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McCord Shipping Docks - Peabody Building c. 1983

March 7, 2012
These photos were shot by Matthew Kulbacki, from the same shoot as the previous Peabody photos. Thanks again Matthew. Photo © Matthew Kulbacki A photo of the backside of the old Peabody building. Interesting to note the old shipping dock. Photo © Matthew Kulbacki Luckily Matthew got in there and got a detail shot almost 30 years ago. A nice view of the McCord Radiator shipping docks. Not sure…
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Downtown Windsor - c. 1959

March 5, 2012
The cover of an old postcard folder. The photo was from about 1959, as Cobo Arena is still under construction. It opened 1960. $0.39 cents for the folder, and a $0.05 cent stamp would get this a friend and would make a nice souvenir for less than $0.50. Even the early…
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1587 McDougall Demolition

February 29, 2012
Happy leap year! Let’s celebrate February 29th by knocking something down… Back in May 2008, there was a massive fire at the front part of this building. Driving past I noticed that the next section of the building is coming down too. There appears to be quite a bit of century old steel in there… I’m sure that’s the reason for the careful demolition. Sad to see…
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Dillon Hall

February 24, 2012
Dillon Hall on the University of Windsor campus, built in 1927 and designed by Albert Lothian, was recently awarded a 2012 Built Heritage award. The U of W has invested time and money to fix up Dillon Hall. Removing all the ivy, and restoring two of the roof cupolas that…
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Kildare Road - c. 1910

February 22, 2012
Another old photo from the Library Of Congress collection. Today’s photo is looking south on Kildare towards today’s Willistead Park. Rarely enough, everything here is still standing. The photo is mislabelled as “Mr. Kilgore’s residence, Delvonshire Road, Walkerville, Ont.” The photo does show the Ridout B. Parson home at 873 Kildare, designed by Albert Kahn in…
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