To the corner of Ottawa and Parent today, when to my amazement it appears that work has started again on the much delayed Crescent Manor project. Before Christmas the project looked like this, and until recently nothing new had happed at the site, and it almost looked abandoned.
Apparently they’ve started making up for lost time… I’m looking forward to seeing the completed project.
This is exactly what Windsor needs more of. More infill housing but I hope they don’t cheap out on it. The more homes that are built in the interior that people want, the better off the city will be. I hope we get more of this to reverse the current depopulation of the interior of the city.
Is it me or are those streetlamps on steroids? They’re huge! Hardly people scale at all. I don’t think they need to be more than half that size! When the bulb goes you could even change it from the balcony!
Fausto — not too bad, but they do look like a good idea that was car-scaled (super sized?) at the last minute due to some kind of regulation. Though there are lower lamps around Windsor aren’t there?
Those lights have a lot of upwards, inefficient bleed.
Yeah I’m wondering if the people who live in the residential units on the 2nd level might complain about the lanterns shining into their units all night, with the way they are positioned and the nature of their design. Still this development is GOOD NEWS (any way you slice it), especially for the Ottawa street district. Can’t wait to see the finished product.
Hopefully some can be done about the lights if they pose a problem. I really, really like how close the building is to the road too… Kudos to the architects for the design.
Bringing more residents to the Ottawa St. area can only help this end of the strip, which is the more depressed end of Ottawa. Hopefully a residential influx will help boost the surrounding businesses.
It is great to see it close up to the street as it should be. Is there any thing of value across the street? Several vancies there… Perhaps It too can be developed like this… Another floor or two wouldn’t hurt.
There is a really large old building across the street that appears to have been a dept. store or something like that in Ottawa’s street’s heyday. Maybe someone can shed light on its origin? It doesn’t look like there’s much of anything in there right now, but the building appears to be in good shape. And there is the former pharmacy on the corner as well, which is some kind of liquidation centre now.
strange they went with that sort of roof. water run off will be a big deal. as well as maintenance if they use shingles. strange they didn’t go with a flat roof.
More residents in the Ottawa Street region can’t be bad. Have you noticed how well Club Lofts have come along in the old Hiram Walker’s Wyandotte St. warehouse?
Good to see people staying “downtownish” instead of moving to the burbs.
…but according to council people don’t want to move into the interior. Yeah right! If they build it PROPERLY and DESIGN it properly people will come!
Crescent Bowling Lanes had a hall in the back of the building and that is where
my wedding reception was back in Oct. 1978.