1567 Ouellette – Follow Up

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• tom, we live right across the street from that former service station and we feel we are being squeezed in, with no less than other newish structures of dizzying heights nearby. This town (Toronto) doesn't let vacant/unused land sit around for long. We joke about seeing a tiny parcel of land somewhere and comment: "look, another condo building coming soon (very soon)".
  And both Wyandotte (east-west) and Ouellette are ideal for a "wind-channel" -- so, when are we building the high-rises (shoulder-to-shoulder or not) on these routes?

• I think cities like Windsor would do better if they followed the example set by European cities where high-density, mixed 5 and 6 storey buildings in the city centre and narrow commercial arteries full of pedestrians are the norm rather than your typical North American city where 40 and 50 storey buildings and ten-lane commercial arteries that are devoid of life predominate. By the way, I have relatives living in Europe who think Toronto is a terrible place to live.

• I am an ex resident of Windsor (1949-1960) and have been living in London, England since 1965.
  I read with great interest International Metropolis every Friday. What a wonderful site it is and with the interesting comments. Your city council with its' mayor would have a "field day" in London. I live in a house on a street where all the houses were built in 1885. What would happen to the beautiful St Pauls' Cathedral or the thousand year old Westminster Abbey or even Buckingham Palace. Demolishing older buildings to make car parks, indeed. Clearly your city council needs throwing in the Detroit River!!!!

• Paul you seem to have missed the point,the mayor and council are not tearing down buildings, it is the property owners tearing Windsor down to make parking lots.The sites you mention are far different than whats in Windsor, also your buildings are national treasures, suppoted by being listed as heratige sites.

• The point is, our council needs to change these silly rules.
  In the end, it is entirely our governments fault. And I'm embarrassed they represent my city.
  The public is also not fighting hard enough to save these places. We all need to do more.

• i look across the Detroit river at the city of Detroit with all the different buildings and it look HUGE then you see anaerial view of the south shore and it looks like a nuke strike i don't know why council has this thing about uniformity in it's skyline and Shawn don't hold your breth waiting for council to change these rules remember the the mayor's favorite saying STATUS QUO

• I lived in Windsor from 1987 to 1992 and loved every minute of it! However I have never seen a City so diverse in history tear down and level so many of its buildings! From the old Academy in south Windsor to where the Chrysler building stands now, there is little in the way of old buildings with great architecture.

• The auto industry been both a blessing and curse for Windsor. In its' heyday back in the 60's and 70's the auto industry provided high-paying, secure jobs that attracted folks from as far away as Europe and more than doubled the city's population between over a period of twenty years. Unfortunately, our reliance on one industry left us vulnerable when the global economy changed and auto production moved to low-wage locales. We let our transit system go from being one of the best to worst while other cities invested heavily new light rail, subways and electric buses. Today, we find ourselves living in the 21st century with a 20th century mindset. Instead of preserving what made this city unique we tear it down to make it more look more like a suburb of Calgary or Toronto.

• i love one of mayor Eddies youtube videos about the city he says the city of windsor is vibrant and exciting i don't see where it is

• What made the auto industry in Canada stable was the North American Auto Pac, championed by Herb Gray, and other forward thinking people. The downfall was the North American Free Trade deal, whitch everybody from Canada south wants to be part of it.
  The street cars where gone by 1939,never had modern electric busses,lightrail is new name for street cars. In over sixty years I have never heard anyone call public transit in Windsor one of the best.
  If you build cars for a living, you buy what your neighbor builds.