Civic Centre Site - 1957
October 5, 2012
Happy Friday everyone! Happy Thanksgiving weekend too!
Today’s photo is dated March 8, 1957, the caption on the back reads as follows:
Windsor Waterfront
Civic Center Site
with Baby House (scene of last Windsor-Detroit Hostilities – 1838)
being restored is at…
J.T. Wing Warehouse - 1914
October 3, 2012
From the Evening Record – February, 1914:
The above is a cut of the factory and warehouse building to be erected on Pitt Street east, between McDougall and Mercer, for the J.T. Wing Co. The building will be 100 feet square, the greater part of the floor space being…
Doors Open Windsor - This Saturday and Sunday
September 28, 2012
Doors Open Windsor is this weekend, 30 sites open to the public, free of charge. You can find full details by visiting the Doors Open Windsor Website, by clicking HERE on on the screen shot below.
Below is an interactive map of the Doors Open Sites
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A .PDF version of…
Store and Flats for Wyandotte Street - 1912
September 26, 2012
From the Evening Record, October 1912:
This is a new building to be erected on Wyandotte street for Messrs. Osterhout & Little from designs submitted byLeybourne & Whitney, architects and engineers, 204 Davis building. There will be two large and well lighted…
Ferry & Chatham - Alexander Bartlet House - 1912
September 24, 2012
From the Evening Record – October, 1912:
One by one, the old landmarks are disappearing, owing to Windsor’s phenomenal expansion. The engraving above is made from a photo of the late Alexander Bartlet home at the corner of Ferry and Chatham streets. Since Mr.
Applebe Store - Pitt Street
September 19, 2012
The above cut is of the new front that is being put on the old building where the Erie Tobacco Company were formerly located and which by the first of October will be the entrance to one of the biggest dry goods stores in this section. Jos Applebe & Co., managed by Mr.
McDougall Aveune Foundry
September 17, 2012
From the Evening Record, May, 1912:
Just for the fun of the thing, take a walk out to the factory district one of these fine days. If you haven’t done so already you will surely get your eye opened. The industrial area is rapidly filling ip with new factories that…