A neat old view looking north along Ouellette from the intersection of Wyandotte.
So many lost buildings and lost signs. The street was jammed and commerce was bustling.
Built in 1929, the house at 2177 Victoria Avenue was originally numbered 1545 Victoria, pre…
Crescent Lanes first opened on Ottawa Street in 1944 at 1055 Ottawa Street, opposite Lanspeary…
Above is a photo of the home of Mr & Mrs Oswald Janisse, located at…
in 1917 two Greek brothers Gus & Harry Lukos purchased a one story building on…
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An unremarkable end to a part of Windsor's history. The large vacant house at 841…
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You wouldn't think that was the same intersection. I can hardly believe it myself actually... Though I have only been alive for about 20 years so...
Wow. Is there even a single thing here that is the same as the present?
Well, the Penobscot Building is still across the river in Detroit.
The Canada Building is clearly visible in the photo. Also, I'd bet the shops on the east side of the street, from Slices 'n Squares, to The Manchester are in the photo, but you really can't make them out. Same goes for the old shops across the street from them.
None the less, if someone from 1940 time traveled to now they wouldn't really recognize anything. That's not the way it should be. Modern mixes are fine, but revamping everything and knocking most down is tyrannical.
What a nice looking city it was. No bars. No bullshit. Just a nice downtown where people could go and spend an afternoon. We will never get that back ....
Well really you can still spend an afternoon downtown. Just... differently.
the road was wider back then too not like the bullshit we have today city council and their affinity for islands seeing this photo brings back memories and angers me when I see what we have downtown today....nothing!!
just past Meretskyies we had Antonelli's Radio Tavern and on the west side of the street something not seen in Windsor anymore awnings on store fronts Ah! the memories
Ok, I’m going to play devil’s advocate here. Every time I see one these on postcard shots of Windsor, especially downtown, I expect and see the usual knee jerk comments of how everything in the past was good and everything in the present is bad. Spare me. People post comments of the good ‘ol days in 1940 or other early eras, a time before they were probably even born. It was a different time and is it really fair to compare downtown now to the way it was 73 years ago? I would love to see the downtown I grew up with in the ‘70’s with a thriving retail area and without drunks running around at night especially on weekends. But I don’t see how just mooning about the past will move the city forward.