CJ's Destroyed by Building

CJ's has been crushed by piles of bricks and mortar.

South Bend, IN - The old Gateway apartment complex has been under demolition for about a week but Wednesday afternoon the remainder of the six-story building collapsed on CJ’s Pub on North Michigan Street.
Crews from Warner and Sons of Osceola had been tearing down the complex, now owned by Memorial Health System, when the unexpected collapse occurred.
A cook, a waitress and a bartender were inside the pub when the Gateway building collapsed. They escaped unhurt.
Rick Medick, the owner of CJ’s Pub, says, “It sounded like a bomb going off. I was just walking into the building. I missed the whole collapse by about 10 seconds. I guess I am pretty lucky.”
The wrecking crew is working to stabilize the rubble and pull debris off of CJ’s Pub. Utility crews have also been working on the situation.
Medick says there is serious structural damage to the pub.
Memorial Health System owns the building and property. The hospital issued a statements saying they are thankful no one was injured in the collapse. “We will be working closely with our contractor and their insurance company to investigate the cause and identify next steps to restore the damaged pub and proceed with the removal of debris."
The hospital has plans to turn the property into a parking lot.

So basically...

• The Boat - toast
• Finny's - saying goodbye
• CJ's - destroyed by building
• State - You can only play so much pool
• Club 23 - Maybe if Umphrey's McGee comes back
• Heartland - ehh, I can only wear leather pants and shake it so often

This is complete craziness. I guess we should just be thankful that a) no one was hurt and b) it's not gone forever... crushed under apartment building rubble along with our memories (was that over the top?). Hopefully, we can get back to packing our arteries again this time next year. Until then, B-Dubs it is!