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Wyandotte Street East and Hall

October 7, 2009
This building on the north west corner of Wyandotte and Hall has always stood out to me as a nice example of a fairly original old commercial building. It’s manage to survive many of the insensitive renovations that have occurred over years to many buildings along that stretch of Wyandotte. The photo above is from the Evening Record, July 1912: Wyandotte street is becoming an important…
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Death Of A City Block

October 6, 2009
So, what happens when our elected officials disregard the reports prepared by administration? We end up with a completely dead and vacant city block in the core of the city. The final remnant of a city block bounded by Glengarry, Assumption, Aylmer and University located at…
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Mayor Henry Clay

October 2, 2009
Before today’s post kicks off, there’s a small explanation to spit out… I’m going to apologize in advance for today’s post… It’s a bit longer than usual, but it came out of the other day’s post about the Davis Farm/Moy Hall.
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Congratulations Windsoreats.com!

October 1, 2009
Congratulations to our friends over at Windsoreats.com who last night won the gold medal from Tourism Ontario, in the Ontario Culinary Experience Award category. They took home top prize for their Wine Trail Rides, which visit local wineries on two wheels… There are…
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Moy Hall

September 30, 2009
What once once farm lots 92 & 93 were owned by former Windsor Mayor John Davis. John Davis served five terms as mayor from 1897-1901. In four of the five elections he stood for mayor in (there were one year terms back then…) he was acclaimed. The Davis farm, followed the old French ribbon farm system, and the property ran from the river as far south as where the Essex Terminal Railway…
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St. Edward's School

September 28, 2009
Located on the west end of Sandwich is the former St. Edward’s School at the corner of King St. and Prince Rd. The Border Cities Star, May 3, 1929 edition makes reference to a new unnamed four room school to be built in Sandwich. Plans for a four room fire proof…