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Slumpy Collapse Caught On Film

May 2, 2007
As you know I’ve spent many years and many posts documenting old Slumpy A few weeks ago she collapsed, and you have to love the power of the internet, someone caught it on camera. Click here to watch the collapse on Youtube. If you’re at work, turn down the sound, there’s a little bit of swearing – FYI. I can’t believe that: a. Someone caught it on camera. and b.
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Farewell Cleary Guest House

May 2, 2007
Well time has run out for the mid-century guest house. Demolition is set to begin today down at the waterfront. Built in 1957 by the firm of Johnson & McWhinnie, the guest house was made possible by a bequeath to the city laid out in the will of E.A. Cleary. Cleary left…
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Glenwood United Church

May 1, 2007
While scouring the city coming up with an accurate inventory of mid-century architecure, I came across Glenwood United Church on Grand Maris. The cornerstone reads 1962, but I have no idea on an architect for this one Architects were J.C. Pennigton & William Carter.
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Lancaster Bomber On The Move

April 30, 2007
As a memorial to the Lancaster Bombers and pilots who flew relief missions into Holland during Operation Manna, Windsor’s Lancaster Bomber FM212 is making its way to the Devonshire Mall Parking Lot for a few days. The first public appearance for the Lancaster since being removed from the pedestal in Jackson Park, and entering storage and undergoing restoration. In an effort to relieve the…
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Slumpty Dumpty

April 27, 2007
Long time readers will know that I have been documenting the Livingstone house in Detroit’s Brush Park over the last 5 years. I’ve had a long time friendly bet with dETROITfUNK about who would be the first to capture Ol’ Slumpy when she finally collapsed.
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Wilson Park Fieldhouse

April 26, 2007
Next up on the chopping block is the 1920’s era Field house in Wilson Park. As you may or may not know, the city agreed to a land swap with the school board. In exchange for taxpayers giving 3 acres of Wilson park to the School Board to build the replacement to Benson…
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What a shocker!

April 25, 2007
Actually, not really… The Urban Village plan is “on hold”. I’ve been telling my friend who bought a house near the Urban Village proposed location for years that the whole plan was a sham, and that this city will never get its act together enough to pull off something like the Urban Village. Glad to see that the McMansion Mayor did not fail to dissapoint… New…
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The Bunker

April 25, 2007
Work continues on the Peace Beacon. Hopefully when it’s done, it will cease to look like a concrete bunker. When I was at Dieppe Park shooting these photos, I noticed that there are many reapeating elements in the Civic Centre design of Johnson & McWhinnie. The…
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Grad House Demolition

April 24, 2007
Well, well, well… How’s a little weekend demolition for you? Smacked down on a Saturday, with a legal challenge pending by a group of students, the U of W, ever the visionaries demolished the 1929 Harry Gignac house. Despite claims of needed repairs, the whole…