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What If... Walker Power Building

August 17, 2012
So the track across Riverside Drive to Hiram Walker’s has bit the dust. The demolition of the waterfront silos are more than likely, and if they go, suddenly the long neglected Walker Power Building becomes a building with a waterfront view… How many times have you looked at a building and imagined what you could do with it, if money was no object… One of our regular readers…
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Walkerville Built GM Buses

August 15, 2012
From the Border Cities Star – June 6, 1935: SHOWN above are two streamline General Motors Model “V” 29 Passenger Coaches which are being delivered to the Gray Coach Lines, Ltd., a subsidiary oi the Toronto Trans- portation Commission. The buses now on order…
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Erie & Parent - 1935

August 13, 2012
From the Border Cities Star – February 1, 1935: Spring must be right around the corner. The large steam shovel of the Keystone Contractors is seen above carrying out excavations at the northeast corner of Erie street and Parent avenue, in preparation for erection of…
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Norwich Block c. 1998

August 10, 2012
Photo © Allison Brown Happy Friday everyone! Local musician Allison Brown, sent along this photo she took from the top of the Chatham Street parking garage looking over the old Norwich Block. As Allison pointed out, so many cool businesses in that block. I personally used to regularly visit South Shore Books, The Beans Cafe, the Spotted Dog, who didn’t spend time at Fast Eddies? Big thanks…
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Saint Mary's Part 3

August 3, 2012
Photo © Matt Kulbacki – All rights reserved Happy Friday everyone, and happy long weekend! Today the last few pictures from Matt Kulbacki’s series on St. Mary’s in South Windsor. Today’s pictures deal with the demolition of the old school, shot from the…
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City Hall Rendering

August 1, 2012
Designed by the Windsor firm of Sheppard & Masson, the third and current Windsor City Hall was built in 1957. Threats have stated to surface that it may soon be replaced. Here today is an early architectural rendering of the proposed new City Hall. I’ll have to dig up more info on City Hall, so at least the history will be well documented before they decide to knock it down too. Happy…
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