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2009 - The Year In Review

December 31, 2009
Sadly, 2009 goes into the books as another banner year for demolitions. JANUARY – PRINCE OF WALES 1918 – 2009. To be replaced with the new Engineering Building at the University of Windsor. JANUARY – ROYALE TAVERN c. 1920 – 2009. Replaced by a Shoppers Drug Mart. FEBRUARY – LEAR WINDSOR 1965 – 2009. Vacant lot, possible reuse as a parking lot. FEBRUARY…
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Another Demolition

November 6, 2009
Back in May, we paid a visit to the corner of Lincoln & Cataraqui to talk about the demolition of three houses on Lincoln Road. I got a call Thursday night from my dad, who gave me the heads up that the garage has met the same fate… Looks like somebody has…
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Old Sprawlmart/Woolco

September 7, 2009
Oddly, the demolition seems to be done at Lauzon & Tecumseh. Cynical me, figured it was destined to be a parking lot for the WFCU Centre, but it appears to be some adaptive reuse going on… It looks like it has been taken back to create to larger retail spaces…
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Another One Bites The Dust... [Updated]

September 3, 2009
Sad to say, that tonight I passed the intersection of Ouellette & Erie, and noticed a pile of rubble where this beauty once stood. The photo above was taken back in 2002, and the building was in much better shape. The photo above shows the house as it looked last week (on the 27th *edit* the 21st – two weeks ago). For some reason another one bites the dust, and more of out past is lost…
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Walkerville Demolition

September 2, 2009
This house, located on the east side of Monmouth, just north of the recently rehabbed Deluxe Apartments, which we looked at back in May. In fact, this photo of the house is a crop from that photo. Yesterday afternoon, this is what the house looked like. All gone. The house…