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1989 Ontario Street - Part II

October 31, 2011
Back in May, there was this post about this house. Since that post started, it has attracted some of the weirdest comments of any post I’ve ever had on here. So in the five months since the first post went up, what’s the current status? Here you go: As winter approaches, it still looks very far from done. They’ve put a massive addition on the back, almost as big as the house…
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Walkerville From Above - c. 1970

October 28, 2011
Happy Friday once again everyone. Today is an undated photo of the Walkerville Area from above. I’m guessing the date to be about 1970 or so. The old Train Station is gone, and the Waterfront Ford Plant # 1 is also gone. It was demolished in 1969. So I doubt that the…
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Manning Hotel & Post Office - c. 1915

October 26, 2011
As is usual in old Windsor postcards, everything here is gone… A view looking east on Pitt Street towards Ouellette Avenue,with a streetcar rumbling past… A good view here in front of the old post office, showing the old memorial fountain which was moved to…
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Leo Page Residence - 1919

October 21, 2011
Today we go to Ouellette Avenue, but all the way back to November 8, 1919. We took a look at the Leo Page house back in 2009 here. But I’ve recently obtained a copy of original photo. What a grand house. This front entrance seems very Great Gatsby-esque, and makes me…
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2072 Iroquois St

October 19, 2011
View Larger Map Just south of Ottawa Street is a small subdivision that sprung up at the end of WWI. Along Iroquois and Dacotah are a vast mix of interesting houses. The house above at 2072 Iroquois, isn’t all that different from when it was built, as the…
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Chez Gyliane - 1988

October 14, 2011
From a restaurant review that ran in the Free Press, April 22, 1988: The building at Wyandotte and Kildare is more well known today as the Kildare House… View Larger Map In the mid 1990’s I believe it was known as either Shilhouettes or the Limelight Lounge?
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451 Park Street West - 1965

October 12, 2011
So this picture ran on the Windsor Star’s from the vault the other week. I thought it was pretty neat old shot of the School Board offices, and deserved further investigation. So here it is, from June 24, 1965: NEW AND OLD – Work has been completed on a…