So Long It's Been Good To Know Ya...
June 30, 2008
So I have no idea why this demolition went down on a Sunday morning of a long weekend, but it seems awfully stinky to me.
The demolition contractor closed the curb lane of southbound Walker, and methinks that they didn’t have a permit to close the street. But hey…
Death Fences
June 27, 2008
A good sign that time’s up for a building comes, once you see the death fences pop up. They appeared magically around the Bank of Montreal Building on Wednesday afternoon. I kept watch on Thursday to see what would happen, and by the end of the day the heavy machinery…
Hugh Beaton School
June 25, 2008
Located on the corner of Lens and Windermere in south Walkerville, is this grand old school. Built in 1928 by the local firm of Nichols, Sheppard & Masson, sadly this building also received the same half assed window replacement that Walkerville C.I. also…
Fireworks
June 24, 2008
You know that summer has truly arrived in Windsor and Detroit when the fireworks shoot off. Originally planned to coincide with the International Freedom Festival, this was the 50th annual installment of the local celebration.
Although the IFF has gone the way of the dodo…
Blue Bell Motel
June 23, 2008
Located at 2701 Huron Church Rd. is the recently closed Blue Bell Motel.
A long time fixture along Huron Church, the owners recently retired and sold out to the Ministry of Transportation, who bought the place up for the future border road expansion.
The attached motel was the first to close, followed by the restaurant a few months later.
As you can see there was a subsantial chunk of…
When will the madness end...
June 20, 2008
Time’s up!
It’s hard to believe that there’s still things left in this city to tear down, but here’s another one…
So, see you later Christ The King. Built in 1954, it’s outlived it’s use in a little more than 50 years.
Roundtable
June 19, 2008
Last night at Artcite another well attended event put on by both Artcite and Scaledown.ca as part of the “check out this sprawl” exhibit.
The panel was moderated by scaledown.ca master Chris Holt (r), and the rest of the panel was (from right to left): Larry…