Apartment BuildingsOld PhotographsWindsor

Royal Apartments - Ouellette & Ellis

April 22, 2019
Royal Apartments – January 1953 The Royal Apartments – 2006Royal Apartments – c 1928 This building, located on the north east corner of Ouellette & Ellis was built around 1928-29 and features three stories, with ground floor retail. The entrance to the apartments is along the Ellis St facade. The architect for this one remains unidentified to date. A grand old building…
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Drake House - 193-199 Glengarry

April 8, 2019
Front entrance of the Drake House, corner of Glengarry & Chatham St. c. 1960. I am unable to locate the original source in my notes. A regular reader recently asked me about this old local establishment, the Drake House at the corner of Glengarry & Chatham. It…
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Wyandotte & Langlois c. 1957

March 31, 2019
A shot from the late 1950’s looking east from Wyandotte & Langlois. Evan’s Store is on the corner. The 1955 directory lists it as Evan’s Drugstore No. 3, while the 1958 phone book simply lists Evan’s Store at 1000 Wyandotte St E. The next few store fronts are…
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St John the Divine

March 31, 2019
Designed by John Boyde, this Russian Orthodox church was built between 1946-1950. Located at the north east corner of Richmond & Drouillard at 1094 Drouillard, this yellow brick building replaced an earlier Russian orthodox church that was built on this site in 1916.
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Whelpton & Drouillard – Looking West

March 31, 2019
A neat shot from the late 1950’s probably around shift change. This one is looking west towards Drouillard road. The long gone Temple Theatre visible in the background. To the left of the bus is today’s home of the Grand Cantina. Beyond the Temple Theatre, it may be…
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Chatham & Ouellette - 1963

January 21, 2016
Photo from the Windsor Municipal Archives A shot looking west along Chatham Street from Ouellette. The long gone Kresge Building is on the left, replaced by the RBC building. I think posting is likely going to shift to a Tuesday & Thursday thing for at least right now.