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More Stuff That's Gone

February 5, 2009
I was going through some old photos, (these were taken in July 2002) when I stumbled across these shots of a small cluster of houses in the City Centre West lands that were long ago demolished. True to the Windsor way, the lands today remain vacant… These houses were located in the yellow box on the Google Earth view above. I’m pretty sure they were located on the Chatham St. side. A…
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The Return

February 4, 2009
I have to give credit where it’s due. King Eddie made the return happen. Red Bull is back in town, only this time Windsor is the base. The planes will be using Windsor Airport as the home airport. The event is scheduled for June 13 – 14. Hopefully not too many…
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Jackson Park Band Shell

February 3, 2009
I got an email from reader Mark F. who asked about the band shell at Jackson Park, that’s tucked behind Windsor Stadium. You can see it in the Google Earth Map above. I dug into the history of the band shell, while working on the Windsor Modern book. This band shell…
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Return To Boose's

February 2, 2009
In the past, I have covered Boose’s Tourist Camp in Detail, here and here. I recently added an old advertising folder for the park to my collection. The rest of the images on the folder are ones that can be seen on the previous pages, but this is the first time I’ve some across a full version of the camp drawing above. This drawing probably dates to around 1935 or so. For a high…
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