In October 1924, The Baum & Brody Furniture company moved from their store on what is today Riverside Dr. E., just west of Goyeau to the corner of Chatham & Ferry.
Today this building that has had a long history as a downtown watering hole, remains nearly identical.
The building began life as the home of the Universal Car Agency in 1912. The Universal Car Agency sold “The Ford Automobile, The Russell & The Cadillac”. The building served as both a showroom, and a service garage.
The company took out a full page ad to celebrate their move to the new location in October, 1924.
Now coming up on its 97th birthday, it is staggering to think, just how many people have walked through those doors over the years, whether looking for a car, a washing machine, a seafood dinner or a beer.
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The current bar owners no longer own the building. It was purchased years ago by the group that owns Cheetah's etc. The bar owners lease the building from them and pay rent. Of course, this wasn't the case years ago, when a corporation from Toronto owned the restaurant (Old Fish Market) and the respected bars (Coach, Pogo's, Loop). Yes, there is definitely some run down building issues there, yet it continues to remain a hub of creative and artistic activity. So, do they spend the money? Does the landlord spend the money? Or do they continue to leave it as-is since the kids don't care?
Why are you guys trying to turn one of the best bars in Windsor into an office building. Yes, the building needs some TLC, it is 101 years old this year, but like Shawn said, it is a unique environment. It's the one building in the city where everybody can go at any time and mix and mingle with people from all sorts of sub-cultures. The Loop is the upstairs, The Coach and Horses is downstairs. Pogo's is the area where you first walk in on the main floor, when you enter through the Ferry St. door (the same door to get to Loop & C&H) and then the FM Lounge (or Fish Market) is past the bar in Pogo's, where there's usually a band, or a jam session going on. Sure, it kinda smells like sewage in some section, and the floor is squishy, and the stairs up to the Loop feel like they're falling apart (more-so recently, than usual) but it's a fantastic place. I'd love to see it fixed up and cleaned up, but not if it changes anything else about the place, or the people.
And didn't anybody notice the joke in the story about the furniture store? They set it up like a wake/funeral for the old store. Viewing from "2-5 p.m. 7-10 p.m."