I took this photo last Thursday, and for some reason forgot to post it earlier this week… The news I heard earlier that the entire structure is now down, reminded me about this picture. This was the last stand. A lot of history gone…
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Built in 1929, the house at 2177 Victoria Avenue was originally numbered 1545 Victoria, pre…
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An unremarkable end to a part of Windsor's history. The large vacant house at 841…
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Myself and my sister were born here and my brother was born here in the final days. Glad I got to do an explore here but I would have liked to spend more time in it's empty shell. Felt kinda weird knowing that at one point I stood in the exact spot I was born in.
This was a working viable hospital and it was destroyed by strange bedfellows and politics. Someone should be in jail and not the scapegoat.
I was born there, and for a summer I worked there, as well. I did housekeeping, so I got to see most of what was still operating at the time. I even cleaned one of the delivery rooms, but I don't know if it was the one I was born in. I also cleaned the room my Mom was in after I was born. At that time, there was only about 3 floors that were still operating. I couldn't even get to an abandoned floor, without a supervisor key.
I saw on Facebook that the last bit of it came down the other day. Another sign of a shrinking city, I guess.
Good riddance. What a debacle this has been. It only gets better from here. Right? Right!
Birthplace of Shania Twain
Agree with mark, how is one less hospital a good thing when we keep opening up new clinics? I thought the health sector was expanding.. fishy indeed
the Liberals keep talking about this so called super hospital does Met and Hotel Dieu share the same fate as Grace did sitting derelict for years although I don't think this will happen for a lllooonnnggg time
"Birthplace of Shania Twain" - except that the City of Timmins - which liked to stake its claim to Twain's fame as the town she grew up in - decided to let the museum devoted to her, along with an interesting gold mine tour, disappear to allow development of a strip mine. Shania Twain just doesn't impress that much anymore.
I was born there in late October, 1941. My mother died three hours later. Not much of an exchange but my Dad carried on with me for almost 30 years until his death (at Hotel-Dieu) in June of 1972. He was 83 and had been a widower before. More of us should have his spirit and faith. RIP Dad and Mom.
Is there a directory of the births at Grace?