Sentence examples for firehouse like from inspiring English sources

The East Harlem firehouse, like others in the city, has received a flood of new firefighters to replace veterans who have retired or been promoted out of the firehouse in the scramble to fill posts after the devastating losses of Sept. 11.

There would be no photos of the missing in apartment-house doorways, no churches with their doors flung open for hours on end, no flags sprouting from windows of homes and stores -- and no firehouse like the one with its entrance transformed into a small brick shrine by the flowers and letters of schoolchildren.

Some firehouses like this one lost a lot of guys, some didn't lose any.

The department has identified the remains of 204 of the 343 dead men, and the ghosts of the missing hover in firehouses like an old, familiar song playing in the other room.

When all three are booted out of Columbia University, they go into private practice, advertising on television and setting up shop in an abandoned Manhattan firehouse, since they like sliding down the pole.

"In a way, visiting the firehouse is like visiting the Vietnam wall," Ms. Mandel said.

"To us, even though it was a building, the firehouse was like an old friend," said Pat Esposito, president of the Centennial Hose Company.

There are two fitting rooms for children — one outfitted like a firehouse, the other like a playground.

The restaurants range from four-star establishments like Le Bernardin to neighborhood spots like Firehouse on the Upper West Side.

Adorned with votive candles, flowers and handwritten prayers, many of New York City's firehouses seem like red brick chapels since Sept. 11.

— To the casual eye, the basement of this city's Firehouse 9 looks like a jumble of old hydrants, Dr Pepper cartons, rakes and random gear.