(Comox Council has voted to demolish the house and replace it with a viewing platform)
Side of Shakesides showing removal of window frames, done June 23, 2025Shakesides from very overgrown beach path, June 24, 2025Shakesides path side, showing window art from 2016 after Town’s removal of window frames, June 23, 2025Front of Shakesides from wood walkway, overgrown as never before, June 24, 2025Sorry state of ToC ‘Heritage’ Mack Laing signboard behind Shakesides,June 24, 2025Shakesides showing removal of window frames and shakes, June 24, 2025Banner behind Shakesides,2018Skunk cabbage in MLHS restored marsh besides ShakesidesFawn lily behind Shakesides in 2017, planted by MLHSTown of Comox truck, day they turned ‘window treatments’ to backMLHS removing invasive yellow flag iris in front of ShakesidesMLHS invasives cleanup team, 2020Laing signing his Allan Brooks bio in Comox, 1979Laing in 1981, the year before his death.Sign quoting Laing’s legally expressed wishes regarding Shakesides‘Mack’ enjoying porch after ‘window treatments’ 2016Sign by MLHS on security fence behind ShakesidesJohn Duncan receives Shakesides t-shirt, 2016Nut catkins formed heart beside ShakesidesSchool bus which delivered students to enjoy Mack Laing Park, 2018Attic roof of Shakesides, showing re-use of lumber used to pour concrete foundationJanuary 2017Shakesides May 2018Shakesides from shore, March 2017MLHS invasives pile, March 2016Shakesides front after MKLHS yard cleanup, November 2015Shakesides front before cleanup, August 2015Shakesides in winter, February 2017Before and After MLHS cleanup 2015Shakesides back after MLHS cleanup, Nov 2015MLHS invasives removal Oct 2015Kayak found in bush beside Shakesides during MLHS cleanup, Nov. 2015Shakesides in snow Feb 2017Enviro Cleanup Feb 2016MLHS removing invasive blackberry, Oct 2015From front with window art, June 2016November 2015Porch after volunteers repaint to remove graffiti, June 2017Shakesides summer 2017Roof of Shakesides attic, showing lumber used for concrete formsSide window art July 2016West side window art, July 2016Town reverses board artwork 2 days after it was done.Shakesides in February 2016Window board art over front porch, July 2016Shakesides back window, art on board, Jul.y 2016Shakesides back art on boarded windows, July 2016Break-in June 2019Shakesides enviro cleanup Feb 2016Shakesides newly boarded up October 2015Shakesides back August 2015Shakesides May 2015Shakesides 1983, at time of rental to first tenant after Laing’s deathShakesides in 1950
