Monmouth Renovation from 1990 Lost and Found

1990 Monmouth Renovation Noticed

   Published in Select Homes and Food October 1990  

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From a dusty cardboard box discovered on cleaning day April 6, 2016.  This article is about just one of many renovations from the early Monmouth Road days.  The re-gentrification of Monmouth Road started in 1984.  At that time, a handful of auspicious characters took a chance on a street that, until that year, had been pretty much left for dead.  Many believe that the revitalization of this street was the trigger for a renewed interest in Old Walkerville as a whole including it's retail district along Wyandotte East.  Row houses along the 800 block of Monmouth started to get purchased by some pretty risk-taking individuals with long-shot expectations.  Neighbourhood improvements were a part of that push and still are as of  today.  This is just one story about just one of those renovations as written by Diane McDougall.  Please click on the image to enlarge.