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Lear Windsor

November 18, 2008
From the December 31, 1965 issue of the Windsor Star An aerial photograph of the brand spanking new GM Trim Plant on Lauzon Road. Now as our manufacturing might decreases, a new arena is set to open in the field behind the plant, and this plant, with its great modern office building is threatened with demolition. The Lear sign, still sits out on the road advertising what was. A view of the…
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The New General Store

October 22, 2008
Mark this date down. I discovered when it is that Windsorites decided that big box shopping was way better than supporting the local shops. It’s been going on for 40 years. However 40 years ago, those stores still stocked items made in this country. Now I realize…
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Medical Arts - Part I

September 9, 2008
Here’s another tour I’ve been sitting on for a while… This summer was just way too busy… A rendering of the Medical Arts Building from the Microfilm archives dating to 1928. As you can see in the photo below compared to the rendering above, an extra floor was added during construction. You can’t tell from the inside, but it does look out of place today, after seeing…
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Banque Provinciale du Canada

August 29, 2008
A few years ago, I was in Point-Aux-Roches/Stoney Point, when I spied this on a pizza place on the main road through town. Turns out that the Banque provinciale du Canada a.k.a. Provincial Bank of Canada according to Wikipedia, … merged with the Banque Canadienne Nationale to form the National Bank of Canada in 1979. Looking at the building above, as you will see, it’s obvious they…
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Crusherama

August 22, 2008
Postcard from the John Stefani Collection The poor old Aquarama, which met her fate in the scrapyards in Turkey in November, 2007 had acquired the nickname “Crusherama”, due to her terrible turning radius in the narrow ports of the Great Lakes. In her day she…