  Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6029 Registered: 10-2003 |
Here is today's then & now P.D.J. | ||
Douglasm Member Username: Douglasm Post Number: 716 Registered: 10-2003 |
Blew the charm right out of the building, didn't they? | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 65 Registered: 10-2006 |
True, but they did come up with probably a better use for the building, maybe. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1047 Registered: 01-2005 |
I think they swapped old charm for new charm. Way better than knocking it down, and they saved alot of the detail. You've gotta balance restoration with commercial viability...people like those big windows. Why they painted the brick though is beyond me. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 949 Registered: 01-2005 |
Quinn hits the nail on the head. Painting brickwork is an absolute sin. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 437 Registered: 04-2006 |
I like the big windows, hate the painted brick. | ||
Blitz Member Username: Blitz Post Number: 214 Registered: 09-2004 |
Good to see things like this happening in older parts of town like Walkerville. I took someone on a tour of Windsor last week - he grew up in Victoria and now lives in London. He was impressed by all the little historic 'downtowns' we have scattered around the city...we really don't know what we have here. | ||
Walkerpub Member Username: Walkerpub Post Number: 107 Registered: 12-2003 |
Word on the street is Square One is done like a dinner- add it to the casualty list in Walkerville... ICON (toast), Walkerville Pizza (locked up), SOHO (left town), Posteroptics (closing end of year), Scratching the Surface (closing in april), T'Dye for (moving in April), Top Drawer (gone to the burbs), former Deloitte Touche building (in receivership along with The Complex and old Bank of Montreal), Stratchcone (mostly empty)- tough times for the old town... |
