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Men Who Designed Windsor - Guy Buller Colthurst

January 5, 2011
It’s been a while since we’ve had a profile looking at some of the architects who helped to design the city we see today. G.B. Colthurst was born in Toronto in 1882, and moved to England at a young age, where received his education. He started his architectural career in London, England as a partner in the firm of Colthurst & Gott from 1905 to 1907. In 1908 Colthurst returned to…
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3424 Victoria

January 3, 2011
Happy New Year everyone! Welcome back post holidays to the first post of 2011. 2011 marks year number 8 for International Metropolis, but when you take into account grandfather of this site which was www.old-detroit.com (a partial version can be seen here thanks to the…
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2010 - The Year In Review

December 31, 2010
Well here we are again, another year in the book, and another chance to take a look back the demolition tally of 2010. This year there was a lot of demolitions, some of them due to DRIC, some of them not… 1017 Ouellette, this one came down hopefully to help make the…
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Royal Apartments

December 29, 2010
This building at Ouellette and Ellis has always caught my eye just due to the sheer size of it. While there is very little Ouellette Ave. frontage, the building runs the whole length of the block, from Ouellette to Dufferin. There is some nice detailing around the entrance doors, along with some interesting brick work. The building also contains a few now vacant retail spaces. There is some…
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University & Victoria - 2001

December 27, 2010
I hope everyone had a good weekend, and now it’s time to try and work off the extra pounds lumped on this weekend. Something nice and light for today. 🙂 This photo was taken in October, 2001 and shows the Sofo’s Restaurant at the corner of University and…
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St Clare - 1931

December 24, 2010
Another week in the bag. Friday once again, brings us another old photo. Today’s photo is dated June 11, 1931, and features St. Clare’s church at Tecumseh and Victoria. Designed by Albert Lothian, St. Clare’s is Windsor’s only art deco church, and…
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2720 Grand Marais

December 22, 2010
A few of the places lost in the DRIC demolition that I’ve been meaning to post about for while now. Someone added it to the “future topics” on the right, when the death fences went up in August. I drove past the site the other week, and can confirm that she’s long gone. This big old buff brick beauty was built around 1927-28 as part of the speculative boom of South…
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Downtown Windsor - 1975

December 20, 2010
Photo © Bob Baillargeon A few more today, from the Bob Baillargeon collection, again many thanks to Bob for sharing these photos with us. Hopefully Bob finds some more scans to share in the new year, these are some great photos. The first shot from 1975 is looking north on…
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Kennedy Collegiate - 1929

December 17, 2010
Happy Friday once again. Today’s photo is dated September 27, 1929, and takes a look at the newly constructed Kennedy Collegiate. Designed by the local architecture firm of Cameron & Ralston, Kennedy opened in 1929 at Tecumseh & McDougall. As is usually the…