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April 18, 2008
A few things as we head into the weekend… ———————————- Greg Heil, the chair of the Heritage Committee, had an excellent letter published in today’s paper, outlining the trouble’s we’re facing with the the current city administration… City heritage at risk Letter Friday, April 18, 2008 The historic…
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Reader's Submissions...

April 18, 2008
Photo courtesy Darren B. The photo above comes from regular reader Darren B. , who submitted a follow up to the silo series from the other day. The silo is now all gone. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o The next…
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Seagrave Followup

April 17, 2008
A follow up on the Seagrave site today. On Saturday morning, I drove past the site, and I noticed they were busy erecting a fence around the property. It was a tall chain link type fence, I’m guessing that this was under orders from the Ministry of Labour. Well, the…
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HMCS Hunter

April 15, 2008
One of the more interesting building on Ouellette Ave., and one that I’ve been asked about several times is the HMCS Hunter building on Ouellette Ave., just north of the Masonic Temple. The building was built in 1929, and designed by R. J. Davies, president of the…
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City Hall Park - 1960's

April 14, 2008
After a crazy end to last week, with the seagrave demolition and everything, I though a nice old postcard view would be good for a Monday morning. This view from the early 1960’s shows a view of City Hall Park and a view south along City Hall Square. Behind City Hall we can see the old, long demolished court house, and opposite that the original police headquarters, built in 1921 and…
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Weekend Update

April 12, 2008
A few news items in the Star about the demolition today. Rubble blocks business, owner claims By Dalson Chen Windsor Star Saturday, April 12, 2008 The operator of a business on the same property as the recently demolished Seagrave Building says the massive piles of rubble…
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And another one gone, and another one gone...

April 11, 2008
Another one bites the dust… Hey, I’m gonna get you too Another one bites the dust I still cannot believe the way the whole thing went down. Even beyond that I cannot believe that what you see in the photos above doesn’t violate some kind of by law for an…