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Crescent Manor

March 6, 2008
To the corner of Ottawa and Parent today, when to my amazement it appears that work has started again on the much delayed Crescent Manor project. Before Christmas the project looked like this, and until recently nothing new had happed at the site, and it almost looked abandoned. Apparently they’ve started making up for lost time… I’m looking forward to seeing the completed…
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Mario's - 1948

March 4, 2008
OK, so who out there remembers this Mario’s location? This is at Tecumseh and Ouellettte, in the X-Ray clinic that can’t keep a restaurant open. If we were to peel away all the layers is this underneath? This is from the 1948 Visitor’s Guide. The location…
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Hello? Anyone paying attention?

March 3, 2008
The Detroit News today had an article entitled “Woe is Windsor” Maybe this will open some eyes: Hello Eddie Francis? Hello Larry Horowitz? Look at the results above. Do you see that? Can we plase now stop trying to make our city into a playground for Americans? How about we work on making it a destination for actual residents of this city? A little retail would be nice, how about…
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Ford Demolition

March 3, 2008
Back to the FCP on this glorious Monday morning, as always special thanks to the foreign corespondents all the way on the east side of Walker Road. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- First up are some photos from…
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Scrapping All Around...

February 29, 2008
The end is coming for one local landmark, and the end is now confirmed to have come and gone for another… First up are a series of three photos from Darren, who sent along yesterday’s progress on the scrapping of the Ford Casting Plant. Comparing it to the last…
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United Grill

February 28, 2008
From my 1954 Visitor’s Guide, the only other restuarant still open, the United Grill on University Ave near the old Greyhound Station. A gleaming white, streamlined modern architectural beauty. The interior looks like it was quite the hopping place at one time. Check out that lunch counter! While they may have been open seven days a week in 1954, today they are a Monday to Friday…
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Tunnel Bar-B-Q - 1954

February 27, 2008
Another neat old ad from 1954, this one for the Tunnel Bar-B-Q, one of only two ads in the entire tourist booklet where the company is still in operation. The Tunnel Bar-B-Q is a Windsor institution, make sure you pay them a visit some time soon. Like most things, if you…
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Liquidation World

February 26, 2008
Down to Ottawa Street today, and one of my favourite buidlings on that stretch. Located on the corner of Ottawa and Moy, the Liquidation World building, is truly an underapreciated art deco gem. Built sometime after 1937, the building still sports the “W” of the…