Psip
Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 1004 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131
| Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 1:33 am: | |
Just saw on WXYZ that the Kosinski Hardware store had burned down. That was an institution in Hamtramck since the '30s. I think my dad got me my first bike from Kosinskis. Heres a link with some pix of the fire. Sad to see it go. The report said an alarm company started the fire with a soldering iron. How ironic. http://hamtramckstar.com/index .php/2006/02/02/what_s_that_sm ell#c4853 |
623kraw
Member Username: 623kraw
Post Number: 761 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.224.200
| Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 4:05 am: | |
I saw the smoke but couldn't get close - the cops had Conant blocked off. There are (2) Kosinski's across the street from each other. Looks like the one on the west side of the street which was, of course, the best one. |
Hamtramck_steve Member Username: Hamtramck_steve
Post Number: 2701 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.209.179.137
| Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 8:50 am: | |
What a mess. I hope Ted rebuilds, although he's sort of been itching to do something else since his wife died a few years ago. The store on the east side of Conant was once Sikora Hardware, another old-school hardware store, that closed up when the owners retired/died. |
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c
Post Number: 620 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.21.62.206
| Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 11:35 am: | |
We heard the sirens and saw smoke at Jos. Campau and Casmere, so a buddy and I hopped in a car and followed the smoke. Sure enough: Kosinski's was blazing. We watched for about twenty minutes as the HFD showered the fire. The smoke was dark brown and acrid, and flames were high above the roof top. Chemicals and paints made it a bear to fight, I'm sure. We left as we heard other trucks coming (presumably Detroit). When we got back, I climbed up to the rooftop and could see the fire light up the whole area on Conant like a giant orange orb. Truly sad as we knew Ted here at the store and were happily each others' customers. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 2257 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.167.210.66
| Posted on Friday, February 03, 2006 - 12:52 pm: | |
Sad. Another one of those great neighbhorhood institutions that gets taken for granted until something like this happens. If if it gets rebuilt / restored, the charming creaky floor character with the patina of age will be lost. This is the stuff that community is made of, something that reviving areas like downtown have to start from scratch to establish. |
Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard
Post Number: 12 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 69.242.223.42
| Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 5:43 am: | |
There's still another great old-time hardware store in the New Center. Milwaukee and Woodward - if my memory holds. |
Detourdetroit Member Username: Detourdetroit
Post Number: 160 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.212.44.212
| Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 10:11 am: | |
Does Detroit have more fires per capita than any place in the country? |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 431 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.40.89.238
| Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 2:52 pm: | |
There seems to be a lot of fires, but I don't know how that would compare to other places - I have only lived here. |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 113 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 68.2.191.57
| Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 3:06 pm: | |
Alabama sure is having a lot of church fires lately. They suspect an arsonist is operating in Phoenix now too, at least one church and several apartment/residential structures were hit. |
Rustic Member Username: Rustic
Post Number: 2036 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 130.132.177.245
| Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 4:54 pm: | |
"Does Detroit have more fires per capita than any place in the country?" naw it just has a lot of buildings per capita that's all ... |
Revolutionary Member Username: Revolutionary
Post Number: 107 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 68.41.218.234
| Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 10:27 pm: | |
Some video of the Kosinski fire: http://hamtramckstar.com/index .php/2006/02/08/kosinski_hardw are_fire_video |
Naturalsister Member Username: Naturalsister
Post Number: 471 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.169.65
| Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 - 10:56 pm: | |
Yeah, Detroit Hardware is awesome! Sorry about Kosinski's. I had been there as a child. My dad bought many cans of One Shot sign paint from there. later - naturalsister |
Jeffrey_thomas Member Username: Jeffrey_thomas
Post Number: 35 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 205.188.116.137
| Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 1:14 am: | |
Detroit Hardware is awesome! - check out Bright hardware on michigan and military 1 block east of livernois |