Ellis Brothers

Operations at a Binghamton pizza restaurant could be back to normal soon after nearly five months of disruption caused by a downtown fire that destroyed a neighboring building. Nirchi's Pizza at 166 Water Street was closed for a few days following the blaze that ripped through the Ellis Brothers Furniture store...

Binghamton officials will accept public comment on plans related to a proposed downtown Ellis Brothers furniture store. The project is being pursued in the aftermath of a spring fire that ripped through a landmark Water Street store that had been operated by the Ellis family for decades...

A downtown Binghamton pizza restaurant remains closed weeks after a neighboring fire-damaged building was demolished. Nirchi's Pizza on Water Street was shut down for about a week after the April 30 blaze at the Ellis Brothers furniture building...

A downtown Binghamton pizza restaurant may not be able to reopen for weeks following a demolition project. Nirchi's Pizza at 166 Water Street remains closed because of safety concerns. The building housing the restaurant is just north of the Ellis Brothers furniture store which was destroyed by an April 30 fire...

Two-way traffic has been restored on Water Street in downtown Binghamton following demolition of the fire-damaged Ellis Brothers building. Debris has been hauled away from the site where the structure stood for decades. The building was gutted by an April 30 fire...

Tons of debris have been removed from the site of the fire-damaged Ellis Brothers building in downtown Binghamton. Workers last week demolished the Water Street structure, which was gutted by a fast-moving fire on April 30. A portion of Water Street remains closed as large tractor-trailer dump trucks are loaded with demolition debris...

Following preparation work over the past several days, heavy demolition equipment started tearing down the Ellis Brothers Contemporary Furniture building in downtown Binghamton. The historic brick structure sustained heavy damage in an April 30 fire...

Workers have been positioning equipment and making preparations for the demolition of the fire-damaged Ellis Brothers Furniture building in downtown Binghamton. City officials on Wednesday announced the Water Street structure would be torn down because engineers determined it could collapse...

Investigators working to determine the cause of a devastating fire in downtown Binghamton are awaiting results of tests from a New York State police crime lab. City fire marshal Daniel Eggleston says the probe into the April 30 fire at the Ellis Brothers furniture store on Water Street is progressing...

A downtown Binghamton restaurant has reopened, a week after the fire at the neighboring Ellis Brothers furniture store. The Nirchi's Pizza location on Water Street sustained smoke damage as a result of the massive blaze. Location manager John Hanrahan had expected the business could resume operations on Monday...