This postcard was postmarked 1978 (not that means anything).
The caption reads:
Entrance
ST. DENNIS HALL
Gymnasium
UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
Seeing as this is St. Dennis Hall, a gymnasium, and the current St. Dennis Centre located on College Ave. contains a Gym. I’m guessing this was the forerunner? It’s hard to place it, but that looks like the Assumption College building in the rear, so this should be looking west, with Huron Church not far to the rear?
I must admit, I’m not all that familiar with the University of Windsor campus, but I’m assuming this place is long gone right? Likely replaced once the current St. Dennis Centre opened?
Hopefully someone can chime in…
Also thanks for all the feedback on the canals yesterday. It’s nice to know what others think.
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Does anybody remember the neat tunnels that connected St. Denis Hall with Dillon Hall and other buildings, you could move around a good part of the campus in the 70's underground.
You can still see this building poking out actually... as others have said, this is now the "Education Gym" and it's attached to the southern part of the Student Center.
Urbanrat> The tunnels are completely locked up now, but they obviously still exist. You can see them here: http://mikebeauchamp.com/images/show.php?set=university-tunnels
Mike
Man, how time flies. This place was once a hotbed of sports and entertainment activity. The University would host some of the best high school basketball teams in the province there in an invitational tournament every year in the 60's. I saw the Butterfield Blues Band and Sam and Dave there, freshman year, '68.
I remember the tunnels. Very handy. The TD bank was downstairs too. I got my loan for my first car there.
I think I went there to see Harry Chapin way back when.Some time in the late 70,s.I think.Someone out there must know when he played there.I can't remember the date.I was a great time.He was all by himself and had the people in the palm of his hand.Great music.
Paul Butterfield, Harry Chapin... wow! I've heard stories of various acts that played the St. Denis over the years and some of them seem to me just as impressive in the context of their era, if not moreso, than some of the names coming to the Casino now that the media is giving so much attention to. And this was just the humble St. Denis Centre. Nice.
Sam & Dave?! Wow, that's impressive. I recently purchased the Stax Revue Live in Norway '67 DVD and was blown away by their performance. That would have been a killer show. Any memories?
The date of the concert of Harry Chapin at the University of Windsor - St. Denis Hall was February 26, 1980 - have the original ticket stubs and the review column from the Windsor Star. Attended the concert and it was super. Just thought I had to set the record straight. Len Dupuis - Windsor, Ontario
I saw Harry Chapin too. It was a fundraiser for a world hunger organization. He didn't earn a penny for it.
The tunnels were still accessible to use as shortcuts when I was on campus mid-70s... they were extremely creepy, and an uncle of mine was nearly killed when part of one collapsed in 1971. Does anyone recall that incident?