Windsor

Today we head back to Brighton Beach for a return visit to what once was. As each year has passed, the number of homes has shrunk, and the condition of the roads worsened. The end between Sandwich St. and the River has really become worse since the residences along Water St. have gone. Now unless it is summer time and dry, or unless you drive a large SUV/Pick-up many of the roads have become…

As readers of this website in its previous life might remember there was a large section on the Brighton Beach neighborhood in Windsor’s West End. Over the last decade the area has been slowly decimated by the City of Windsor, who have been busy buying/expropriating all the homes in the area. Initially the plan was to turn the land into an industrial park, but the smart money is on this area…

While out a few weeks ago with readers John and Mike, I spied this 1920’s era beauty on Prado south of Wyandotte. [EDIT – I’ve just recieved confimation that the home was built in 1930] I am a sucker for clinker bricks. While impossible to verify, due to the excellent historical record keeping of the City of Riverside, it really does look to me like one of the works of…