Hard to believe that there is anywhere in this City you can’t easily find a parking space, however, as the Council Agenda from a few weeks back showed, there were a couple of applications for demolitions to create parking lots… Although I might be wrong, I doubt that these were denied…
The old Knights of Columbus hall on Goyeau near Gilles, across the street from the Bell Canada Offices.
Someone trying to cash in on parking for the hospital?
The two story building housing the former Pizzeria…
Destined to become a parking lot for the building next door. Again, I suppose it’s the shortage of parking in the Ellis and Ouellette area…
From the Border Cities Star - December 6, 1924, almost a century ago to the…
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…
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Well if you do decide to go out, at least you'll have somewhere to park :)
no i won't andrew. if i can't drive my car directly inside of a buisness then i'm not going.
You can thank Pupa-anti-history again for sticking another knife in the back of the preservationist cause as Ontario just allowed Union Gas a 34% increase for natural gas from Today's Windsor Star. Older buildings are poorly insulated and mostly heated by natural gas boilers, which means landlords and homeowners with older buildings will be more inclined to demolish older buildings for newer, better insulated ones or parking lots because it's just not cost effective to preserve or covering up nice brickwork with junky vinyl siding backed with styrofoam or stucco to reduce the heating bill. Raising rents in Windsor to cover these losses is just not possible in a city with this kind of vacancy rate. I predict an exponential increase in demolitions now.
Speaking of parking lots, the old Tiger stadium is now undergoing the wrecking ball. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080709/NEWS01/80709023
Walked from the Ren Centre to Chene Park Sunday and blocks upon blocks of parking lots still remain with no new development after the demolition of all those nice old brick warehouses.
hey andrew, i beleive the K of C is gone now. i was driving down giles the other afternoon looked down goyeau and saw the death fences.......but no building.
i didn't have time to stop and turn around to take a pic, but you might want to go take a picture for your "empty lots" folder.
sheesh, that didn't take long at all now did it?
Demos are happening pretty fast all across the city. Even the Future Shop building across from Devonshire Mall is being demolished. I don't think it's even 10 years old, and they don't even need more parking lots in that area.
FYI It's not hospital parking
The Future Shop buildimg was not demolished but renovated, is now and has been for a couple of years another Shopers Drugmart.
Maybe they could re-do the Shoppers downtown? What a gross place that is, along with Dirt Basics grocery store.