The former St. Boniface, and now the former Ivory Theatre, has seen some theft of the metal on the upper portions of the two towers in the last couple of years.
But I’m told that there are new owners who are taking care of it now, and hopefully they’ll have it back open soon.
For the time being, the windows are boarded up, and the lower doors are covered with those metals doors like we saw recently installed on the Railway Exchange.
We’ll keep you posted on new developments.
I reported this situation to the firm managing security there more than 3 months ago. The only thing that has changed are the boards on the front door windows. Actually, the theft has accelerated. The security company told me that a firm out of Chicago owns the property.
The place has been trashed by homeless drug addicts living there and stealing things.
There is a St. Boniface Facebook page. I reported the situation there months ago and asked members to call the security company and the police as I did.
It is very sad when this stuff happens and exposes the building to the elements. I would hate to see it rot and fall down.
Thanks for putting this out there.
Oh, is the school abandoned now, too?
Some more open range rubble thief activities (plaster, metal, brick et cetera) Plus this is a former church building I saw some play adaptation of Richard III in my late teens. A couple driving blocks from some former Coca Cola syrup plant which the brick material buildings are older than some discontinued Jic Jac soda brand. Plus that’s some “big dare” height wise to rob some metal parts within the top of an ex parish building’s right entrance tower >:(
Even so, I’m happy that building has some pretty transparent sounding property owner. 🙂