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Terrace House Demolition – 1959

Here’s a little picture I came across a while back, what a beauty this place was. Sad that it didn’t survive.

From The Windsor Star, April 15, 1959:

    ROOM FOR PARKING-Wreckers have started to demolish the old housing terrace at
    the southeast corner of Victoria Ave. and Chatham St W. This property has been
    owned for several years by Union Gas Co. and it is being cleared to provide more off-
    street parking. This move was made possible with the recent move of the gas com-
    pany offices into the former utilities offices on Chatham St. W., allowing the gas com-
    pany to vacate offices which were located in the old housing terrace.


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Here is the site where the houses once stood. There was a bank on the corner, and then these row houses.

Over half a century later, it’s still a parking lot.

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Andrew

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  • The Evening Record, April 20, 1901 - Dr. Cruickshank's New Terrace - The above cut is a facsimile of four modern dwellings for Dr. Cruickshank, located on the corner of Chatham St. and Victoria Ave. They are built of veneered brick. There is a large basement containing store rooms and laundry and furnace room. On the first floor is a reception hall, parlor with handsome mantel, dining room with a fine china closet, kitchen is large, with a convenient pantry. All the rooms are well lighted. The main rooms are finished in oak. On the second story there are four bedrooms, bath with modern plumbing, and a large linen closet. Williams Bros. are the architects of the building, and they expect to complete it by June.

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