Photo Du JourWindsor

801 & 819 Ouellette

September 19, 2007
Recently news came out that the two properties at 801 and 819 Ouellette were sold, and are being prepared for demolition. I went out and shot them the other day, the buildings are probably best remeberd as Joker’s Bar and Mother’s Pizza. I figured the Joker’s building was from the 1930’s with the Mother’s building a fair bit older… Needless to say, I was…
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Oakland Centre

September 18, 2007
Last November the Windsor Star ran an article about a new office building that was going to be built on the former Central Chrysler parking lot at Elliot and Goyeau. There were large signs with renderings up on the property. The sign already claimed “OPENING AUGUST…
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Opening Night

September 17, 2007
Shortly before the doors were open, I popped in the gallery to take a last look over everything. Everything was set and ready to go. Then about 5 minutes before, I learnt at the last minute that I was supposed to lead a tour of the exhibition… Heh. If you were there…
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Reminder

September 14, 2007
Don’t forget tonight from 7:00 – 10:00 pm at the Art Gallery of Windsor: I hope to meet some of you down there tonight. I’ll be in the gallery, drop by and introduce yourself as a reader… There are a few other interesting exhibitions opening that night as well. Be sure to visit Chris Edwards’ (from the Walkerville Times) exhibit: Manufacturing Architecture- Albert…
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Top Hat - Part II

September 12, 2007
Monday night’s council meeting paved the way for the redevelopment of the historic Top Hat site. While one of downtown’s legendary landmarks will meet the wrecking ball, Mr. Sam Drakich was kind enough to give me a tour of the building, and to capture a few last…
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Top Hat - Part I

September 11, 2007
Once upon a time, Windsor was the King of Entertainment. Supper-Clubs with big-name entertainment was common, among the biggest were the Elmwood (covered recently here, here and here), The Metropole and the Top Hat (which we looked at back in May). Today we look at some historical promotional material graciously donated by Sam Drakich. A few shots of the interior of the Top Hat from a postcard…
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Windsor Waterfront - 1930

September 7, 2007
This photo was taken at the foot of Caron Ave. looking toward the Detroit skyline. The most interesting thing about this card to me is the ship in the foreground. It is the Vedas, the bootlegging ship owned by Harry Low. From the Walkerville Times: When prohibition came…