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Windsor Hotel - 1914

April 4, 2019

AddressNE Corner of Wyandotte & OuelletteYear1914ArchitectJames William WilsonStatusUnbuilt The news announcing this project, along with the rendering above, appeared in the Evening Record on February 5, 1914. The description was as follows: The promoters of the Windsor Hotel company have announced particulars of the new Windsor Hotel, which show that Windsor is at last to have one of…

Detroit Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Proposed Detroit River Memorial Tunnel - 1918

January 19, 2015

This rendering above was proposed in July 1918, involved six giant elevators to take cars down to a road, where you would drive under the river, and take an elevator up at the other end. The plan also called for pedestrians as well. Just one of many ideas floated that never…

Lost Windsor Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Proposed Parking Garage - 1927 - Victoria and Park

August 6, 2014

In the accompanying illustrations are shown the proposed 300 cars or more ramp garage building to be erected at the north east corner of Victoria Avenue and Park Street by Securities Development, Limited, owners of the new Security office building. The smaller drawing below…

Old Newspaper Stories Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Proposed Civic Centre Plan - 1952

April 4, 2014

From the Windsor Daily Star – December 29, 1952: Board of Control recently took the initial step in what could be one of the greatest civic projects Windsor has ever seen. The board moved to expropriate downtown riverfront land for Civic Centre development and the Civic Auditorium, proposed by the Centennial Birthday Festival committee, may be one of the first buildings to go into the site.

Old Newspaper Stories Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Windsor - Detroit Subway - 1925

February 14, 2014

One to file in the proposed, but unbuilt files. From November 1925, came this proposal for an electric subway train under the river linking Windsor and Detroit. The caption in the lower left reads as follows: The architect’s drawing pictured above, shows one of the…

Old Newspaper Stories Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Proposed Hiram Walker Memorial - 1927

November 8, 2013

From the Border Cities Star – May 28, 1927: Walkerville ratepayers will vote Monday on a bylaw providing for the expenditure of $10,000 to construct the memorial shown in the sketch in honor of the late Hiram Walker, founder and benefactor of the municipality. The…

Old Newspaper Stories Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Suggested Civic Centre

December 14, 2012

This comes from regular reader Mike F. who came across this rendering from the Border Cities Star, November 1, 1930: Location of the proposed new Canadian National Railways station on the riverfront, at the foot of Windsor avenue, with a city hall square at the avenue’s head, is provided by Thomas Adams, city planner, in the sketch above, provided to the Windsor Council late yesterday.

Old Newspaper Stories Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Proposed Ford City Park - 1929

November 16, 2012

From the Border Cities Star – March 16, 1929: This is an architect’s conception of a proposed park development in Ford City, in the area bounded by Alice street, Tourangeau Road, Reginald street and Bernard Road. At the Ford City Parks Board’s meeting on…

Old Newspaper Stories Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

National Auto Body - 1912

September 12, 2012

From the Evening Record – May 4, 1912: MAMMOTH AUTO BODY PLANT LOCATES IN WINDSOR This building was designed by Gilbert Jaques & Co., architects of Windsor. The plan was for this building to be located on the Davis Farm subdivison, the article doesn’t say…