown running errands while it was going on. I hope they rebuild and reopen. :(

I think with a fire this big they send at least three ambulances anyway, for "just in case." Naturally people who work Emergency Services hope the ambulance guys get to spend the whole time standing around watching, but better that than need one and have it not be there yet.

On top of that, with the heat the way it is these last few days, the firefighters are at a much higher risk for heat stroke/heat exhaustion if they are fighting an actual fire in this kind of weather.

[info]roachmckrackin

June 11 2008, 03:13:04 UTC 3 years ago

Sorry, news said it's a total loss :(

[info]hubidajubidaba

June 11 2008, 01:23:19 UTC 3 years ago

dangerous! i learned the hard way not to give girlfriends my passwords :)

[info]unodostresitson

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[info]iluvhyperboles

June 10 2008, 22:55:26 UTC 3 years ago

What a shame. I really hope nobody got seriously injured.

[info]ravenofdreams

June 10 2008, 22:59:35 UTC 3 years ago

Dammit.
I liked the Grecian Diner. I hope no one's hurt and that they've reopened by the next time I make it to Allston....

[info]mogaribue

June 10 2008, 23:09:20 UTC 3 years ago

OMFG NOT THE GRECIAN DINER!

[info]madrigal

June 10 2008, 23:58:25 UTC 3 years ago

I will miss those waffles.

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[info]venus_orbiting

June 11 2008, 00:08:31 UTC 3 years ago

Oh my god, that's insane! My boyfriend and I used to go there almost every morning when he still lived in Allston. :O This is a bit surreal.

[info]definitelylucid

June 11 2008, 01:46:47 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  June 11 2008, 01:47:05 UTC

couldn't resist...

hope your relationship doesn't have the same fate.

[info]kimmercake

June 11 2008, 13:02:02 UTC 3 years ago

shiiiiiiiit.

[info]paperback

June 11 2008, 01:15:09 UTC 3 years ago

there was a fire around 5:30. i walked past as black smoke was erupting all over the place, before the fire department got there. it didn't look real.

[info]hubidajubidaba

June 11 2008, 01:24:39 UTC 3 years ago

just rode by, the street is still blocked and it smells like burnt furniture but otherwise things look alright.

well, alright-ish.

[info]smazzle

June 11 2008, 15:16:52 UTC 3 years ago

I guess there was a GREASE fire....
get it? Grecian diner, grease fire..

Seriously, though - too bad this place is gone. Great place for a quick bite and a real diner-esque breakfast.

[info]gray_fluid

June 11 2008, 17:27:48 UTC 3 years ago

yeah, the grecian formula got ignited

[info]gray_fluid

June 11 2008, 17:33:29 UTC 3 years ago

was is it "grecian" and not "greek" ? does a "grecian" diner serve "grecian" or "greek" food?

i know the difference between "scotch" and "Scottish" and "asian" and "oriental"...but i dont know the rule for Grecian. Is "greek" ethnicity and "grecian" being from the country of Greece? If so is a person Grecian or Greek or could they be both??

[info]libberding

June 11 2008, 18:30:40 UTC 3 years ago

Hmm... Good question. Maybe the folks at [info]linguaphiles would know? There's gotta be some sort of epistemological explanation there. :-P Cause as far as I know, they both mean "pertaining to Greece or being Greek"... But I'm not a linguist.

[info]foxgl0ve

June 11 2008, 20:41:48 UTC 3 years ago

I think it's meant to be a pun on "Grecian Urn"... As in "Ode to a Grecian Urn" but in this case it's Grecian Yearning.

They sold Gyros there, but everything else was omelettes, hash browns, and pancakes. Not very Greek or Grecian.

[info]gray_fluid

June 11 2008, 20:50:40 UTC 3 years ago

...which would imply an inanimate object is Grecian? such as a rug is oriental but a person is asian?





[info]dianalily

June 11 2008, 20:08:40 UTC 3 years ago

That. Stinks.
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