First off, a friendly jab towards our friends at the Windsor Star. For the third time I know of, International Metropolis has scooped the Star, with a posting here. So much for the blogs not being “real media”.
Actually I kid, it’s only in Windsor where bloggers are looked down upon…
Anyway, as I’m sure you remember back on Tuesday, I covered the Top Hat demolition.
One day later, I see this in the Star. Despite the fact that the building was demolished on Saturday, I guess it’s hard to make your way across Ouellette, what with the huge crowds down there every day shopping and whatnot… 😉
The same thing suspiciously happened in October, 2006, when I posted about the uncovering of the old foundations in Dieppe Park, during the prep work for the Peace Beacon. A few days later, a photo and a little blurb ran in the Star.
More recently in April of this year the same thing with the Seagrave Building demolition. Once again the Blog scoops the newspaper.
To my fans at the Star, I’m flattered, but it would be nice if you gave credit where credit is due once in a while 😉
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AgendaCamp – This Sunday
There’s still time to register for this Sunday’s AgendaCamp.
It’s not every day that a Province wide show comes to town. Make sure that we fill all the spots in the AgendaCamp, and that we fill that studio audience Monday night for the live broadcast.
When I received my invitation to participate today, this info was in the email:
Participants for this event have great ideas and important stories to tell. Together we are going to start an important new conversation about the future of Ontario’s manufacturing economies and tell the story of the Windsor-Essex region – its current challenges and its opportunities for the future.
We have some AgendaCamp spaces left. Please help bring more of your friends, colleagues and neighbours to participate in this event. You may direct people to this link to register: http://tvo.org/agendacamp/.
AgendaCamp
Sunday, October 19th
Art Gallery of Windsor
401 Riverside Drive West
Windsor, OntarioRegistration opens at 9:00 am. Please arrive by 9:30 am, we will be beginning promptly. A continental breakfast will be offered at check-in.
The event will finish by 4:30pm. Participants will have an opportunity to continue their conversations informally after the event at a nearby pub.We will have laptops and digital video cameras available on loan for those who would like to help capture the content of the day and who do not have the right equipment. Free wireless internet access will be available for all participants.
If you have any questions, please send us an email at agendacamp@tvo.org.
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If that’s not your bag, Sunday morning the Marathon blows through downtown… Come downtown early to catch the leaders as they make their way through downtown. Come cheer them on…
Also Sunday is the annual Fine Flea and Vintage Fair:
The Fine Flea runs from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm at Riverside Arena. $1 admission for entry, with proceeds to the Downtown Mission.
For more information, contact Magpie Antiques at 519-9445-5871.
LOL i noticed that too andrew! plus, you always have a better picture then them. i was alittle surprised to see it in the “Canada” section though, and not surprised at all that there was nothing else about it in the rest of the paper. might as well have said “stuff gone, new food place”
Heh, they probably had to google “Seagrave” when it was demolished, and take info from your site. Good ol’ Windsor Star, cameras $8000 more expensive than any bloggers’, but 8000x crappier news coverage.
Speaking of demolition, the old elementary school on Wyandotte and California (owned by the U), was having its contents (mostly props/clothes for drama from what I could tell) removed yesterday. I can only assume this means that the building eaters will be there soon. Likely this weekend or next, given this cities penchant for weekend demolition.
i used to feel that way when i had my old website too. especially how am800 would use my info all the time.
You mean Prince of Wales Public School http://internationalmetropolis.com/?p=292 ? I never understood why that wasn’t designated heritage.
David & BW – Yes the Prince of Wales, is coming down very soon. Likely within a couple of weeks.
The building is beyond the point of salvage. It was built very cheap with several different additions, over the years. Inside there is much water damage, plus over the years there have been scrappers inside that have ripped out some copper.
Having been on a walkthough of the building very recently, it’s not worth making a fight over. While it’s always shitty to lose an historic building, IMO this isn’t one of the better ones. The University will be using the site for their new Engineering building, and will be salvaging some of the architectural details for reuse in the landscaping around the new building.
Andrew, will they be keeping the front entrance?
hopefully the new engineering building is more more appealing to the eye and built quicker than the new medical building
well, maybe tearing down something this size will quench the U’s thirst for a little while instead of tearing down more homes for parking.
does anyone know what their parking plans are for this place? are they even considering a deck or underground?
HA HA HA! Aaron, you’re funny… 😉
Me, they’re going to try and save the entrance. However after visiting the site today, it is made out of concrete instead of Limetone, and it’s in very poor shape. Hopefully it survives.
huh? oh……i think i was sleep typing there 🙂
Windsor people — go to agenda camp! Stuff like this is central to a lot of citizen grassroots efforts here in Toronto.