Neal Baking Company

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• Interesting piece of property. Glad they managed to get it tenanted and not wreck it with siding. I wonder what kind of adaptive re-use they found for that building? At first, I figured warehousing, but then I noticed the eight or so gas meters in the second picture. Looks like they found eight or so different tenants, yet no signage to identify them.

  What happened to Mother's Bread anyway? Did they move into a newer building in Windsor? Did they get bought out by Weston's?

• So many little areas in the city that have such interesting history. Isn't it interestng to see housing of even higher class people living within a block or two of businesses. Today that would never even be thought of.
  I believe little areas such as the one above could tranform a neighbourhood. Lofts could be built for the artist community which would have a great impact on the surrounding area. But alas, it is only a dream because I wake up in the reality of Windsor where mindests never change and where we are rudderless as a ship.

• During the sixties I was told that this was the Wonder Bread Company. Perhaps they bought the building, somewhere along the way. I also see the Salter Apartments in the top photograph. The building was extensively repaired in the seventies or eighties.

• I always knew it was a baking company.....grew up in the area and still live there..... Salter street only has 2 homes left on that street..
  Sad lonely street when i think about it... My ex used to work there , factory of some sort? back in 85 he worked there.... and by reading the faded brick printing i saw mothers? thinking Mother's pizza was made here and shipped downtown? lol i think they got bought out by westons?
  Im glad to see the turkey market place at the corner being renovated and in use....I heard people like there business there cause it's a quiet street and people mind there own business...

• great pictures by the way Andrew thank you so much! your awesome!

• Well, never say never, ME. There's a huge empty warehouse at 673 Caron that's been sitting on the market for years for $380K just a block or two from this place. It had a nice canvas awning out front too. I hope it finds a landlord like this one that could find multiple tenants to rent it, whether they be commercial, lofts or whatever as long as it doesn't become another parking lot... That one looks almost as old as this one. I wonder what the history of that one is.

• Eventually there won't be enough cars left in Windsor to fill all these temporary parking lots that are springing up faster than shopping carts at bus stops! Always wanted to know about that building, use to walk by it every day to the university.

• My ex-stepdads mother used to work there (not sure if she still does) about 5 years ago and it was some kind of machine shop. Not sure what they were exactly doing but I can ask my mom, she would definitely know.

• David, I think the buliding on Caron used to be a button factory. Andrew did a PDJ on it once.
  But truly, in Windsor I can definetely say never because we are the same way we were in 1962. Nothing here has changed, not the mentality, not 'ol boys club, not city hall. The only difference today is a growing group of people are demanding better but being ignored. Sorry I have become so cynical about this region but what I see before my eyes is not a lie.
  If people agree I urge everyone to please vote. We need new attitudes in our politicians (not the divisive politics of thelast 20 years), we need new air in city hall where thoughts are allowed to grow and expand. If Managers in city hall don't allow it then they shold be removed. Yearly reviews can do wonders!

• If only this city could get some citizens who cared about change to run for city office. We do need a new image and breathe of fresh air to move forward.
  Hey, at least councilors voted to remove free meals before meetings each week, a whole $20,000 will be saved from this initiative! That'll help fix 15 feet of sidewalk along Ouellette Ave!