Another one bites the dust…
Hey, I’m gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust
I still cannot believe the way the whole thing went down. Even beyond that I cannot believe that what you see in the photos above doesn’t violate some kind of by law for an unsecured demolition site. The little orange plastic fence does little to secure the site, and the tons of debris loosely kept off the sidewalk, I’m certain is 100% safe.
If the city had any balls, or integrity they would be down at the site with a ticket book tomorrow.
Maybe everyone should complain about the dangerous unsecured site to 311?
Call them, or visit online or email them 311@city.windsor.on.ca complaints about the site. There must be a fine of some sort that needs to be levied on the site.
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As for the vigil, I didn’t get there until about 9:30, after the media had been and gone.
It seemed like there was a decent turn out, and it was great to see Councilors Halberstadt and Valnetinis at the vigil.
Kudos’s to Chris Holt @ Scaledown.ca for getting this organized on such quick notice.
In case you missed here, here was tonight’s broadcast:
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Edit – As an addition, perhaps if anyone feels so inclined, a quick letter or e-mail to The Honourable Aileen Carroll, the Minister of Culture for Ontario is in order.
Let the Minister know that Windsor ignored the rules set out in the Ontario Heritage Act.
Contact information is as follows:
Ministry of Culture
900 Bay Street
5th Floor, Mowat
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1L2
If you wish to write to the Minister of Culture, you can send your letter to the above address or send an e-mail to the Minister’s attention to info.mcl@ontario.ca
Since the City obviously doesn’t give a rat’s ass about protecting our Heritage Sites, bringing the demolition and the underhanded way it transpired to the attention of the Minister can’t hurt anything.
Don’t forget to contact your local MPP’s as well:
Dwight Duncan, M.P.P.-Windsor-Tecumseh
Queen’s Park
7 Queen’s Park Crescent
7th floor
Toronto, ON, M7A 1Y7
Phone: (416) 325-0400
Fax: (416) 325-0374
Constituency Office
4808 Tecumseh Rd. East
Windsor, ON, N8T 1B8
Phone: (519) 251-5199
Fax: (519) 251-5299
Email: dduncan.mpp@liberal.ola.org
or –
Sandra Pupatello, M.P.P.-Windsor-West
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
8th floor Hearst Block
900 Bay Street
M7A 2E1
Phone 416-325-6900
Fax 416-325-6918
Constituency Office
1483 Ouellette Ave.
Windsor, ON, N8X 1K1
519-977-7191
Fax: 519-977-7029
Email: spupatello.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org
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You can't tell the difference between the pictures above from those on the corner of Ouellette and Elliot!!!!!!! Must be part of the branding of Windsor that Eddy speaks of!
Hey Eddie, its hard to brand a carcass!
Urbanrat - There is one huge difference between the two.
One was professional, legal and secure, the other one is on Walker Road.
I am still dumbfounded as to how quickly this all happened. It seems so sneaky. The only good thing to come out of it was the media coverage and perhaps soem new awareness by a core group of people.
Great to see Chris tell it like it really is on the news no matter how City Hall intends to spin it.
Kudo's to the two councillors for coming over from the another meeting earlier and staying until the end.
I drove by it last night looked very unsafe, very unprofessinal they way it came down its like nobody gave a shit and just ripped it apart, hope nobody gets hurt walking by
I just got back from an in-studio interview with Tony Ducette on CBC Radio One. This issue seems to have some legs to it, and since attention is so fleeting in this day and age - we must capitalize on it. I was told that this issue was going to be on Monday's council agenda, yet after visiting the site I see no mention of it.
In anticipation of a last-minute inclusion to the council agenda (which happens so often these days since you cannot be listed as a delegate if you contact city hall after noon on the Friday prior to the meeting) please call you city councilor and demand repurcussions for this act of negligence. We must use this incident to ensure that city employees are scared to death to ever let something like this happen again, for fear of losing their job!
I know that Andrew, I was being a little wry with the images of the two places. Legal or not your pictures are telling a very sad story of this city for both locations, all which can be seen around the globe, with all the comments there to read by any future developer, resident to see and read.
Here's a chance for city hall to show some integrity. This is not mere a 'dropping the ball' situation. This is negligence on the job. I hope they shit-can sombody for this. How else can it be handled? A slap on the wrist and allow it to happen again!?
At 9.30 I contacted the Ministry of Labour and filed a report about the building regarding what seems to be unsafe working conditions. They are going to try and send someone to the site today, A little after the fact but at least if there are some violations they might ge hit in the pocketbook.
first of all, how come there are so few women commenting on this great blog of yours Andrew??
Secondly, it was definitely an unsafe tear down. I was driving down Walker on Wed. just after 5 (which is when i discovered the bldg being torn down) and was shocked to see that they were letting traffic (including cyclists!) drive right by. There were no nets or barriers holding back bricks and the dust (which probably contained asbestos) was terrible.
According to Tony of Big Tony's Pizza, they were supposed to tear it down from the back of the building but i guess they must have found it easier and faster to tear it down from the front.
Andrew, can you forward the youtube video to me of the news coverage from last night? i'd like to post it on my Fans of Windsor's History facebook site. (elaine@walkerville.com)
or, if you'd like to post it on there yourself, that would be fabulous.