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Capitol Rally Update:

March 8, 2007
From a friend of mine at the Walkerville Times: The rally is going ahead tomorrow- great interest by the media on this- radio interview at 7:20 am on CBC- TV coverage is in the bag on the news tomorrow night… However I wouldn’t be surprised if Eddie makes an announcement at the 11th hour- he hates bad publicity and even he is going to have a hard time spinning this one… So to one…
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Capitol Rally Tomorrow Night

March 7, 2007
Save the Capitol Theatre! Show you care about the imminent loss of one of Windsor’s greatest cultural icons by attending a peaceful demonstration and rally tomorrow, Thursday March 8th, 6:00 PM. sharp, in front of the Theatre. If you care, be there!!! If possible…
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Typical...

March 7, 2007
So I was looking forward to tomorrow’s presentation at the Capitol. Guess what? I got this e-mail about an hour ago: Looking Forward Seminar Postponed Due to uncertainties surrounding the operation of the Capitol Theatre, ticket sales have been affected. Looking Forward: Windsor’s Future in a Changing World, which was scheduled to take place at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday March…
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Boose's Cottage Tourist Camp

March 7, 2007
The other day’s post talked about the 1930’s phenomenon of Tourist Camps. Below are a few post cards I have collected along with some other information on Boose’s Camp. Anyone know anything about it? This advertisement is from the 1937-38 Tourist Guidebook…
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T.O.

March 6, 2007
Today’s series is for all of my readers now residing in the big smoke. I was up amongst you this weekend. View along Bloor Street at Daniel Libeskind‘s addition to the R.O.M. While I can appreciate some modern architecture, when you slap it onto a classical…
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Kavanagh's Tourist Camp

March 5, 2007
The postcard above was postmarked in 1948, however it is likely a much older photograph. Tourist Camps were all the rage in the 1930’s as more and more people traveled around by car. Tourist camps were motor lodges where you rented a little hut in a campground type setting. Here is the same scene as the postcard shot the other day. The building looked to be similar to a General Store.
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Old CAA Demolition

March 2, 2007
Driving past the corner of Ouellette and Gilles, I noticed that demolition was rapidly progressing on the former CAA building. It seems like just yesterday they were doing prep work. There is a new sign up to go with the Petretta Construction one. Determined Demolition. The…
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Grace Hosptial - Part II

March 1, 2007
A few more photographs of Grace Hospital. Note I made a few corrections to yesterday’s post as information became available. The Old Ellis House buned in 1960 Grace Hospital & Hotel Dieu merged in 1994 Labour Delivery Admision ceased December 11th, 2003 Grace…