St Barnabas
March 9, 2015
Happy Monday everyone, I hope everyone had a great weekend.
Below is a reprint of a post originally posted in June 2008.
St. Barnabas Church on Tecumseh Rd comes up before the Heritage Committee portion of the Planning, Heritage & Economic Development Standing Committee…
Windsor Beverages - 1948
March 6, 2015
Back in the years following WWII consumer products still had their regionalisms. Detroit had Faygo & Vernors, and while Coca-Cola and other national beverages were around, there was still a place for local drinks like Martin’s Ginger Ale and Sun Crest…
White Rose Station - Howard & Tecumseh - 1953
March 2, 2015
Below is a full page ad that ran in the Windsor Star in early December 1953. It advertised the impending grand opening of the new White Rose Service Station at Howard and Tecumseh.
I’m not sure what corner the station was on. It probably wasn’t on the north east side as the area now occupied by the Shoppers was formerly a Windsor Utilities Building. If I had to guess, I’d pick…
Ouellette & Chatham - Looking South - 1931
February 9, 2015
I love these old shots of Ouellette Avenue, and what a vibrant downtown we used to have. The building on the right is today’s home of Chanoso’s and South Detroit. The old long lost Labelle Building is visible on the south west corner of what is today University…
University & Ouellette looking west - c 1922
February 6, 2015
One of my favourite Windsor postcards. The elegant Labelle Building is visible on the left, along with a nice shot of the streetcar. A traffic policeman is in the middle of the intersection. To the rear you can see the marquee for Lowe’s Theatre before it was renamed…