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Return to The Boiler Room

December 15, 2009
Last week I had a post about the Boiler Room, but no photo of the building… Photo c. 2001, Chuck Pike Regular reader Chuck Pike has come to the rescue! He found this photo in his archives from July, 2001. I had completely forgotten how it looked, despite driving past it every day for years… Out of sight, out of mind I suppose, but a big thanks to Chuck for sending along a photo of…
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Mario's Of Windsor

December 14, 2009
Back in October, we took a look at Bentley’s, which once housed Mario’s of Windsor. I recently acquired this press photo taken in January, 1967, by the Detroit News. Following the crop marks on the photo above, this is closer to how it would have looked in the…
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Why I Voted No On The Assumption Grant

December 12, 2009
Some may have seen the article in today’s Windsor Star, and some may have wondered how come I voted No on the funding for Assumption. Coun. Percy Hatfield was one of two committee members who voted against giving the Assumption campaign such a large grant. Andrew Foot…
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Humpty Dumpty Trailer Court

December 11, 2009
Today’s photo’s come from regular reader Luc, who showed me there are still a few places around town that I don’t know about. One of which is this trailer park in the midst of Big Box Sprawl… Here’s a map of the area, with the park located inside the yellow circle. The best way to describe it, is back behind the lighting boutique. Luc, shot two series of pictures of…
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General Brock School - 1927

December 10, 2009
A neat old photo of the original General Brock School in Sandwich. Built in 1915, the building was designed by Detroit Architects Edward Van Leyen & Edward Schilling two years earlier in 1913. The same firm was also responsible for the design of the original section…
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Downtown Windsor - 1959

December 9, 2009
Image from the collection of Scott Hughes Regular reader Scott Hughes, sent along a great old postcard to share with readers. The card was issued in 1959 by The Greater Windsor Industrial Commission. Above is a crop of the card showing the north side of Wyandotte St. between…
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The Boiler Room - 1534 Howard Ave.

December 8, 2009
Regular reader Aaron, asked about his old neighbourhood watering hole, the Boiler Room. There was a fire there around 1999/2000, and the building sat derelict for a few years, before being bulldozed in August 2001. Sadly I never got a picture of it before it came down, the day I was going to go take one, it was already gone. I don’t have much history on the building, but many may remember…
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St. Genevieve School Lofts

December 7, 2009
At a reader’s suggestion, comes today’s post, taking a look at the St. Genevieve School located at 641 Irvine, which was converted into lofts around 2000. The school was designed in 1929, by the local architectural firm of Pennington & Boyde, who were…
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Pacific Park

December 4, 2009
From the Border Cities Star: May, 1925 The north end of Remington Park along South Pacific Ave was located a subdivision called Pacific Park. However unlike other subdivisions this is the first one I’ve come across that listed restrictions on who could buy…