Towerview Apartments

[Breadburner]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

yeah, lets see...

downtown on a weekend with slick streets making it hard to get to the building....oh no this wasnt arson.

Things like that can happen when the Mortgage and Insurance policy get to close together...You can have a friction fire....

[sinclairauto]

I live in Brady Heights and drove by the old Towerview Apartments today. When I saw the fire damage I just started laughing. I've lived in Tulsa since birth. Is it just me, or is this most corrupt, back dealin' town west of the mississppi??? Maybe I'm turning into a bitter 'ol man at age thiry-four.

[RecycleMichael]

Tulsa Today has some pics of the fire...

http://www.tulsatoday.com/

[TheArtist]

Ooops that don't look good in those pics.  That ought to finish her off right there.  


Sooooo, is the city going to be sending out another request for possible development in the area now that the HH deal is done for?

[AVERAGE JOE]

quote:Originally posted by sinclairauto

I live in Brady Heights and drove by the old Towerview Apartments today. When I saw the fire damage I just started laughing. I've lived in Tulsa since birth. Is it just me, or is this most corrupt, back dealin' town west of the mississppi??? Maybe I'm turning into a bitter 'ol man at age thiry-four.

You're not telling me that you find it implausible that transients broke into the building and started a fire for warmth and it got out of control, are you?? C'mon... really??

I find the explanation given entirely credible. Not that it shouldn't be investigated.

[Rico]

The "Conspiracy" is now over... and can be laid to rest...!

The following link is to the story in Monday's World regarding the arrest of the two that have confessed to the starting of the fire.

Officials refused to comment on the involvement of larger Corporate and City Entities in the blaze. We do know that the two were arrested within a few feet of one another at the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless.... Which everyone is sure to recognize as a "Shell Corp." set up by IVI Inc. Yes the same people that are trying to build the "Bridge"

Here is the link to the full story..

http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=070115_Ne_A15_Blaze5450

[Rico]

quote:Originally posted by PRH

If I owned the Towerview, I'd sure hire a private investigator to find out whether those transients had a pocket full of new-found cash after the fire, and I'd want to know who gave it to them.

Well the story goes that they were going to ask them where they got the $3.78........

But they were wisked away in an unmarked car to an undisclosed location...
[}:)]

[jdb]

It's that, state wide, we have more than our fair share of incompetent bum's.

This is four fires in as many years that I can count while under the influence.

Sad way to go.

"Save a building, stomp out a bum!" - jdb

[RecycleMichael]

I think there is a link between these two suspects and muslim terrorists. The one dude looks amazingly like Sasquatch and the girl spoke some sort of Martian language.

I know for a fact that black helicopters fanned the flames and the letters from towerview apartments re-arranged spell Viet Nam War Poweretts.

[carltonplace]

I was surprised that the pictures of the burning Towerview didn't capture DTU, the TDA, the TW and Himelfarb holding hands in a ring, singing and roasting marshmellows.

Its also surprising that they put the fire out and used such extreme measures on a DNR building. Well I guess if anyone needs some bricks they'll know where to find them.

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by PRH

How did those transients who burned the Towerview get enough money to buy firewood and have $3.78 left?  

Most winos I have ever had experience with downtown don't have 9 cents among all of them.  They have to pool their money to buy booze and share a bottle.

And if they had $3.78, they would have had a block party for ALL the winos.

I am very suspicious that someone with a financial incentive gave those transients money in return for a fire.

Even though it seems like incredible luck for the owner (if he had it insured), it isn't likely that he planned it. Maybe made it convenient... but not planned. Real arsonists do better work and are seldom caught in these parts.

[tulsa1603]

So in a few weeks the blight will be gone, but who wants to bet the price the owner wants will be the same?  Is this really going to change anything?

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by tulsa1603

So in a few weeks the blight will be gone, but who wants to bet the price the owner wants will be the same?  Is this really going to change anything?

Probably. The value was in the land, not the structure.

[MichaelC]

Since it's been partially destroyed, can't the Health Department step in and start the ball rolling to condemn the property?  If the owners don't take care of it, can the city take it?

[pmcalk]

Didn't the Health Department already determine the property was uninhabitable?  That's what got it shut in the first place, I believe.  As for forcing the guy to sell (through eminent domain), I don't know how you could speed up the process any more--it's slated to be heard by the TMAPC this Wednesday (item 6) http://www.incog.org/TMAPC/Agenda/Tmapc%20Agenda.htm.