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Equity Chambers - Part II

August 14, 2009
* Note this post is a follow up to another post from March, 2008. The building that was sitting vacant following the closure of Ye Olde Steakhouse in the post from March, 2008, has been reborn as the Pour House Pub. I also managed to dig up some information about the conversion. A news blurb ran in the Border Cities Star, in June 1924: LEGAL FIRM TAKES GRINNELL BUILDING ____________ O.E. FLEMING…
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Security Building Then and Now + Post 1000!

August 12, 2009
Before today’s post gets underway, I just noticed that this is post # 1000. 🙂 Today’s post features the Security Building at the north west corner of Pelissier and University in downtown Windosr. Built in 1927, it is seen here in a preliminary rendering from…
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872 Chatham Street East

August 5, 2009
Darren from Photo404, pointed out this house to me, that I had never noticed before. Tucked away on Chatham Street, it stands abandoned and hidden behind an overgrown forest. One of the most odd features is the original Victorian porch, with the half cut off posts. Odd. Not much background on this one, it’s listed in the 1923-24 city Directory as being the home of Samuel Katzman. The book…
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Mayfair School

August 3, 2009
From The Border Cities Star, October 1, 1927: Here is an architect’s sketch by Cameron & Ralston, of what the new Mayfair school in school section No. 5 will look like when it is completed in a month’s time. Construction of the new school building is now…
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180 Cabana Road West

July 27, 2009
Here’s one I’ve been meaning to post for a while. This out of place late 1920’s Tudor revival house sits on Cabana just east of Dougall. Surrounded by strip malls and 1960’s era homes, it’s always stood out to me, like a fish out of water. Note the circular drive. But, when the house was built, it was a showplace of the anticipated South Windsor boom of the late…
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James Carlisle Pennington

July 24, 2009
J.C. Pennington was one of Windsor’s most prolific architects. He along with partner John Boyde designed a huge number of schools, churches and other buildings, from the 1910’s through the early 1960’s. This house on Victoria Avenue was J.C.
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711 Riverside Drive East

July 22, 2009
Last occupied by the Drive Magazine, who has since moved on, this commercial building dating to about 1870, is one of the last remnants of the type of buildings that once lined the streets of Downtown Windsor. The building contains some old architectural elements not seen…