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101 Wyandotte Street West

August 10, 2009
One of my favourite downtown buildings has always been the grey streamlined building on the south west corner of Wyandotte and Pelissier. I’ve always wondered however, why there was a fish on the backside of the place… The mystery is solved, with the discovery that the building was built to house Poole’s Quality Fish Market. From the June 27, 1940 issue of the Windsor Daily…
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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.
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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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GM Transmission Plant

July 31, 2009
A few aerial photos of the Kildare Road factory prior to the giant renovation in 1982. In these old photos you can clearly see the separate buildings. The building on the far right served for many years (1950’s though 1980’s) as Transit Windsor’s Kildare Road garage. Old saw tooth roofed buildings, along with the old water tower. After the expansion and renovation… The…
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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 in other buildings around town, like these cast iron steel columns flanking the entrance. However, years of neglect are…
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Citizfaction.ca - 10 not 5

July 21, 2009
As most of you may know there has been a push on to force Council to change from 5 wards with 2 councilors per ward to 10 wards with 1 per ward. This will increase accountability of the councilors to the constituents, and come election time, if someone hasn’t done a…
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Kennedy Building

July 20, 2009
Listed in the 1919 City Directory as the home of the Studebaker Corporation of Canada, this building now home to the Beer Market, has had a long life. In the early 1920’s (it’s listed as a furniture store in the 1921 directory) it was purchased and became home…