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Devonshire Mall - 1976

Another recent arrival at the IM.com archives was a bunch of old Windsor promotional material from the mid to late 1970’s. The “vintage” Devonshire Mall ad below graced the back cover of the 1976 “Guide to Windsor and district” brochure.
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Ambasador Bridge Construction Part 1

Here is a recent arrival at International Metropolis Headquarters. I acquired a set of vintage real photo postcards of the Ambassador Bridge construction. All the cards are marked “American Commercial Photo Co. Detroit”. From what I can tell, the photos are from both sides of the river, some in Detroit, some in Windsor. Judging from the subject matter, I would hazard a guess that they…
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Foundry Check

Big thanks as always go out to Darren, who’s keeping track of the progress of the demolition of the foundry… He sends along these photos from last week. As you can see in this photo, the Albert Kahn designed foundry section is about 50% gone now. They started…
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Bon Friand

As everyone is aware, Windsor has probably one of the best independent restaurant markets in Ontario. While on my bike ride out to Lakeview Marina for the now infamously cancelled Peche Island day, I rode past the Bon Friand Vietnamese restaurant and made a note to go back…
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Long Gone

This house was located on the corner of Church and Vera, one block north of Wyandotte St. I was reminded of this house the other day when I drove down Church St. past the now vacant lot, and stumbled across this photo the other day while looking for a photo of the Nisbet Inn. I took this photo in late 2001. The house despite being chopped up into four or five apartments, still retained elements…
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131 Elliot Street West

Photo from 2002 when the Nisbet was still open One of the most frequent questions I’ve had lately has been the status of the former Nisbet Inn at 131 Elliot St. West. Here’s the scoop. The property owner is an out of country investor. Apparently he owned the…