The picture above was taken in 2006, sometime later, someone thought that this building didn’t look good enough, so what’s one to do?…
So this kind grey skim coat went up on the place, I was expecting it to get the stucco treatment, but it never really did… After the skim coat, work wrapped up and this is what it’s been like for the last 2 years at least.
It’s a shame, another nice old brick building ruined. If only our planning department would restrict this kind of “upgrade”.
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What kind of an upgrade is this? It looks like the building's sprouted out of the road, very unnatural, urban jungle-y and painful to look at. Should've just covered it with Boston Ivy if they thought it looked so ugly. At least it would've looked interesting then.
Ick. That's a good description, Steve. It's like the side walk sprouted a tumour. (Eets naht a toomur!)
Boston Ivy is an interesting suggestion. The old brickwork wasn't great in some sections (especially on the front, at the top of the short section) but most of it was fine.
Andrew, come one! They are just following what city hall does with most of their buildings; grey or beige! I'm expecting there to be some nice metal sidig to be added some time.
Cripes, do people have no respect for their neighbours?
Wow, very ugly.
the brick work looks mismatched like mentioned but! at least it seems to match the ajoining house
I wonder what the guy sitting on the balcony thinks of the finished product heheh
Someone thought next door was a great place to open ... another variety store?
A bright light indeed!
With its obsession with stucco, Windsor is starting to resemble a village with mud huts.
One of the things we missed after moving West was brick buildings. Despite a brick factory in Medicine Hat years ago, brick is not common in Calgary. It seems a pity to cover any brickwork and to cover it with modge-podge should be considered criminal in Windsor.