The firefighters had to cut holes in the roof of the Vintage Lady to let the smoke out and extinguish the fire.
There are rare pockets of historical buildings in Orange County, and Old Town Tustin is one of them. Pass by B Street and you’ll see a magnificent Victorian home, and several storefronts dating from the 19th century down the town’s main drag, El Camino Real.
Sadly, one of those downtown, Victorian stores has been irreparably destroyed. We could, in theory, restore the building and it would look the same, but it would not have its historical pedigree any longer. [Read more…]