Central Fire Hall - Pitt Street - 1895
February 3, 2014
Image from the University of Windsor SWODA
A view of the first Central Fire Hall on Pitt Street at McDougall. The photo above dates to 1895, probably not too long after the station was built. It was replaced in 1928 by the second Fire Headquarters featured here, which was…
401 Bruce Avenue
January 31, 2014
Photo from Google Streetview
Driving through downtown Windsor the other week, I noted that this place, that sat at the south west corner of Bruce and Park was just a vacant lot.
Photo from Google Streetview
While the front suffered from a bad siding job, a view along the…
Elmwood Casino - 1984
January 27, 2014
The photo above ran in the Detroit News in January 1984. It accompanied a story on the conversion of the old Elmwood Casino into Brentwood. This photograph shows the original entrance to the 1940’s dining room and lounge. The original entrance featured tile mosaic…
St Mary's Demolition Prep Work - 1977
January 24, 2014
This photograph, taken in April, 1977 shows the rear of St Mary’s academy in South Windsor as the bottom floor was opened up to allow the demolition company to set the charges used to implode the building. Such a grand building, I know I’ve said it before, time…
Walkerville Bank Of Montreal - 1959
January 17, 2014
Today’s photo shows the Walkerville branch of the Bank of Montreal at Wyandotte and Chilver on June 9, 1959, following a daylight bank robbery in which a Windsor police office was shot. A good description of the robbery can be found here on the Walkerville Times…