Author of the article: Brian Cross
Publishing date: Apr 09, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 5 minute read • A boarded up house at 357-359 Indian Road in Windsor is shown on Friday, April 9, 2021. The new owners of the building are applying to the city to demolish it and replace it with a new building designed to look like the house did in 1958. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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Two local businessmen are hoping to demolish a boarded-up west-end eyesore they recently purchased and build a replica of the charming old home it used to be, based on a 1958 photo.
It’s the first time such a proposal has been made to city hall for one of the many vacant and derelict homes most owned by the Ambassador Bridge that have caused massive neighbourhood-damaging blight. West-end advocates like Ward 2 Coun. Fabio Costante are hoping this application serves as a kind of template to solving the boarded-up homes dilemma that has plagued the area for more than a de