Photo Du JourWindsor

488 Janette

December 28, 2006
For today’s photo, we head over to 488 Janette Ave. in the downtown core area. This flop house caught fire about a month ago, and is still stitting in its burned out state. Neighbours complained that it was a crack house, and it apparently was well known to police. I doubt many tears were shed when it went up in flames. Hopefully it gets removed soon, I for one couldn’t imagine…
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Merry Christmas

December 23, 2006
First off, thanks a lot to the asshole or assholes who thought that walking down my street last night and kicking every drivers side mirror on every car parked on the street was a good idea. It certainly was a treat to awake to my mirror broken and dangling from the side of…
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Replanning Downtown Detroit - Part 8 of 8

December 23, 2006
DOWNTOWN RING ROAD Section “G” on the map: William J. Johnson, Landscape Architect, of Eichstedt-Johnson David B. Spaulding Ulrich Weil of Weil-Cohan Associates Scheme of ring road in realtion to surrounding area. Study of ring road development. In the early…
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Replanning Downtown Detroit - Part 7 of 8

December 22, 2006
INTERNATIONAL CENTER Section “F” on the map: Heidi Fujii, R.E. Wiese INTERNATIONAL CENTER The area under consideration for this part of Central Business District study is bounded on the west and south by the John Lodge Expressway, on the north by Michigan Avenue and on the east by Second Avenue. Immediately to the east of this area is the Convention Mall, leading from Convention Hall…
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NewsWindsor

STOP THE PRESSES!

December 21, 2006
Imagine my surprise when I picked up my copy of today’s Windsor Star… “Is the Bridge laying the groundwork for a second span?”, the paper asks? Slow down there on the speedy local reporting… 🙂 Funny, but it sounds similar to this blog entry…
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Replanning Downtown Detroit - Part 6 of 8

December 21, 2006
THE CONVENTION MALL Section “E” on the map: Offices of Harley, Ellington & Day, Inc., Architects & Engineers represented by: Malcolm R. Stirton, William Ku Plan of the Convention mall. The proposed Convention Mall is a part of the redevelopment of the…
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Replanning Downtown Detroit - Part 5 of 8

December 20, 2006
CADILLAC SQUARE Section “D” on the map: Charles C. Highie 1 Elevated restaurant 2 New office building 3 Theater 4 Bridge over traffic including small shops and historical displays relating to Cadillac Square and Detroit 5 Elevated platform at intersection of streets 6 Existing Cadillac Tower 7 Existing old National Bank Building 8 Information center 9 Pool 10 Existing new National…
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Replanning Downtown Detroit - Part 4 of 8

December 19, 2006
THE “MAINLAND” SHOPPING CENTER Section “C” on the map: Offices of Louis G. Redstone, Architect; Allan G. Agree, Associate Architect represented by: Louis G. Redstone, Avner Naggar, Kiyoshi Mano, Bernard W. Colton, Stanley Aizinas, Alfred…
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Replanning Downtown Detroit - Part 3 of 8

December 18, 2006
Section “B” on the map: Offices of Eberle M. Smith Associates, Inc., Architects Engineers represented by: Edward Hammarskjold, Charles W. Scurlock 1 Housing 2 Bus terminal and parking 3 Warehouses 4 Office buildings 5 Volunteer services building 6 Board…