Apartment BuildingsPhoto Du JourWindsor

Scott Apartments

June 7, 2007
If there is one thing this city has in great abundance, it’s architecturally interesting old Apartment Buildings. In the days before the great depression, it was actually quite fashionable to live in an apartment. As a result of this trend many building were built with a look or style to them that showed their importance. Others like the Scott, located at Louis & Brant above were more…
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Bernie Drouillard CollectionPhoto Du JourWindsor

London Street Garage

June 5, 2007
A few more today from the Bernie Drouillard collection. Today’s batch focuses on the London Street Car Barns. Today London Street is known as University Ave., and the Car Barns are known as “The Junction”. This is the building that today houses The…
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Then and Now and Now...

June 4, 2007
While today’s photo isn’t either Windsor or Detroit, I thought that many of this Blog’s readers might find it interesting. The first two photos came my way from regular reader Douglasm, who sent along the following information: A friend of mine sent this to me. In the 1960’s, the Michigan Railroad Club ran excursions all over southeastern Ontario using CN 6167 and CN…
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Apartment BuildingsPhoto Du JourWindsor

Oxford Apartments

June 1, 2007
Today’s photo is for Gary, who posted a comment about my neighbourhood recently. In his comment he talked about living for a while in the Oxford Apartments at Elliott and Louis. The Oxford is a three story building with dormers on the roof. There are two main…