That's One Way to Take It Down

By Rachelle Bowden in News on Dec 29, 2004 4:34PM

The old Sun Times building, which is currently being demolished to make way for Trump Tower, started on fire this morning. Chicagoist totally walked down Grand this morning on our way to work and thought, "Man, it sure is hazy today," while looking up Wabash. What idiots we are! We could have been on the spot with photos and live coverage. Instead we lazied our way into Nordstrom's for a grande skim latte and then strolled over to work where we got an email from Rod at photovox giving us the heads up. The photo above is the view of the commotion from our office. NBC 5 has more photos.

The fire started at about 9:15 this morning and was extinguished after about an hour and a half. It's believed to have started in the duct work on the 5th floor and then to have spread to the upper floors. Firefighters are searching the building but don't believe that anyone is inside. No injuries have been reported.