Ouellette & Wyandotte - c 1939
January 23, 2015
Photo © the Bernie Drouillard Collection, used with permission, digitized by John Stefani
A neat shot towards the end start of WWII, looking south on Ouellette from just south of Wyandotte Street. As you can see there has been an on street bus terminal there, as long as…
Lindon Brooks - Pioneer of Motormen - 1935
January 21, 2015
Mr. Lindon Clark Brooks – Drove the first Trolley Car
His obituary ran on Page 5 of the January 16, 1935 edition of the Border Cities Star, exactly 80 years ago, last Friday.
“Windsor’s first street car motorman – and, incidentally, the first street…
Proposed Detroit River Memorial Tunnel - 1918
January 19, 2015
This rendering above was proposed in July 1918, involved six giant elevators to take cars down to a road, where you would drive under the river, and take an elevator up at the other end. The plan also called for pedestrians as well.
Just one of many ideas floated that never came to be, for ways to go over or under the river. It would be another decade before a car tunnel under the river would be…
The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School – 1923 – Part II
January 16, 2015
The Auditorium, with seating for 720.
The boardroom
The woodworking shop
A typical classroom
The tool making shop
The machine shop
For anyone who went to/or worked at W. D. Lowe, I’d love to hear how the inside looked compared to these photos when you were…
The Windsor-Walkerville Technical School - 1923 - Part I
January 14, 2015
Built in 1923, the school was designed by local architect David J. Cameron. It stands at the north west corner of Parent & Giles. It is currently home to the Giles Campus French Immersion School. Contained in this post are a series of photographs taken shortly after the…
333 Eugenie St E
January 12, 2015
I’ve always been fond of the small brick building on the south side of Eugenie between Howard & McDougall. It’s got some nice mid-century offset brickwork on the facade, as seen in the photo above from 2007.
My favourite feature by far though, was always this big sign along the front. It looked to date to the 1960’s, possibly original to the building, this sign stood watch…
Ambassador Bridge - c. 1928
January 9, 2015
A photo of what must have been the winter of 1928-1929 as the bridge towers are done, but the roadway is still being laid.
Given the arctic blast of the last few days and the snow, it feels like today’s post is a natural fit.
This shot is looking east, Detroit on the…
The Bishop's Palace - Sandwich - c. 1875
January 7, 2015
Image courtesy of SWODA
Located in Sandwich, just to the west of Assumption Church, along Huron Church Road. It was built in 1861 by Bishop Pinsonneault as his residence, when he moved the seat of the diocese from London to Sandwich. Of course the see was moved back to…