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In January 2015, a massive fire in Edgewater, N.J., demonstrated that buildings with sprinkler systems are not always protected against fire. The blaze destroyed 240 residential apartments and displaced 500 people from the Edgewater Avalon apartment building . The fire began when a maintenance worker’s plumbing torch accidentally ignited wooden wall studs , and flames quickly spread throughout the structure. Fifteen minutes passed before workers called the fire department . In that time, the fire spread throughout combustible void spaces (between walls and floors) and soon engulfed the building. Emergency personnel from 35 different cities and towns ultimately responded to the incident. Thankfully, there were no fatalities. Immediately after the blaze, people asked why the fire was so devastating. The building had sprinklers, after all. Shouldn’t the sprinkler system have extinguished the fire? To make matters worse , this building had already burned down 15 years prior during i...

Fruitland Area Fire Protection District /Facebook)" title="(Source: Fruitland Area Fire Protection District /Facebook)" width="180" style="border: 0px;" /> (Source: Fruitland Area Fire Protection District /Facebook) JACKSON, MO (KFVS) - According to the Fruitland Area Fire Protection District , firefighters were called to the scene of an apartment fire on Woodland Drive in Jackson, Missouri on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Crews got the call around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday and say flames were already showing when they arrived. Back up was then requested. Crews were able to evacuate the apartment and no one was injured. There were four units in the building but the fire was contained to just one. The other three units have smoke damage. Fruitland officials said it was a first alarm structure fire . Jackson Fire and Rescue and the Gordonville Fire Department were on the scene, as well. The cause of the fire is unknown and remains under investigation. Download the K...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> No one was injured in a fire that was contained to a bedroom in an apartment Friday evening , a fire official reported . The fire was reported 4:53 p.m. at the Mountainside Apartments at Foothill Boulevard and Hellman Avenue, wrote Kelley Donaldson , Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District spokesperson , in an email. No one was home at the time, she wrote. “Residents will be temporarily relocated to another apartment in the complex,” she added. Fire investigators estimated damages to the room and its contents at $25,000 and hadn’t determined a cause by 11 p.m.

July 14, 1985 Energy savings, noise reduction and maximum fire protection are key benefits of quality construction at Clover Creek Apartments in west suburban Lombard . Clover Creek is a 504- unit residential community of one- two- and three- bedroom apartments designed by Westmont- based AHW Development Enterprises for the middle-income market. Rents range from about $500 to $760 with occupancy set for early fall. Saving energy--heating and air-conditioning costs--is achieved several ways in the all- electric apartments , including roof insulation rated at a virtual maximum of R-30. ``This is better than the average single family home ,`` said AHW project planner Roberta Cappello . ``Where Clover Creek really shines,`` Cappello said, ``is its thermal-insulated windows and sliding glass doors . All thermal glass is 5/8-inch thick instead of the usual 1/2-inch. And door and window frames have an item not usually found in apartments--a thermal break--to keep cold air out.`` Thick i...

Altius Building Company " width="150" height="150" class="photo" /> Press Release Once complete the development will include two floors of underground parking, top of the line finishes, and tall ceilings with sun filled rooms . 2100 Urban Residence Apartments Topping Off. Photo courtesy of Altius Building Company ." width="720" height="540" /> 2100 Urban Residence Apartments Topping Off. Photo courtesy of Altius Building Company . Wauwatosa, WI — (August 11, 2017) Altius Building Company is excited to announce the “topping out” of The 2100 Urban Residence , located at 2100 North Mayfair Road . On August 7, 2017, and after eight months of construction, the roof at the Urban Residence was installed on schedule. J.E Hoffman Management and AG Architecture spearheaded these 97 unit residential luxury apartments .  Once complete the development will include two floors of underground parking, top of the line finishes, and ...

Blackmore Apartments - Bozeman, MT Posted by:  BK-Hunters N 45° 40.660 W 111° 02.130 12T E 497235 N 5058235 Quick Description: Built in 1913 as an apartment complex, which it remains today, the Blackmore Apartments is a rather attractive building, representative of this type of building as built in the early twentieth century . Location: Montana, United States Date Posted: 8/19/2017 4:08:56 PM Waymark Code: WMWDHG Views:  0 Long Description: Designed by Bozeman's most prolific architect of the twentieth century , Fred Willson, The Blackmore Apartments are just one of the great many of his works to be seen in the town. Willson not only designed the building but financed it as well, along with a group of other prominent city boosters . Not only was it a commodious and upscale building aimed at the professional and the businessman, but The Blackmore was the first apartment building to be constructed in Bozeman . Built of concrete and faced with red brick, the 3½...

Natalie Marra benefited from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), a provision in the District that provides strong protection for tenants to avoid a forced move. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) Four years ago, when her apartment building at 1921 Kalorama Road NW in Washington was up for sale, Natalie Marra, a resident for more than 30 years, was determined to stay in the home she loves. “It took almost two years of tough negotiating, but there was a core group of seven of us in the tenant association that worked with a lawyer to make sure our rights were protected,” Marra says. “We negotiated the right to live in our apartments under rent control for the rest of our lives. Believe me, none of us ever plan to move now. Why would we? We have great renovated apartments and low rent.” Marra and her neighbors benefited from the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), a provision in the District that provides strong protection for tenants to avoid a forced move. Elder...

The Late Victorian period in the United States—roughly the last third of the 19th century—produced some of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the history of Western civilization . It also produced some of the most hopeless slums. In response to the crisis of industrial cities, the modern discipline of city planning emerged . The tools of this new profession helped clean up many unhealthy aspects of urban industry , but also stifled some of the best innovations of Late Victorian urbanism . By the 1920s, planners in the industrial world had established the legal authority to promulgate land-use regulations, and over the next generation, they succeeded at slowing the construction of slum housing and segregating noxious industries from incompatible activities, such as housing and office space. Through some of the same devices, however, planners curtailed some positive features of 19th- century urbanism , including the rich variety of free- form industrial development and the adaptiv...