Bye Bye Rum Runners...
November 2, 2006
Time has run out for the burned out shell of the old Rum Runners Tavern.
The building-eaters moved in behind the death fences earlier this week…
… and quick work was made of another historic Windsor site.
Back when the fire struck, I ran this post that…
New Link Ready in Expressway Program
November 1, 2006
November 7, 1959
EXPRESSWAY LINK – Opening of the final link this week in the Lodge Expressway will prove especially convenient for Windsor drivers who visit the Detroit area. This map shows the Detroit Expressway system. Solid lines indicate the parts of the Lodge…
New Bus Terminal
October 31, 2006
So work finally got underway on the Windsor Bus Terminal. The new station is being built on the site of the former Canadian Tire store in downtown Windsor. The building will look similar to the Art Gallery when completed, and nothing like the “proposed” urban village that is “supposed” to be built on the vacant land to the rear.
The Bus Terminal is scheduled to open in the…
History Uncovered
October 30, 2006
Special thanks to the Voice Of Windsor for alerting me last week of the history uncovered at the “big dig”.
Down at Dieppe Park on the Windsor Waterfront, they are clearing the parking lot out, and preparing the ground for the architecturally un-inspiring turd…
Horseshoe Hotel Fire - 1976
October 27, 2006
As regular readers may have noticed, I’ve had some old-time neighbourhood locals checking in and commenting on things pertaining to the downtown Windsor neighbourhood I currently live in. Dante & Mara were talking about the old Horseshoe Hotel that was around the corner the other day, and the fire that took it down. That got me interested, and off to look into the history.
This is the…