Via Rail Eastbound at Stoney Point - c. 1984
March 12, 2012
Today’s photo taken by Al Gradwell comes to us once again via Tim Swaddling. Tim is helping to digitize a large number of older rail slides, and where possible and with the photographer’s permission, he’s sharing ones that he thinks may be of interested to…
McCord Shipping Docks - Peabody Building c. 1983
March 7, 2012
These photos were shot by Matthew Kulbacki, from the same shoot as the previous Peabody photos. Thanks again Matthew.
Photo © Matthew Kulbacki
A photo of the backside of the old Peabody building. Interesting to note the old shipping dock.
Photo © Matthew Kulbacki
Luckily Matthew got in there and got a detail shot almost 30 years ago. A nice view of the McCord Radiator shipping docks. Not sure…
Downtown Windsor - c. 1959
March 5, 2012
The cover of an old postcard folder. The photo was from about 1959, as Cobo Arena is still under construction. It opened 1960. $0.39 cents for the folder, and a $0.05 cent stamp would get this a friend and would make a nice souvenir for less than $0.50.
Even the early…
1587 McDougall Demolition
February 29, 2012
Happy leap year! Let’s celebrate February 29th by knocking something down…
Back in May 2008, there was a massive fire at the front part of this building. Driving past I noticed that the next section of the building is coming down too.
There appears to be quite…
Peabody Building - Riverside & Chilver - 1983/1984
February 27, 2012
Today’s photos come via Tim Swaddling, long time reader, and host of the Train Slide Shows. These photos were shot by Matthew Kulbacki, and he’s been kind enough to share them with us.
Photo © Matthew Kulbacki
A shot looking east on Riverside Drive from the corner of Chilver. The Peabody Bridge in on the left, and the Peabody Building straight ahead. The Peabody building was…
Walkerville Ferry Dock - c. 1905
February 10, 2012
Today’s photo is from the Library of Congress collection. This shows the Ferry dock that was just at the foot of Devonshire, and the park just to the west. Roughly the area is where the large white silos are found today.
I’m thinking these might be the customs…
2011 - The Year In Review
December 30, 2011
Well we’ve made it through another year…
Seems like a large number of demolitions this year… Parkway demolition continued in full force, so there are probably some demolitions I missed, if so as always, add ’em in the comments.
Here’s what I…