Photo Du JourWindsor

Oakland Centre

September 18, 2007
Last November the Windsor Star ran an article about a new office building that was going to be built on the former Central Chrysler parking lot at Elliot and Goyeau. There were large signs with renderings up on the property. The sign already claimed “OPENING AUGUST 2006”. Three months before the article ran in the Star. This was the article that ran: Offices slated for site in…
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Opening Night

September 17, 2007
Shortly before the doors were open, I popped in the gallery to take a last look over everything. Everything was set and ready to go. Then about 5 minutes before, I learnt at the last minute that I was supposed to lead a tour of the exhibition… Heh. If you were there…
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Slumpy is dead.... Long live Slumpy!

September 16, 2007
Crazy props to dETROITfUNK how was in the right place at the right time on Saturday afternoon. One of this website’s favourite subjects over the years was the Livingston House in Detroit, a.k.a. ol’ Slumpy. Detroitfunk happened to be in the area, as she bit the…
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Now Available...

September 15, 2007
If you notice over on the navigation bar on the left, there is a new link for the Internationalmetropolis.com bookstore/shop. I am happy to announce that the first project is now availabe for sale. I have published it in a manner to attempt to keep the cost as low as possible to you. This is the first of hopefully several projects. Also planned for this winter are a few reprints of some long out…
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Reminder

September 14, 2007
Don’t forget tonight from 7:00 – 10:00 pm at the Art Gallery of Windsor: I hope to meet some of you down there tonight. I’ll be in the gallery, drop by and introduce yourself as a reader… There are a few other interesting exhibitions opening that…
Photo Du JourWindsor

Top Hat - Part II

September 12, 2007
Monday night’s council meeting paved the way for the redevelopment of the historic Top Hat site. While one of downtown’s legendary landmarks will meet the wrecking ball, Mr. Sam Drakich was kind enough to give me a tour of the building, and to capture a few last photographs of the venerable landmark. There isn’t too much left inside following the auction that occurred shortly…
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Top Hat - Part I

September 11, 2007
Once upon a time, Windsor was the King of Entertainment. Supper-Clubs with big-name entertainment was common, among the biggest were the Elmwood (covered recently here, here and here), The Metropole and the Top Hat (which we looked at back in May). Today we look at some…