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Victoria Block - Ouellette Avenue - 1893 - 1945

January 12, 2011
Today we take a look at one of the downtown buildings from Windsor’s past. This building stood on the s.w. corner of Ouellette and Chatham St., where the Royal Bank is today. Romanesque in style, the building was designed by architects Maycock & Newman. The three story building was built with shops on the ground floor, offices on the second and the third reserved for Lodges. It was…
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3549 Victoria

January 10, 2011
John Boyde House – second wife 1927 – lost depression etc… Today we head back to South Windsor, and back to Victoria Boulevard, and a look at 3549 Victoria. This house with the crazy brick work was designed by John Boyde, a partner in the firm of…
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Hotel Dieu

January 7, 2011
Another Friday, and once again, another old photo. Today’s picture doesn’t have a date on the back, only a handwritten note reading “Hotel Dieu defrauded hospital”, the only other mark is a stamp that reads “Detroit Times Reference Dept.&#8221…
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Men Who Designed Windsor - Guy Buller Colthurst

January 5, 2011
It’s been a while since we’ve had a profile looking at some of the architects who helped to design the city we see today. G.B. Colthurst was born in Toronto in 1882, and moved to England at a young age, where received his education. He started his architectural career in London, England as a partner in the firm of Colthurst & Gott from 1905 to 1907. In 1908 Colthurst returned to…
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3424 Victoria

January 3, 2011
Happy New Year everyone! Welcome back post holidays to the first post of 2011. 2011 marks year number 8 for International Metropolis, but when you take into account grandfather of this site which was www.old-detroit.com (a partial version can be seen here thanks to the…