Photo Du JourWindsor

Bye-Bye Cat House

September 25, 2007
Not sure if you remember last year there was an article about a house that had been abandoned, and was full of cats? The Humane Society came in and removed a double digit number of cats. The house at 1040 Windermere Rd. has been empty ever since and was eventually condemned. The Building Eater is in the back yard ready to go to work. Looks like they are trying to do some salvage before…
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DetroitPhoto Du Jour

RIP Slumpy - 1893 -2007

September 24, 2007
As I posted the last weekend, Ol’ Slumpy over in Detroit, finally met the bulldozer. It’s sad that there is such a general disregard for built heritage in North America. Something like this would never happen in Europe, where culture seems to be of higher…
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839 Assumption

September 20, 2007
The four pictures in today’s post to me sum up everything that’s wrong with this city. When I see moronic renovations like this it makes me think there is no hope. One of my readers sent me an email this spring, saying the house at 839 Assumption was up for sale. I drove by to check it out, only to see the “SOLD” signs already on the lawn. I came home a punched it up on…
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Photo Du JourWindsor

801 & 819 Ouellette

September 19, 2007
Recently news came out that the two properties at 801 and 819 Ouellette were sold, and are being prepared for demolition. I went out and shot them the other day, the buildings are probably best remeberd as Joker’s Bar and Mother’s Pizza. I figured the…
Photo Du JourWindsor

Oakland Centre

September 18, 2007
Last November the Windsor Star ran an article about a new office building that was going to be built on the former Central Chrysler parking lot at Elliot and Goyeau. There were large signs with renderings up on the property. The sign already claimed “OPENING AUGUST…
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Opening Night

September 17, 2007
Shortly before the doors were open, I popped in the gallery to take a last look over everything. Everything was set and ready to go. Then about 5 minutes before, I learnt at the last minute that I was supposed to lead a tour of the exhibition… Heh. If you were there and the “tour” sucked, well, sorry. That’s you you get with no notice. 🙂 Other than that little hiccup…
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DetroitNews

Slumpy is dead.... Long live Slumpy!

September 16, 2007
Crazy props to dETROITfUNK how was in the right place at the right time on Saturday afternoon. One of this website’s favourite subjects over the years was the Livingston House in Detroit, a.k.a. ol’ Slumpy. Detroitfunk happened to be in the area, as she bit the…
NewsWindsor

Now Available...

September 15, 2007
If you notice over on the navigation bar on the left, there is a new link for the Internationalmetropolis.com bookstore/shop. I am happy to announce that the first project is now availabe for sale. I have published it in a manner to attempt to keep the cost as low as…