Mmmm… Stucco…

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• nah, we don't need by-laws to prevent this kinda neighbourhood charachter ruining garbage. the red and beige (?) squares (kinda?) on either side don't even match up for cryin out loud! there isn't ONE straight line in ANY of that stucco! is the place to the right for sale? maybe the next owner of that will follow suit! i always like seeing those style buildings on wyandotte and as far as i know, it's the only street in windsor with the few rows of this type. maybe university west has them too?

  i'm not really getting the theme of this stucco job either.... asian? phillipines? not italian, or mid eastern i don't think.INCAN TRIBAL????

  i wouldn't even rent the place upstairs because of that and it's probly beautiful up there.

  *sigh*

• Theme? Play Doh!

• I think it was done by an amateur as well. Closer looks reveal just how bad that stucco job is whch is surprising because most stucco looks ugly anyway. Too bad because their pizza is excellent!

• It's nice to see someone investing in the area, but to stucco a part of this building is a shame. Why not paint it? Is stucco that much more durable? When I see stucco I think of the South and West. I guess the original buildings look a little bland, so Lion's wanted more colour. Back when these were new, you didn't need colour to attract attention, as traffic was slower and there were lots more pedestrians.

  I guess I'd rather see this than see it vacant. Barely.

• It makes my eyes bleed.

• Maybe they were going for the Moroccan look.

• There should be some sort of regulation which prohibits this type of renovation. When buildings are joined in this way it makes the whole building look shabby if only one segment is 'renovated'. Stucco and/or paint over brick should not be permitted as these obscure or cover-up the natural beauty of the structure. It would be best to awnings where appropriate and attractive signage. These renovators and business owners need some guidance.... without making the regulations overbearing... perhaps an involvement of the BIAs for such guidance thus providing a consistent theme to the areas...

• JBM - Recent changes to the law now permit cities to prohibit this kind of "sprucing up". I'm not sure exactly where the law is (maybe in the City of Toronto Act?). But following my Petcha Kucha talk, I spoke with Jim Yanchula in the planning department, who told me that he agreed this is horrible, and that the city now has the power to stop it. They just have to draft a planning regulation against it.

  I'm not sure if they are working on it yet, or if it is in the works. But the fact that senior planning staff agree it is bad, and admit they now have the power to put regulations in place to stop it, is a good sign.

  Hopefully they will.

• Andrew, we can only hope. Many European cities seem to be more sensitive to preservation and appearance. There is no reason it cannot be done here as well.

• I for one welcome our stucco neighbors!