Bits of the little park still exist today, even if everything else is gone.
The Cannon from the Crimean War still exists and is located today in the waterfront park closer to the Ambassador bridge.
The decorative fence was moved to Riverside Drive and is still there today, although it will be removed soon as the property is scheduled for redevelopment.
Built in 1929, the house at 2177 Victoria Avenue was originally numbered 1545 Victoria, pre…
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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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I'm guessing that the house will soon be history? That would make the former convent the last house on "Millionaires Row". With a piece of property that large in that location, I suppose it was just a matter of time.
Do you have an idea of what is going to be built in it's place?
Probably another high rise condo Ken...but that's just a guess. These old homes with character mean nothing to the hordes of people waiting for overpriced access to a crappy 'apartment' with River views.
Also funny to note the mentality in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s:
"Ancient decrepit buildings need to come down for modern (in my opinion ugly) half deco buildings"
They didn't know what they had, and now all we have is pictures.
Imagine a modest 65 to 70% of the 'original' downtown buildings from let's say 1860 to 1900 were still around with a nice contrast of newer modern buildings??? How beautiful that would be.
Instead we have 5% of the buildings from that era, and you wouldn't know it because they're covered up by ugly, and clash with 'modern' architecture.
Ridiculous.
Imagine 65 t0 70% of original downtown still around.
That would be impossible because anything in "downtown" Windsor went up in smoke in 1871, when the business area was destroyed by fire. Check it online.
Ah yes the fire... Then 1871 until 1900.
The large white house in the picture will be gone soon. A fence went up around it a few days ago, and the demolition equipment is parked beside the house, ready to go. What a waste. Another piece of our history gone.
Houses can be moved. If you see a nice house about to be demolished, you could approach the owner to take it away. Though I tried that with a house that was going to be demolished for the Windsor Parkway, they said they'd let me know when they'd be open to "selling" them, and never heard back.