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Thanks Everyone...

December 7, 2008
For your orders. The 2009 Calendar is now sold out. I can order a second batch from the printers if there is still interest, but, I would need at least 5 orders to make it worth everyone’s while. If you are still interested in a calendar, email me . I would need you to order and prepay before I place an order with the printers. Calendars would not likely arrive before Christmas, but would…
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Last Chance to Vote

December 5, 2008
Voting for the Canadian Blog Awards wraps up this weekend. If you haven’t yet cast your vote for InternationalMetropolis.com for “Best Local Blog” please do so. If you have already voted, thank you very much for your support. Results should be available…
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Those were the days...

December 5, 2008
From January, 1928: Back in the day when Windsor had a quick, modern, efficient public transportation system. Off all the things that this City has destroyed over the last 100 years, there is nothing worse than the choice made in the late 1930’s to rip up and…
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Edwin Howard - 1834 - 1924

December 4, 2008
It’s always interesting to me to uncover the people behind local street names. Some of the streets like Ouellette and Dougall are named after prominent early citizens or land owners. In the old part of the city, when Windsor was first laid out, it was decided that the east-west streets would be named after native tribes (Huron, Cataraqui, Niagara, Brant, Erie, Wyandotte, Tuscarora), but who…
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Walkerville Church

December 3, 2008
Back in June, 2006, I paid a visit en route to Art in the Park to the First Presbyterian Church of Walkerville. Built in 1908, it was designed by architects James Watt and Charles Howard Crane. Crane would eventually find fame and fortune as the pre-eminent theatre…
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Stucco Contest Results

December 2, 2008
Back on November 17th, I announced the first ever International Metropolis contest. Seeing as there was a grand total of one entry, no voting will be necessary. John’s entry of the former Sitting Bull (currently Hot Shots), and their odd but very old stuccoization of…
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Into The Finals!

December 1, 2008
Once again, InternationalMetropolis.com is in the final round for the Canadian Blog Awards. A huge thank you to everyone who reads this site on a regular basis and to all those who cast a vote for IM in the first round. I am constantly humbled by the amount of people who read the site, and who make it a regular stop on the internet. Now we’re in the finals. Last year in the best local…
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TD Bank Site

November 28, 2008
Photo c. John Stefani Demolition got serious on the TD Bank site last week while I was away on vacation. In my absence I asked my field correspondent John Stefani, to grab his camera and keep an eye on things until I got back. Photo c. John Stefani John did just that, and…
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Tick Tock...

November 27, 2008
The death fences are up, and the clock is ticking down on the old Prince of Wales public school. Once a key part of the surrounding neighbourhood, in the nearly two decades since its closure, the neighbourhood has nearly vanished. Most of the houses right near the school…