On the website the restaurant says it has stood the test of time including the great fires of portsmouth in the early 1800s. Sadly, today that narrative changed forever. Fire crews training on the river spotted smoke this morning, the exact same time the 911 call came in. Smoke was coming from the roof, the building has five stories and Officials Say the blaze that appears to have started on the first floor quickly traveled up the chimney and spread. Within an hour the fire went to four alarms, bringing crews from surrounding towns and maine. The mixed use building has apartments on the upper floor that were heavily damaged. Thankfully, no one was hurt. The guys were here quick, nay just come back from doing some training. We had two separate Water Supplies established quickly, we had access to the roof quickly, attack lines underneath the fire. And it was a remarkable job. Reporter investigators have determined the cause of this fire, they are not ready to release it just yet. When we
Over Market Street wednesday morning at the same time the 911 calls came pouring in. Crews arrived to find fire on the first floor that extended up around the chimney out on the roof, with heavy black smoke and brown smoke coming from the rear of the building. Reporter the building is 170 years old, according to the restaurants website, and survived the great fire in 1880 unscathed. Today it was not so lucky. They found the fire had traversed the third floor and subsequently a second, third and finally a fourth alarm was transmitted, which you see behind me. Reporter the Portsmouth Gas Light Company is famous for its wood fired pizzas. The fire broke out just as surrounding businesses were opening up shop for the day. Thankfully, no one was hurt. We had a lot of, we had access to the roof quickly, attack lines underneath the fire almost immediately. Reporter fire officials tell us that investigators believe they have determined the cause of this fire, they arent quite yet. It is not be
He was subject to savage criticism but i think he retained a certain amount of popularity with the ordinary confederate citizens. On the three trips that he took to the deep south during the course of the war in december 1862 and again in the fall of 1863 and the fall of 1864, he spoke at a dozen or more venues during those trips almost too large and enthusiastic crowds. So clearly there was some residue of support and even affection for davis among the general population. At the same time that governors, senators, newspaper editors were savagely criticizing him. That doesnt mean he was as popular as lee or Stonewall Jackson by any means but i think he was probably more popular than the popular image with the image we would have of his place in the southern affections would indicate. Host in the record there is some evidence of the behavior for the Common People of confederacy even drilling his common escape. He passed an old woman in a cabin and she held up an infant child and she sai
Howard has been writing about the past. And what is really neat is how he took on architecture. His first book, the preservation progress was a collection of essays and profiles, and then when he went right for right, that was with Frank Loyd Wright taking a look at the architectural biography of Frank Loyd Wright, and he partnered with Roger Strauss to take the photographs, and what followed is a series of books that are just not only stunning to look at but really faceting to be. We had hugh here before for the house of the Founding Fathers is one of the things. Just an interesting look at the Founding Fathers and the houses they live in. Hes written a number of books but this one is especially timely at the observance of the anniversary of the civil war and as i say, the photographs are spectacular. The text that puts it all in context is really interesting so please join me in welcoming hugh howard. [applause] thank you tony, for those nice words. And thank you all for coming out t
Tell you think that maybe arent so honest to make me look good so im not going to do that. Its a temptation but im not going to do that but i will say i think smith taps into a wisdom that is millennial old. I am jewish. I have drawn a lot of parallels between smith and tolstoy. They are parallels between smith and a lot of great ethical thinkers of history so theres nothing new under the sun. As i say in my book money doesnt make you happy its not really a new idea. The hard part is to internalize it. The hard part is actually turn down the consulting opportunity thats really lucrative because your life is not a great argument to be putting forward. Thats the challenge. The challenge is i fell down, im in a hospital. Can you make me dinner and you actually do it and give up watching the game he wanted to watch with the red socks right . Thats hard to do. If you do it once its great. If you do it all the time you are a saint and i think we could all be a little more saintly. Thats the