page_title: Windsor City Hall
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Windsor City Hall / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Windsor City Hall
context_page_description: Windsor City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The mayor's office and Windsor City Council are housed in the main building at 350 City Hall Square West, while additional city services are located in an adjacent building at 400 City Square East in downtown Windsor.
context_section_description: The site of the hall was previously Central Public School, thereafter the city purchased the property in 1904 and served it as the city hall. In 1955, construction began, the building being completed on 1956. In 2005, an additional building part of the Windsor City Hall campus was opened across the street from the city hall, on 400 City Hall Square. The second building now serves various public services.
  Plans to demolish the building after concerns of aging and structural issues started being brought up in 1990s. A new building was a topic during the 2014 budget meeting in 2013. A council vote was in favour of a new building which was passed 10 to 1. In October 2014, the Windsor City Council approved plans to demolish the original city hall and build a newer building.
  Construction of the new building was originally scheduled to start late 2015 and be completed in 2017-2018, but actual construction began in mid-2016. The project is estimated to cost $23 million. The new city hall opened to the public on May 22, 2018. The grand opening took place on May 26, 2018.
caption: Old City Hall, demolished in 2019
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