Last night driving towards downtown, I noticed that the decrepit old duplex at 527-533 Chatham Street East was kaput. Vanished into the landfill… 515-523 next door may be the next one to go… I’ve never understood how this area between downtown and Walkerville, right off the river has never “gentrified” for lack of a better word. Sadly the Casino’s presence has ensured that the surrounding blocks highest value lies in use as a parking lot. There’s a great example of poor urban planning…
I looked through all my photos and surprisingly I couldn’t find a “before” picture of this house at all. It seems like I have pictures of almost every other building on the block, but somehow not this one….
Have a good weekend everyone, we’ll see you back here Monday.
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Well I lived right in that area I was born on Alymer and still somewhat live on it and trust me I cry when I see all these home's that once had families in em now being torn down because nobody took the time too keep em up too date so people can live in them.
I lived just off Brant street and Alymer than moved too corner of University than Chatham and Alymer that last house was on Riverside that was torn down couple years ago. The one on Chatham caught on fire same time as the old Twin Pines and the Bakery across from Malic's went up in flames, as well as Horseshoe Hotel.
Poor urban planning is right! Shortsighted and nonexistent in fact. I really don't understand how this land in this area is not put to better use. Instead it is relegated to being owned by a bunch of shady business types out for the quick parking lot dollar. What is up with the zoning laws in this city?
My grandfather rented these homes to low income family's since the 1960's. There was a house on either side of these that burnt down long ago. Yes at one time they were great homes but reality is the neighborhood was destroyed when the casino was build. These homes were destroyed by low life tenants burnt out flooded all the electrical and copper pluming was stolen. Would you want to live there?? sit on your porch and watch 100 casino employees smoking in the lounge? or the bus transporting employees every 15 min. You people have to understand this is no longer prime living conditions, and that is why we let them fall apart. Now they are gone like 90 % of the houses on the block.