Going though some old photos, I came across these photos of the Chrysler Headquarters under construction. I posted these photos, once a long time ago. But I couldn’t find them on the site, so they may have been on the old version of the site.
May 6, 2001 – The site has been cleared and the crane is in place on the site of Windsor’s biggest mistake.
January 9, 2002 – Looking north on Ouellette towards the river.
January 9, 2002 – Looking at the corner of Ouellette and Chatham.
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Sad, sad, sad - to think of what was there before - variety,density, history. The old time smell of Bert 's Market Hardware, all kinds of stuff hanging in the high windows, brooms and mops, galvanized cans and basins stacked out front on the sidewalk.......Around the corner were jewellers, gifts, cameras....the fabulous facade of the Dominion Bank....late night noodles up the creaky stairs at The Paradise....table full of two-bit draft beers 1968 bleary eyed Lee's Imperial House....some little coffee shop Ferry and Pitt name escapes me, fries and a coke, cops and newsmen....across the corner trucks rolling out with the afternoon edition (Star is gone suburbia too?). South Shore Books....Art in the Alley.....gone,gone,gone....a puff of smoke. Today the windows are blank, the sidewalks deserted, unspeakably lonely.
windsorite-in-exile, you're right! It is the coldest block in the core, sterile, uninviting and a fortress, there is nothing to do and nothing to see but walk by it as fast as you can. Only in Windsor and looking across the river, Detroit, would we build a parking garage(s) on prime real estate and they to will be very empty soon.
hey andrew did you hear about the fire at 1076 Walker Rd.the tenants were the Flag Depot and Prestige Auto Service. They said it used to be a button factory. do you have any old photos of that building?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/westerntragedy/sets/72157608761942752/
Excellent photo coverage of the fire this morning at the above URL.
Yes, unfortunately downtown no longer has anything to offer... While working on the restoration of CNR 5588 I was approached by three young ladies from Indiana looking for shopping and asked if there was a nearby mall or something, I was hard pressed to make any suggestions. Downtown is no longer the busy place it was in the 50s and 60s and has not developed with the times. Driving along Ouellette all you see are papered windows and debris. Even the riverfront is sterile with the exception of a few tourists admiring the Detroit skyline. Maybe it is time to consider development of a downtown mall instead of digging canals....
Ah hahaha. If I had a dollar for every American that walked up to me in downtown and asked, :"Where's the mall?"
Here's another one. After 5pm on Saturday walking around downtown, an American asks, "Excuse me, how do we get to the mall?" Other end of town--down Ouellette, left on Eugenie, right on Howard, but the mall closes at 6pm on a Saturday. Oh, you thought this was any other city in Ontario or Michigan that closes later on a Saturday?
Who knows, maybe Caesar's will build a minimall on the site that currently houses the Raymond Demarias Apartment building. But, if they evict all the seniors there, who'll play the slots??
David, from my sources that is exactly what is gong to happen. Though they are not kicking anyone out. As the apartments become vacant no one is allowed to rent them out. It has been stated that within 5-6 years the senior's complex will be levelled for the mini-mall.
...it can't come soon enough.