Archive for the ‘32210’ tag

Bettes Estate RIP   19 comments

Posted at 5:30 pm in rivercityvibe

I meant to post about this at the time, but I was busy. I ran past the Bettes Estate this weekend (as I do nearly everyday) and it reminded me. It’s a sorry picture. The house was recently consumed by fire after a careless worker involved in its restoration set it alight with a blow torch. Seriously. How mad would that make you, if that was your home? It is a total loss, apparently.

Anyway, the house was built in 1912, not necessarily old for 32210 (parts of Bones HQ date from 1904, but I added the hollowed-out volcano in the ’90s). Also, it is not on the river – but I am told it once was – it has just had houses built between it and the river since.

Irritated homeowner

Irritated homeowner

First Coast News reported:

…the historic structure was destroyed. However, the owners tried to salvage what they could, and plucked dripping wet portraits from the first floor of the house.

“From the very onset, firefighters never really had a fighting chance,” said JFRD Spokesperson Tom Francis.

Francis said the fire spread quickly and took more than 60 firefighters to control it. “It’s heart breaking,” said Sawyer, who watched with dozens of neighbors from the blocked off street.

Sawyer showed First Coast News pictures she took inside the home in the 1970s. She said the more than 5,000 square foot estate had beautiful staircases and polished, wooden floors.

So that’s that, then. Shame. Terrible shame.

Written by Joe Bones on September 1st, 2009

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Today is trash day…..   no comments

Posted at 12:36 pm in rivercityvibe

Coincidentally, Zip Code 90210 has the same trash day as Zip Code 32210. Here are some pictures of lovely Tracy Bingham putting out the trash, this morning, in West Beverly Hills:

Not dissimilar to the scenario at Bone's house this morning

Not dissimilar to the scenario at Bone's hideout, this morning.

Good wheelie-bin skills

Good skills

My main takeaway from this is that this young lady has three large trash cans of different colors (one not shown). What’s all that about? I mean, how many people live in her house?

Written by Joe Bones on October 27th, 2008

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