Saint Mary’s Part 2

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• my goodness, what a stunning building. had always heard about it but living in old walkerville as a kid, we never visited the "burbs". but i wish i could have seen this amazing structure. So was it nestled right into the neighbourhood?

• What's the point of preserving a rich history if the city isn't rich anymore?? I heard that the vacant WD Lowe's HS will endure the same fate soon since they can't find a use for it. What's that? The City of Windsor plans to tear down that ugly, poorly build 50s style modernist city hall and build new? Couldn't they move city hall into WD Lowe's HS and retrofit it instead of building new? It'd probably be cheaper and make city hall finally look prestigious. Wayne County's Offices moved into the old Guardian Building in downtown Detroit to be more prestigious a couple years ago. But, our local government doesn't want to maintain any semblance of our once rich history. They don't want to lead-by-example. Just cheap new buildings for a broke ass city.

• David - Lowe is not for sale. It's going to become the overflow french immersion site aka "The Gilles Campus" in the fall. The school board has used it regularly as a school for the last 2 or 3 years.

• Well, I really hope that's the case. The only time I've seen it in the past decade with the lights on, or looking occupied, or people going in and out of it, or vehicles on the property while driving by was when it was used as a temporary school for Campbell students while Campbell was being renovated.

• Thank you Matt for the beautiful pictures. For those of us who grew up in South Windsor and played or used the pool at Central Park, we were always in awe of the Academy.... and a little scared of the nuns.

• I attended St. Mary's for 13 years, kindergarten to 13th grade. it was a beautiful building, built in the midst of corn fields without a house or other building nearby. When it was built, the nuns expected the city to arrive at its doors soon, but it wasn't until after WWII that housing began to creep up from the city. They had school buses that ferried us back and forth from the city bus terminal.