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Archive for 2011

Lessons Ignored
Lessons Ignored
By Chris | October 29, 2011 | Feedback (30)
For some reason, our fair city seems to believe that we're special.  That the lessons learned on other cities for some reason do not apply to us. The people behind ...
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A New Focus (or, the birth of a resident association)
A New Focus (or, the birth of a resident association)
By Chris | October 25, 2011 | Feedback (13)
You've noticed by now that our former vigorous posting schedule here on ScaleDown has dwindle to a trickle. Or a stop, many of my colleagues would say. It's hard to argue that point.  Lately, much of my attention ...
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Geezer-Mart
Geezer-Mart
By Chris | September 7, 2011 | Feedback (13)
Big-box senior storage.  This is what we've come to.  I'm not going to get into the details of the ramifications of our societiys decision to remove our elders from the community at large.  We've made so many bone-headed decisions ...
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Chimczuk Museum inc- Answers that raise questions
Chimczuk Museum inc- Answers that raise questions
By Mark | September 1, 2011 | Feedback (2)
Next is David Wonham's answer to my question which he emailed me personally but I do not beleive he objects to posting. The uninterrupted response is at very bottom that but I wanted to comment on this response, my comments in italics. Based on his response I need to repeat ...
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Chimczuk Part 2 - Why so harsh of a post
Chimczuk Part 2 - Why so harsh of a post
By Mark | August 19, 2011 | Feedback (7)
Confession time. The previous post was unnecessarily harsh. Don't know if Dr. David Wonham is still Reading One thing that struck me in our conversation is I really believe he has benevolent intentions. When I made my case several times about why I thought holding the name was wrong, it was ...
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Chimzcuk Museum
Chimzcuk Museum
By Mark | August 17, 2011 | Feedback (13)
Had a pleasant conversation with David Wonham. He thought my use of certain adjectives to describe his actions with the Chimzcuk money's, museum and name were disturbing. He said he was advised to take legal action. Although I told him I deleted them and would keep them off permanently. He thought ...
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Erosion of the elements of liveability
Erosion of the elements of liveability
By Chris | August 15, 2011 | Feedback (4)
This practise is nothing new.  An older home in an established neighbourhood becomes a candidate for replacement.  Demolition permits are secured and contractors hired.  Immense amounts of time and money are invested in building the ...
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University chooses architect with disastrous Windsor record
University chooses architect with disastrous Windsor record
By Mark | August 11, 2011 | Feedback (14)
When I read the Windsor Star article about how CS&P was chosen to design the university campus in the Armories and the Windsor Star buildings I nearly fell over. The Windsor Star first touted that CS&P had experience in Windsor designing the Windsor Police Headquarters and the Ontario Court building. That shouldn't ...
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