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More Steinberg's

February 22, 2008
Reader Darren sent along a few Steinberg’s pictures from his collection… Thanks Darren! A clipping from the Windsor Star during the demolition in 1992… … and this photo above. He writes: I have a photo I took inside there after it closed and they used it for auto shows. Can’t remember when I took the photo, but you should be able to tell by the models of cars…
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Steinberg's

February 22, 2008
Another email I got last week was from reader Pete, who was wondering if I had anything on the old Steinberg’s downtown. This photo above comes from the book “Windsor 1892-1992 – A centennial celebration” , by Trevor Price and Larry Kulisek. The…
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Purity Dairy

February 21, 2008
I got an email last week from regular reader Ross, who asked about the old Purity Dairy Building at 1501 Howard Ave. The old building has under gone many name changes over the years, but it was built in 1929 by local architects Shepard & Mason. The building was altered…
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Security Building

February 20, 2008
January 29, Ted in Toronto asked about the Security Building, where his father had his offices for 40 years. The rendering above appeared in The Border Cities Star, December 31, 1926. The building designed by architects Pennington & Boyde, was built in 1927. The caption to the render above read as follows: According to plans of a local syndicate headed by S. E. Loveridge and C. A. Haley…
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LaBelle Building

February 15, 2008
Designed by architects C. Howard Crane and J. C. Pennington, the LaBelle building was commissioned by local physician James LaBelle, who also built and owned the still standing LaBelle Terrace downtown. The multi-use LaBelle Building, with offices above and ground floor retail was opened in March of 1913, and destroyed in a spectacular fire on April 6th, 1959. An early WWI era view looking at the…
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Casa-Don Motel

February 13, 2008
Another oldie from the collection, featuring the Casa Don Motel. The back of this 1940’s card reads: Nice large rooms, up to date furnishings with tiled showers in every unit & moderate prices. Owner operated by Don Kinnee. AAA & OTCA The Casa-Don was still…
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Ouellette Avenue - c. 1932

February 13, 2008
This postcard is a neat view of Ouellette Avenue looking south from just south of Chatham Street. Both the buildings you see on the south side of University are no longer around. On the left hand side was the old Heintzman Building, demolished with the old Palace in 1986, on…