Another building I’ve always found interesting is this one located on the south side of Wyandotte St. between Caron and Janette.
According to the 1937 Fire Insurance Map it was home to the Northern Electric Co. The 1923 Directory lists the Northern Electric Co. as being on Chatham St. West. So this building was built sometime in that 14 year window.
In recent years, I seem to remember it being home to Junior Achievement, wasn’t it? The last few years I recall seeing interesting displays in the windows. Anyone know what goes on there today?
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This building always peaked my interest driving down Window. At one point there were mannequins in the windows...
i thought it was a hair salon or a gay bar
Did not know Nortel had roots in Windsor as well. Wonder what exactly they manufactured there in the 1920s.
One of my favourites, but I hate how they capped those two large bay windows on the right with that white garage door stuff and put in those white trim windows half a year a ago. The black trim windows, especially what was capped, looked 10X better and gave the building so much more class. Even if they painted what they did black like it was, instead of white, it would look a lot better. What they did just cheapened the look, kinda like vinyl siding. Well, I guess at least they didn't touch the brick.
Andrew your right it once was Junior Achievement!! My friend went there when it was called that!!
Then it was a salon of some sort...
Great choices of buildings this week.
Yup, it was the hair salon that used to do those great window displays with mannequins, props and fabulous hairdos. I think that was after Junior Achievement had moved out.
This place I believe is someone's house.. a friend of mine knows the person living here and has been inside. From what i hear the inside of this place is all decked out nicely.
I would love to see the inside I always wondered what it looked like. I was going to say I thought someone lived there.
Walked by it late last night and the lights were on with some of the curtains open and I could see lamps on the second floor and walls through the windows, which would indicate a bunch of different rooms. It looks like it's now a two-story mixed warehouse/garage/business setup on the main floor with apartments on the second floor.