Photo Du JourWindsor

Greyhound - Part II

October 18, 2007
The second floor of the station is very small. Holding a small hallway, two bathrooms, and the “terminal office”. Great old banister and terrazzo floor. Inside the Men’s room. Various shades of old green tiles line the walls. The stalls are heavily covered in graffiti. Some of it dating to the late 70’s early 80’s. Were these washrooms once open to the public?
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Bernie Drouillard CollectionPhoto Du JourWindsor

Greyhound - Part I

October 17, 2007
A final look back at the now closed Greyhound station. An architectural rendering of the station. From the Bernie Drouillard collection. The station was designed in 1939, by Greyhound architects Bonfield & Cummings along with longtime Windsor Architects Sheppard…
Essex CountyPhoto Du Jour

Boblo Island - 2007 - Part II

October 16, 2007
A couple of views of Albert Kahn’s Pavilion. Other than the rust on the facade, it appears to still be in great shape. One of the washroom buildings. Ruins of the Mini-Golf course. The view you would get leaving the ferry and entering the park The ruins of the…
Essex CountyPhoto Du Jour

Boblo Island - 2007 - Part I

October 15, 2007
A big thanks to reader AB. who sent along these current photos of Boblo, he figured the readers of this site would be interested in seeing the current state of the island. This is the building that was labeled as the “Souvenir Hall” in the 1920 photos. Aaron figured it’s final use was as a restaurant. I for the life of me can’t remember what it was used for. I moved to…
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Old PhotographsPhoto Du JourWindsor

Windsor 1920 - Part I

October 10, 2007
Few few years back, I came across and old photo album for sale that was full of photos from around the Great Lakes. It’s full of photos from Belle Isle, Boblo, Buffalo, Detroit, Grayling, Lewiston, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Put-in-Bay, Toronto and Windsor. All from 1920 & 1921. It’s a great historical record, and I had the Windsor Photos online many years ago. For all the…
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Photo Du JourWindsor

The Gladstone Grill

October 9, 2007
Located on the Corner of Gladstone and Cataraqui, is one of the few neighbourhood bars in this city. For a city the size of Windsor, there are aren’t more than a handful of bars off the major roads and in the neighbourhoods. This bar was known for a long time as…
Photo Du JourWindsor

WFCU Centre Open House

October 5, 2007
Yesterday afternoon, the was an open house at the new Tecumseh East, East Side arena. Located downtownbehind a factory towards the eastern city limits, as far as possible from downtown, another temple to the car is going up. Drive in, drive out. It’s the Windsor…