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Photo Du Jour - January 13, 2006 - Medical Arts Building

January 13, 2006
Located on Ouellette Ave in Windsor across from Hotel-Dieu Hospital is the vacant Medical Arts Building. It was built in 1930, designed by architect J.R. Sculland. The building has been vacant for several years, ever since the language school on the main floor closed up shop. There is some interest growing for a condo conversion project. A full view of the building as it stands today A view from…
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Photo Du Jour - January 11, 2006 - Patterson Terrace

January 11, 2006
Located on the corner of John R. & Erskine in Brush Park, is the Patterson Terrace. It is in my opinion a very nice looking structure, and it has spent the last few years boarded up. I suppose that Gentrification needs to creep a little more to the North before this…
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Photo Du Jour - January 3, 2006 - 2005 The Year In Review

January 3, 2006
Well, another year is gone, and so is more of our history. Here is a look back at what we lost in 2005… The Hotel Madison-Lenox fell for a nice parking lot. Here it is absorbing water. Nice abatement. A painful reminder of the preservation battle in Harmonie Park. Over in Windsor the former Police Headquarters fell to make way for a parking lot. As demolition progressed, the original…
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Photo Du Jour - December 23, 2005 - United Artists

December 23, 2005
As reported here, on December 16th, we take a trip back over to the U.A. to show the aftermath of what’s been going on. The bottom floor painting, are being all scrubbed away. As pointed out by someone, (perhaps the artist?) , they missed one on the ground…