Immaculate Conception
December 23, 2008
While searching for information about the Boer War Memorial a few weeks back, I came across these renderings for the “new” Immaculate Conception Church at Wyandotte and Marentette.
Interesting to see that it was never built as designed. It was common in the past…
Toledo Scale
December 22, 2008
The other day someone was asking about the old Toledo Scale Plant at Howard and Memorial.
I don’t have much on it but here’s a copy of the Fire Map from 1937. Intersting to note that back then, Ypres and Memorial were two different roads, with Memorial running…
The Race Of The Century
December 19, 2008
There was once a time when Windsor was well known as a horse racing centre. There was the Windsor Jockey Club where Jackson Park and Kennedy sit today, there was Devonshire Race Track, which is today occupied by a Shopping Mall of the same name, and there was a third one, located across Howard Avenue from Devonshire, which is today home to a crappy sub-division, but for a week in October of 1920…
Save the date - December 28
December 18, 2008
Windsor Ex-pat and founding member of Spacing Media Shawn Micallef in conjunction with InternationalMetropolis.com, Phog Lounge and Scaledown.ca invite you to join in Windsor’s first Psychogeographic Walk. It’s going to be something fun, and new for those of us…
Howard Avenue Then, Then and Now...
December 17, 2008
A little recent history along Howard Ave…
Old Factory
+ Demolition
= Stucco clad Big Box!
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I have to admit that…
Royale Tavern
December 16, 2008
Get out your hankies, and wipe away your tears…
Yup, another local landmark has a date with the wrecking ball…
Long time Riverside landmark, the Royale Tavern is falling for some big box goodness, as Shopper’s Drug Mart has decided they need to thrust their stucco clad nonsense on this neighbourhood.
The Royale has been a fixture at the corner of Wyandotte and Dawson since at…
Thank you everyone!
December 15, 2008
Great news! We beat Windsoreats.com!
Bad news, we still came in second. 🙂
Congratulations to Knitnut.net, who took home 1st place in the Best Local Blog (as well as best personal blog too…) Category.
Second place in all of Canada two years running isn’t too…
Howard Block
December 15, 2008
I drive past this building nearly everyday on my route to and from work, and there has always been something about it that caught my eye. About a month or so ago, I noticed that the lower doors were boarded up, and driving past it at night, I didn’t see any lights…