Well stop the presses! After years of looking at what I thought was Ottawa’s Street’s version of the Docherty Hole, work has finally commenced on the Condos apartments that are replacing Crescent Lanes Bowling Alley.
While I’m sure the shitty Windsor housing market, and the locally held belief that McMansions are a dream come true, are major factors in the delays and the switch from sales to rental units.
None the less, it is nice to see new residential construction in the core of the city. Best of all the designs make it look like it will be a very urban project.
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It's good to see an example of The New Urbanism taking root in Windsor. Looks like somebody finally had the guts to stand up to the big jerks at City Hall and their relentless campaign to turn the city into a giant parking lot.
One of the more interesting style buildings I have seen which would fit wonderfully in an urban environment is on the corner of Twin Oaks and Anchor Dr. in the twin oaks development. They look like beautiful chalet's but I believe are offices.
Why they are out there is beyond me but the building does look nice.