A shot from 1964 showing the billboard that once stood on the roof of the Douglas Building on the southeast corner of Ouellette and Wyandotte.
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I believe this was the southeast corner, not southwest
Oops, it was the southwest corner, not southeast
How well I remember that sign from umpteen trips by bus or car as Kathryn from the old South Walkerville and I from the wartime housing district (now a part of South Walkerville, to my everlasting amusement) on our way to U of W, marriage and a wonderful life in the West. Thanks for the memories.
Nice companion to the neon that flashed across the river that said something like “Windsor….Stop, Stay, Save, Play”.