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Prince of Wales - Part 1

February 9, 2009
With the Prince of Wales only a memory, let’s take a look around the inside of what used to be. Inside the front lobby looking back towards the front doors. Big heavy old oak doors, they sure don’t build schools like this. At one time the stairs split, with a set leading to the basement, and one leading to the first floor. The stairs to the basement were long ago blocked off, and…
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Old Fina Station

February 6, 2009
While the news that the Yorktown Plaza made the register of historic places in Windsor was on the front page, the news of the other buildings being added were less sexy, like the former FINA station at Tecumseh & Bruce (For the previous discussion of this place, you…
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More Stuff That's Gone

February 5, 2009
I was going through some old photos, (these were taken in July 2002) when I stumbled across these shots of a small cluster of houses in the City Centre West lands that were long ago demolished. True to the Windsor way, the lands today remain vacant… These houses were…
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The Return

February 4, 2009
I have to give credit where it’s due. King Eddie made the return happen. Red Bull is back in town, only this time Windsor is the base. The planes will be using Windsor Airport as the home airport. The event is scheduled for June 13 – 14. Hopefully not too many of our tax dollars are going to be wasted, but at least this time the event is in Windsor not like the waste of funds spent…
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Jackson Park Band Shell

February 3, 2009
I got an email from reader Mark F. who asked about the band shell at Jackson Park, that’s tucked behind Windsor Stadium. You can see it in the Google Earth Map above. I dug into the history of the band shell, while working on the Windsor Modern book. This band shell…
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Return To Boose's

February 2, 2009
In the past, I have covered Boose’s Tourist Camp in Detail, here and here. I recently added an old advertising folder for the park to my collection. The rest of the images on the folder are ones that can be seen on the previous pages, but this is the first time…
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Reminder - Special Olympics Icewine Event

January 30, 2009
Don’t forget tomorrow – January 31st, the Special Olympics is holding an event at the Roundhouse…. Get out there and check it out, it should be good! Here’s the website: http://specialolympicswindsor2009.com/ Here’s the blog: http://blog.specialolympicswindsor2009.com/ ###################################################### ICEWINE AND DESSERT A SWEET COMBINATION…
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Henkel Mansion

January 30, 2009
Back in January 2007, I posted a photo of the Henkel Mansion in Ford City. I recently stumbled across this article in the Border Cities Star, dated September 5, 1925: New Ford Administration Building The magnificent building shown above, was until last spring, the Henkel…
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Time for a Shameless Plug...

January 29, 2009
Shameless plug time…. Tonight at Tango – 4661 Wyandotte St. East, from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm – Tango is a cool shop, along with its sister shop Magpie Antiques a few doors down towards Pilette. So come on by and browse the shop. While you’re there…