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Doors Open Windsor - This Saturday and Sunday

September 28, 2012
Doors Open Windsor is this weekend, 30 sites open to the public, free of charge. You can find full details by visiting the Doors Open Windsor Website, by clicking HERE on on the screen shot below. Below is an interactive map of the Doors Open Sites [iframe src=”http://tiles.mapbox.com/canadawarbler/map/map-nb11gu0m” width=”650″ height=”480″] A .PDF version of…
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Applebe Store - Pitt Street

September 19, 2012
The above cut is of the new front that is being put on the old building where the Erie Tobacco Company were formerly located and which by the first of October will be the entrance to one of the biggest dry goods stores in this section. Jos Applebe & Co., managed by Mr.
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McDougall Aveune Foundry

September 17, 2012
From the Evening Record, May, 1912: Just for the fun of the thing, take a walk out to the factory district one of these fine days. If you haven’t done so already you will surely get your eye opened. The industrial area is rapidly filling ip with new factories that…
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Windsor Jockey Club Grandstand - 1912

September 14, 2012
The new Windsor race track grandstand is shown herewith. It is said to be the largest and finest equipped grandstand in Canada. It is of steel construction on a cement and brick foundation, the brickwork being carried up to form the first story. The stand is 340 feet in length and 70 feet in depth, being more than twice the size of the old one. The seating capacity will be about 5,000. There are…
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National Auto Body - 1912

September 12, 2012
From the Evening Record – May 4, 1912: MAMMOTH AUTO BODY PLANT LOCATES IN WINDSOR This building was designed by Gilbert Jaques & Co., architects of Windsor. The plan was for this building to be located on the Davis Farm subdivison, the article doesn’t say…
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British American Brewery - 1935

September 10, 2012
From the Windsor Daily Star – December, 1935: As the Detroit shoreline is broken by the nocturnal shafts of huge electrical signs of large industrial plants, so is that of the Canadian side pierced by blazing beacons of artistic illumination. The products of many of…