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PHOTOS: Reids fire 34th Anniversary

 
15th Aug 2015 6:00 AM
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It has been 34 years since the infamous fire that tore through the city's heart. We searched through our old negatives and found a bunch of previously unpublished images taken at the site in 1985.

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