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Paulin Memorial

At my opening reception, I was speaking with Architect Doug Johnson, of Johnson-McWhinnie. He told me that of all the buildings in the show, I missed the one his was most proud of designing. He told me it was a chuch right off of Norfolk, between Dominion and Dougall, and that I couldn’t miss it. Apparently I some how overlooked what is perhap the most striking Mid-Century Structure in the…
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Christ The King

Add Christ the King at the corner of Dominion & Grand Marais to the list of vacant Catholic Churches. This place was built in a very traditional style in 1954. It’s really a shame that the RC Church doesn’t realize that its greatest assets are its historic…
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Bye-Bye Cat House

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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RIP Slumpy - 1893 -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

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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801 & 819 Ouellette

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…
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Oakland Centre

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…