Photo Du JourWindsor

Neighborhood Question...

This question is for Dante, Maria & Mara (or any other readers who grew up in the area). Do any of you guys remember this building? It is on Cataraqui near the corner of Marentette? The building has been vacant since I moved in to the area in 2001. The photo above is actually from 2003, and the building has been deteriorating ever since. The stucco has fallen off the top and the bricks are…
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Photo Du JourWindsor

Local Landmark Gone

After only a little more than a decade in service, the giant neon “CASINO” sign on the front of Casino Windsor is being removed. As part of the massive renovations at the Casino the sign is being removed, and the space behind that was once the atrium , is being…
Photo Du JourWindsor

Around the 'hood...

As some of you may know, I spent the earlier part of the summer with my wife restoring rotted woodwork and painting our Victorian beast. This is where she sits for this year. Next year we hope to get a boom lift to paint up top… The porch needs a teardown and rebuild too.. If anyone has any pointers on porches, I’d love to hear it… Yesterday I heard from Mara, who grew up in…
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Lafayette Tool & Die

This century old building at 261 St. Aubin sports a sign for Lafayette Tool and Die, since 1934. Lafayette is no longer in the building, I’m not sure if they met the same fate as the Detroit Elevator Co., chased out of Rivertown when the Casino’s were earmarked…
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Bond & Bailey

Located on Fort Street, near the Ambassador Bridge, you’ll come across Bond & Bailey Machining. According to the sign, they’ve been in business since 1949, however the building on Fort St. looks a little rough. A google seach shows them still in business in…
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Alfred E. Christ

As featured yesterday on dETROITfUNK (which is a kick ass site -btw), the Mother’s Building has had both the “of invention” and the Alftred E. Christ painted over.. The building is on Mount Elliot near the old Dodge Main close to Ham Town. Too bad, that…
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The Wall

The most enduring item of the cold war division between East and West Berlin is the Berlin Wall. It was erected in 1961 as an “anti-fascist protection barrier”, and fell with the collapse of the GDR in 1989. Today there are only three sections of the wall…