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2161 Riverside Drive West

February 23, 2009
This house on Riverside Drive West, between Rankin and Randolph has always caught my eye as standing out from the rest, despite the bad renovation job over the years. This photo above appeared in the paper in July, 1924. The caption reads: Residence of Mr. E. R. C. Struthers, Sandwich St. As you can see, someone closed in what was a large front porch to expand the living area. It appears that…
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News & Notes for the weekend

February 20, 2009
As we get ready to roll into the weekend, there are a few things I wanted to pass along. So no photo today, just boring news and stuff…. CJAM NEEDS YOUR HELP CJAM is currently applying for an amendment to our broadcasting undertaking to assume a new signal at 99.1 FM.
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Pecha Kucha Windsor

February 19, 2009
Tonight at Artcite, 109 University Ave. West, there is going to be Windsor’s first Pecha Kucha (a.k.a. Talk20) event. talk20 is the North American name for a public lecture format conceived in 2003 by architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham and known elsewhere in the world as Pecha Kucha, the Japanese phrase for the sound of conversation. The format: each presenter shows twenty slides; each…
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Neal Baking Company

February 18, 2009
Located on Salter St. south of University Ave is the former home of the Neal Baking Company. Driving past on University Ave. you can catch a quick glimpse of the red brick factory… Closer inspection reveals painted ghosts from the past… The northern most…
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Keeping the Demolition Derby Alive...

February 17, 2009
The latest victim of 2009. Princess Anne School. Built in the former town of Riverside, Princess Anne was built in 1956 and designed by local architects Johnson & McWhinnie. Another one bites the dust… Maybe not the most important school building, but more local…
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More FINA

February 16, 2009
On Friday Feb 6th, we were discussing the old FINA station on Tecumseh Rd. when Terry pointed me towards the station above on Seminole. I’ve probably driven past it hundreds of times over the years without ever noticing it. The windows are tinted, and there are a few other alterations, but it’s pretty much all there. However the Tecumseh Rd. location is still the best preserved one…
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St. Rose and Riverside Dr. Then and Now

February 13, 2009
Back in 2002 I took this photo of the house at Riverside and St. Rose. It was one of the old French farmhouses, predating nearly everything on the east side. While it had been altered and added on to over the last 125-150 years it was easy to see the humble origins of the…
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Lear Demolition

February 12, 2009
The death fences are up… …The metal siding has been stripped… … and a trip around back shows that demolition is in full swing. More proof that our manufacturing jobs are gone and never coming back… I suspect acres of parking to be in the…