The phrase "about the firehouse" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing topics related to a firehouse, such as its functions, events, or community involvement.
Example: "The community meeting will focus on the new safety protocols about the firehouse."
Alternatives: "regarding the firehouse" or "concerning the firehouse."
But then he stopped talking about the firehouse.
The joke about the firehouse is, of course, a joke about gentrification in New York.
"I'm not concerned about the odds, how daunting things are," says Mr. Brecht, who got the idea in a cab while listening about the firehouse woes on the radio.
Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg was asked by reporters about the firehouse rat problem after touring the Kaufman Astoria Studio in Queens with Whoopi Goldberg, the star and executive producer of a new sitcom there.
As others did, Mr. Scoppetta spoke about the firehouse's painful past, which included the loss of three firefighters in 1994 after they became trapped in a burning empty apartment building, and then 11 more fatalities on Sept. 11.
If you take this extra step (without being annoying), then you will sound like a more committed candidate when you are interviewed and can say things like, "One thing that really impressed me about the firehouse here was..."....
And a loudspeaker delivered a commentary about the firehouses during lulls in the speeches about the bridge.
In April, a volunteer fire company in Greenwich renounced an agreement it had with Omnipoint to replace its 60-foot flagpole with a 150-foot cellphone tower after neighbors began talking about bulldozing the firehouse in response.
This is because in the beginning affirmative action was as much about the factory, the firehouse, and the corporate suite as about the college campus.
We talked with WeHostels CEO Diego Saez-Gil, who told us about his app, the FireHouse, and what the company is doing at SXSW/ Check out the video above for a look at the coolest little hostel that it's too late to book for SXSW.
The ultimate plan is to move the firehouse in about 10 months to Lincoln Plaza, about a block away, where it will be restored and placed near the Lincoln Depot, where Abraham Lincoln gave a short speech in February 1861.
