Monterey's downtown businesses recover from fire MONTEREY, CA (kazu) - A long recovery in downtown Monterey has begun. A fire destroyed a historic section of this historic city. Tenants of the burned building in the 400 block of Alvarado Street may finally get to salvage their belongings this week. The fire occurred late at night on February 7th, but safety concerns have kept the building closed and business is suffering. © Copyright 2009, kazu