Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Central Chrysler
November 30, 2006
Located on the corner of Goyeau & Elliott was Central Chrysler. Like many other retailers, Central Chrysler also abandonned downtown Windsor for the sprawled out area at the south end of the city. As a result of some poor planning, and bad luck, the old Central…
Then and Now - Downtown Greyhoud Station
November 28, 2006
As it appeared in the mid 1940’s. Photo above from the Bernie Drouillard Collection.
The Windsor Greyhound Terminal, 2006.
Completed in May, 1940, the Windsor terminal was shared between Greyhound of Canada and the S.W & A railway, the forerunner of Transit Windsor. The terminal was designed by the frim of Bonfield and Cumming, who also designed the Kalamazoo station as well as the…
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Walker Farms House
November 27, 2006
Located on Walker Road, just north of Tecumseh Rd., was one of the last traces of the old Walker Road. This old Farmhouse dated to the 1880, and was the residence of the manager of the Walker Farms. A brief history of the Farm can be found here.
A drive by on Friday…
More Lakers
November 23, 2006
The Agawa Canyon
Built at Collingwood, Ontario in 1970. She measures in at 646 feet.
The Algorail
Built at Collingwood, Ontario in 1968. She measures in at 640 feet in length.
The John J. Boland
She was built at Sturgeon Bay, WI in 1973, and sailed as the Charles E.
Armco
November 21, 2006
Here’s one from the archives… I was out on the river a few years ago, when the Armco happend to come up upon us.
At 767 feet in lenght the ship was an impressive sight down close in a 20 foot boat.
She was built in 1953 at Lorian, OH., and lenghtened in 1974 by…
Hockey Night in Windsor
November 17, 2006
Last night I attended a Spitfires game with a friend of mine from the US side, at his suggestion. It had been about a decade since I last went to a game, and I figured it was a good chance to go shoot the old area before the Spits move out the the deep east side.
Built in…