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Posts Tagged ‘adaptive reuse’

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Expletives
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Expletives
By Brendan | January 5, 2009 | Feedback (0)
During my Christmas vacation – not of the National Lampoon’s kind, but of the Houghtonesque kind, meaning I visited family/slept in/played too many video games/watched a TON of movies and read books until 5 in ...
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Some fences do not make good neighbours
Some fences do not make good neighbours
By Chris | October 30, 2008 | Feedback (18)
Ya know, it seems as though we're writing eulogies about lost architectural gems about once a month.  It's always a reactive anguish as the death fences are erected, as we ...
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The case for demo permits with strings attached
The case for demo permits with strings attached
By Chris | June 27, 2008 | Feedback (9)
There's this prevailing notion that council has no control over their built landscapes. Threats of legal proceedings tend to take precedent over the preservation of certain key parts of our architectural heritage. That definitely ...
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ScaleDown Radio, June 10, 2008
ScaleDown Radio, June 10, 2008
By Chris | June 10, 2008 | Feedback (5)
Great show today! In light of the recent announcement that the owners of the Bank of Montreal building at the corner of Walker and Ottawa Streets in Olde Walkerville, we decided to ...
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Playing Yo-Yo Downtown
Playing Yo-Yo Downtown
By Chris | April 9, 2008 | Feedback (7)
Ward One Councillor Dave Brister thinks - get this - that we should "start looking for vacant commercial space" instead of rezoning more residential and agricultural land into commercial. Dave! This is a great idea. Anything we ...
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Pick a Peck of Posts
Pick a Peck of Posts
By James | March 5, 2008 | Feedback (20)
Mark your calendars! Saturday, March 22 from 9 ??til 2 ish at the St. Clair College Centre for the Arts - Planning for Our Future. This event will feature three speakers on Urban Planning a round table discussion and an open mic, question and answer period. The speakers will ...
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Windsor's Geography of Hope
Windsor’s Geography of Hope
By James | February 23, 2008 | Feedback (22)
We left the Caboto parking lot and headed north on Parent Avenue. It was a typical damp, cold, winter night in Windsor a light snow was blowing in the street lights but I was warmed by the hope, really, hope for the future of my hometown. I was leaving the ...
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Municipal letdown or neighbourhood opportunity?
Municipal letdown or neighbourhood opportunity?
By Chris | January 31, 2008 | Feedback (2)
Everyone knows that it takes more than just a bunch of houses to make a successful neighbourhood. Location, location, location is the mantra repeated often by our realty professionals ...
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