This shot looking south west from the corner of Riverside and Ouellette was taken from the roof of the old British American hotel (which I don’t think has ever really been featured on here…). You can see the old bank on the corner that will remain in storage for the rest of my life, and further down the block on the left side is the old post office. On the extreme right hand side you can see a hint of the old Ritz Hotel, which would have been the Merchants Bank building at this time.
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Where do you keep a bank stored ??? I think it's just the facade of this bank, but isn't this been in storage for a decade or more ???
I love looking at these old pictures, and no you haven't profiled the British American Hotel itself. I'm always looking because my great-grandfather, E.E. Ingram, owned that hotel during the early 1900's. I would love to see detailed pix of the inside if you ever come across them. I have a bentwood dining room chair that was salvaged from the original hotel which we have refinished and is now in our living room.
I think the city is storing the façade from the bank in the parks yard I don't understand why the university had to remove the murals from the back wall of the old star building on Ferry st.i'm afraid their going to share the same fate as the bank façade lost forever when I look at photos of what Windsor once looked like it makes my blood boil because the city doesn't respect it's past
The murals were removed because the wals were removed to remove the press.
Mike /Gary The bank facade was last seen at the Lou Romano Water Treatment Plant.
There's no way that facade is still in existence. It was stored at a Water Treatment Plant in the west, who knows where it is now.
Windsor was stunning...."was" being the appropriate word.
I agree Andrew. We won't see it in our lifetime again. even though they could have used it many times over. I think the city lost parts of it and won't say so. That is speculation on my part but not out of the ordinary here.
if they stored it at a water treatment plant, they obviously don't really care about its value. There are so many missed opportunities where this facade could have been used.
Didn't they just convert Million Dollar Saloon into a medical building? What does it look like? Uninspired space ship plastic. If Chatham Street Parkette is to be revamped as well and the University is moving in soon. I'm sure the community would have appreciated a nice medical plaza with a classic facade. Better to use what you have then let it go to waste.
What are the requirements to use that facade? Can it be used anywhere in the city? Can it be used as a facade on a mansion? It makes me think of the James Book house with the limestone facade on E. Jefferson in Detroit. There's a lot of classical looking mansions being put up on Riverside Dr E. At least it would be put to good use as a mansion than sitting away in some storage garage at taxpayer's expense.
Good idea Dave. I'm sure there has to be some wealthy person out there with a love of history who would love to use the facade on their house. Too bad nobody even knows the facade is still in existence and it hasn't been offered to anyone.