SEAGRAVE SITE LOCKED DOWN.
900 BLOCK OF WALKER ROAD
WITHOUT FIRE PROTECTION
One of two fire hydrants fenced inside the demolition site.
Missing hydrant on north side of Metropole Lofts at Niagra. 
Lakeside Engine Repair Sign Not Attracting Much Business
Early Saturday Morning a bunch of workers accompanied by suits quickly strung chain link fence and scaffolding around the Seagrave crime scene. The Windsor Star reported today that the site has been locked down by the Ministry (whichever ministry that is) and that not even the Jones Demolition people are allowed in to finish their deed.
All of this is very interesting but there is one slight problem. They fenced in the only two fire hydrants that service the entire 900 block of Walker Road. Well, actually there is supposed to be a third one just north of Big Tony's at Niagra but that one got sheared off several months ago and hasn't been replaced yet. The fencing also covers the fire exit of the car repair garage immediately adjacent to the Seagrave building on the south side.
A couple of important questions come to mind here. Why is the site cordoned off? Is the asbestos thing a real concern? Surely it can't have anything to do with heritage designation. Too late for that.
The other question...What if there is a fire in any of the buidings on the 900 block of Walker? One might answer: "The fire department can easily cut the chain link away if they have to." Yes they can but will that give residents of the Metropole Lofts a warm fuzzy? What about Big Tony's Restaurant or the garage on the south end of the site which lost an important fire escape. What about the businesses on the opposite side of Walker? What about Lakeside Repairs which is trapped inside of the site with no point of entry or exit? What about the site itself which is a heap of 100 year old timbers?
Does anyone want to see precious minutes wasted in the event of a fire? The powers that be might want to re-address their game plan.
April 12, 2008
SEAGRAVE DONS PARTY HATS
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8 comments:
It is such a shame. Does anyone know what the awful looking storage units are in the back of the lot and the plans for them now that the building is gone???
Those storage racks in the back and all of the Tennant sweepers and lift truck carcasses are junk from the Ford Casting plant which the owner of the engine repair place dragged home. Zoning on that site does not permit ouside storage so technically the city can demand that they be removed. Same goes for all of the junk cars and boats stored back there. Since nobody is calling the infraction in to 311 nothing will happen.
Maybe now is the time to raise the bar. Oddly enough, Sood left this back garage building up because it is the only one with a paying tenant. This garage has always had questionable occupants. Guys running salvo yards, illegal paint shops and the like. Most of those shops have been chased away by the neighbours. Chase this guy away and Sood looses his rent money. Any takers?
How absolutely disgusting! What can we do???
Thanks for the great advice. Who do I call at 311?
Just call 311. It's a nebulous one stop city call center that has made work for a few dozen nepotism placements, it's meant to accelerate city response to the concerns of citizens on the assumption that most lack the ability to use the phone book. The real purpose is to deflect taxpayers from interfering with the snooze time of various department personnel :)
or call the building department and ask for Jim Boscariol.
A call has been placed to the City. They are supposed to be sending someone out today.
I saw the hydrants behind the fence posts on Saturday morning. However I figured I would wait until teh fence is done before I call the fire depatment to complain.
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