An FYI for tonight for anyone who’s interested in checking out the inside of the Armouries. The Windsor Symphony is holding an open house to pitch their reuse idea.
The now vacant Armouries are a designated building.
Built in 1900 it was designed by David Ewart, Chief Dominion Architect (from 1896 to 1914) of the department of public works for the Dominion of Canada. Ewart designed many government buildings across Canada. Ewart also designed the Sandwich Post Office as well.
It is an impressive space, and worth a visit if you have never seen the inside.
I’m not sure what to make of their plan, but I would rather see this kind of adaptive reuse that to let it sit empty.
This quote from Councilor Percy Hatfield sums up everything that is wrong with our current city council:
Ward 5 Coun. Percy Hatfield thinks it’s a “fabulous idea,” but not at a cost to city taxpayers.
“I’m sure the study will confirm it will be a wonderful concert hall,” he said. “But it will probably cost $50 or $60 million to convert. I don’t think there is an appetite from Windsor taxpayers to pay for a concert hall…. I can’t support throwing tens of millions of dollars into a concert hall.”
Yeah, but they can all get behind throwing $64 million of our tax dollars into an arena in a field behind a 40 year old auto parts factory on the fringe of the city. I for one would love to see that kind of investment made downtown, where the arena should be being built.
Built in 1929, the house at 2177 Victoria Avenue was originally numbered 1545 Victoria, pre…
Crescent Lanes first opened on Ottawa Street in 1944 at 1055 Ottawa Street, opposite Lanspeary…
Above is a photo of the home of Mr & Mrs Oswald Janisse, located at…
in 1917 two Greek brothers Gus & Harry Lukos purchased a one story building on…
Photo from Google Streetview A long time reader sent me an email the other week…
An unremarkable end to a part of Windsor's history. The large vacant house at 841…
View Comments
Here it is Andrew:
http://shopping.windsorstar.canada.com/Class/ClassifiedAds.aspx?scid=1322&said=061509
THE BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY ACT NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING IN LOCAL NEWSPAPER (Section 102 (4)) IN THE MATTER OF THE BANKRUPTCY OF 1223240 ONTARIO LIMITED A COMPANY DULY INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, HAVING ITS HEAD OFFICE IN THE CITY OF WINDSOR, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. Notice is hereby given that 1223240 Ontario Limited (o/a Walkerville Brewing Company), of the City of Windsor, made an assignment on the 3rd day of December, 2007, and the first meeting of creditors will be held on the 19th day of December, 2007 at 11:00 o'clock in the morning, at the office of S. Funtig & Associates Inc., in the City of Windsor, and Province of Ontario. DATED at Windsor, Ontario this 3rd day of December, 2007. S. FUNTIG & ASSOCIATES INC., TRUSTEE 484 Pelissier Street, Suite 200 Windsor, Ontario, N9A 4K9 Tel: (519) 252-8227 Fax: (519) 252-0855
David: Say it isn't so! (Walkerville Brewery)
Thanks David. Funny how all the local news missed this one...
I noticed from the Walkerville Brewery website that it was run by Karen and Mike Plunkett. There's a Karen and Mike Plunkett who run Plunkett's Bar and Grill on Chatham St. in downtown. I wonder if the bar and grill is going to endure the same fate.
I doubt it. They are savvy enough business people that I'm certain both businesses are well insulated from each other.
plunkett's bistro has been placed on the market...from what i recall with the entire building it is being sold for $950k
when i saw michael plunkett on cbc recently when asked if he would relocate the restaurant if the block was sold he laughed, or that's what i seem to remember. so i guess their days are numbered. i always thought walkerville brewery was in his wifes name too. sad to see they are going through bankruptcy but doesn't surprise me with the way this city is going. i used to really love eating at their restaurant.
I think that the city of windsor council is still stuck in their automotive past and needs to move forwards in this community. Because General motors is definitely not coming back here anytime soon. Secondly, I think that our city council needs a whole recasting for this and many other reasons relating to the future of the city of windsor. This city council has made serious mistakes out of stupidity and poor planning-One example would be the new WFCU arena. After soo much time and money that was put into planning, they decided to not even position the arena in downtown windsor, instead they put it in the far side of tecumseh, hidden from the public. The city spent $71 million on this project and they did not even hit their biggest objective for this project-to IMPROVE DOWNTOWN. Now the symphony steps forward with a well planned and researched idea that would not only benefit them, but also downtown (bring business), the city out of its stupidity reports they have no because oh they had to have a new arena, a new city hall, a new police building, etc. The truth of the matter is though is that this city has money, they just dont know how to spend it wisely at all. and why are we always getting bashed by percy hatfield on this matter!!!!!?? i think that this citys citizens should be allowed to vote on having a concert hall because I know from the many people I have talked to, that everyone would agree that we all want this concert hall. To the city council of WIndsor: Times are changing, we have to change with it in order for all of us to live in peace.
Expedia was started by Microsoft and later spun off as a multi-billion dollar company because it was "no longer about software intensive technology" and they were "concerned that they would not do their best at this."":
Most current brief article on our own blog
<http://www.caramoan.co/