Even I can still be dumbfounded to discover the great lengths people in this town will undertake to make their buildings as bland and ugly as possible.
When I came across the ad above, from 1947, I couldn’t believe that the building above was still standing.
Then I realized… The building in the photo in the ad is today’s Goodfellows Building. Amazingly it is unrecognisable.
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i worked for the city of windsor wayback in the 70's as a garbage man i remember the next block east of the good fellows had a row of stores where that parking lot os now it sems to me that a couple of the stores were chinese shop keepers Terry6 i agree with you the city just took this neighbourhood and stripped it of all the buildings and what do we have now parking lots parking lots PARKING LOTS!!!keep your eye on the hole in the wall where that fire on ouellette ave i'm betting that does't amount to much either
The downtown is slowly coming back though. I see more businesses there than there has been in the last 10 years. New ideas, etc...
And this stucco is ugly, but it may just protect what's inside for a special time one day that counts.
Restored bricks = $$$$$$
stucco = $
Stucco = California
Aluminum/Vinyl Siding = Windsor
Any thoughts ???