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Seagrave fiasco slips quietly onto tomorrows agenda

April 21, 2008
Reposted from Scaledown.ca. Make sure you call the Clerks office tomrrow at City Hall and ask for a deferral so that you can read the report and form an opinion. Let’s get this deferred, and then, next Monday, please register as a delagates to speak to this issue before council. We can’t roll over on this. Seagrave fiasco slips quietly onto tomorrows agenda By Chris | April 20, 2008…
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Devonshire Lodge

April 21, 2008
Yup, Devonshire Lodge, that’s the official name of what’s better known as the Low-Martin House. Built in 1928 by Infamous Rum Runner Harry Low, this house is without equal in the city. It is the only remaining Rum Runner’s mansion, the others all fell to…
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News & Notes

April 18, 2008
A few things as we head into the weekend… ———————————- Greg Heil, the chair of the Heritage Committee, had an excellent letter published in today’s paper, outlining the trouble’s we’re…
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Reader's Submissions...

April 18, 2008
Photo courtesy Darren B. The photo above comes from regular reader Darren B. , who submitted a follow up to the silo series from the other day. The silo is now all gone. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o The next series of photos comes from reader Urbanrat, who has submitted a few photos of downtown that he has taken from his balcony over…
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Seagrave Followup

April 17, 2008
A follow up on the Seagrave site today. On Saturday morning, I drove past the site, and I noticed they were busy erecting a fence around the property. It was a tall chain link type fence, I’m guessing that this was under orders from the Ministry of Labour. Well, the…
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HMCS Hunter

April 15, 2008
One of the more interesting building on Ouellette Ave., and one that I’ve been asked about several times is the HMCS Hunter building on Ouellette Ave., just north of the Masonic Temple. The building was built in 1929, and designed by R. J. Davies, president of the Toronto Building Company. It was built by Fred W. Martin, the man who was behind the Detroit Windsor Tunnel. Originally it was…
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City Hall Park - 1960's

April 14, 2008
After a crazy end to last week, with the seagrave demolition and everything, I though a nice old postcard view would be good for a Monday morning. This view from the early 1960’s shows a view of City Hall Park and a view south along City Hall Square. Behind City Hall…