Photo Du JourWindsor

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Central Chrysler

Located on the corner of Goyeau & Elliott was Central Chrysler. Like many other retailers, Central Chrysler also abandonned downtown Windsor for the sprawled out area at the south end of the city. As a result of some poor planning, and bad luck, the old Central Chrysler went bankrupt, leaving the old downtown location vacant and in limbo. Last week the building eaters came in and cleared…
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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Walker Farms House

Located on Walker Road, just north of Tecumseh Rd., was one of the last traces of the old Walker Road. This old Farmhouse dated to the 1880, and was the residence of the manager of the Walker Farms. A brief history of the Farm can be found here. A drive by on Friday afternoon, showed the site scraped clean. The old Victorian farmhouse had been vacant since the last tennant moved out in 1998.
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More Lakers

The Agawa Canyon Built at Collingwood, Ontario in 1970. She measures in at 646 feet. The Algorail Built at Collingwood, Ontario in 1968. She measures in at 640 feet in length. The John J. Boland She was built at Sturgeon Bay, WI in 1973, and sailed as the Charles E.
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Armco

Here’s one from the archives… I was out on the river a few years ago, when the Armco happend to come up upon us. At 767 feet in lenght the ship was an impressive sight down close in a 20 foot boat. She was built in 1953 at Lorian, OH., and lenghtened in 1974 by 120 feet. On June 6th, 2006, she was sold by Oglebay Norton along with her fleetmates Columbia Star, Courtney Burton, Fred…
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Photo Du JourWindsor

Hockey Night in Windsor

Last night I attended a Spitfires game with a friend of mine from the US side, at his suggestion. It had been about a decade since I last went to a game, and I figured it was a good chance to go shoot the old area before the Spits move out the the deep east side. Built in…