Knights of Columbus Hall & The Auditorium Building
September 21, 2009
This building fronting on Ouellette at the end of Tuscarora Street, was known as the Auditorium Building as was designed by local Architect J.C. Pennington in 1916.
In November of 1922, ground was broken on the new Knights of Columbus hall on the backside of the Auditorium…
Vanity Theatre
September 18, 2009
This photo was taken in March of 2008 when the place was known as the Roxy. It has since been purchased as is now known as the “The Blind Dog“. It’s hard to believe it today, but at one time this one one of Downtown’s major movie theatres.
This is…
Repairs At The Paul Martin Building
September 16, 2009
I’ve had a few emails from readers lately asking about what is going on at the Paul Martin Federal Building on Ouellette.
Not to worry, it’s just a little repair work and replacement of the badly damaged limestone blocks. The building was built in 1932 as a collaboration between local architects Sheppard & Masson; John Trace & G.B. Colthurst.
The plan from what I understand…
Return to the 7th Concession
September 14, 2009
Back in March, 2007 I posted about this house for the first time.
Late last week, someone decided to light it up like a Christmas tree.
How many tax dollars were wasted, not to mention lives put in danger by having firemen respond to and battle this fire at this vacant…
Ottawa & Kildare
September 11, 2009
Many readers will no doubt recognize this building at the north west corner of Ottawa & Kildare in Walkerville. This was as far as I can remember one of the first buildings to get “the treatment”.
On this post from June, an “expert” chimed in…
Walkerville Market Demolition
September 9, 2009
Here’s one that I found interesting. From the Border Cities Star, December 31, 1927:
Wreckage of Walkerville’s ancient market building is shown above. The old building at the corner of Huron street (Richmond today) and Walker road, was demolished a few weeks ago to provide a site for the town’s new fire hall, which is under construction and will likely be available for…
Old Sprawlmart/Woolco
September 7, 2009
Oddly, the demolition seems to be done at Lauzon & Tecumseh.
Cynical me, figured it was destined to be a parking lot for the WFCU Centre, but it appears to be some adaptive reuse going on…
It looks like it has been taken back to create to larger retail spaces…
Much Better
September 4, 2009
As I look at the corner of Walker and Ottawa, I can’t help but be taken with how much better it looks now.
So much better without that pesky historic bank. The bank was designed by Kenneth Rea in 1919. Rea was a Montreal based architect, who did most of his work in…