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Doors Open - 2010

September 15, 2010
Doors Open is back this year, and set for Sunday September 26th, so circle the date on your calendar! Doors open this year will feature 24 sites, a couple of which are new to the event this year. Also new this year are the inclusion of a couple of Mid-Century buildings from South Windsor – Glenwood United, built in 1962 & Paulin Memorial, built in 1963. The 24 sites participating in…
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Geo. E. White & Son

September 13, 2010
Here’s a little building I drive past all the time, located at the corner of Sheppard and Windsor. The former home of Geo. E. White & Son Ltd. View Larger Map Here’s a view of the building, it’s located directly across the street from Windsor Truck and…
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Devonshire Racetrack Paddock

September 10, 2010
Today’s old photo comes again from the dumped collection of the Detroit News. This photo is dated January 27, 1923, but was clearly not taken in January. I think this is the same photo that once ran in the Windsor Star, although the photo has a photographers stamp in…
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Top Valu

September 8, 2010
This is one I’ve been meaning to post for a little while. The other week, while heading out to the east side, I came upon this corner, and was shocked to find a pile of rubble. The Top Valu car wash and gas station has been wiped from the landscape. Any Eastsiders out there know what, if anything is going to pop up…
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Campus Of The Future

September 6, 2010
Every once in a while I come across a postcard that makes me wonder just what someone was thinking. Someone’s blurry out of focus shot of a model on a table turned into a postcard. 🙂 The caption on the back of this one reads: Scale Model of “Campus of the…
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Ottawa Street & Langlois - 1940's

September 3, 2010
Happy Friday, once again, we’ve got an old Windsor Photo to look at. This old shot was taken by Sid Lloyd, Windsor’s pre-eminent commercial photographer of the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s. Each and every one of his photographs were works of art.
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Stairs and Posts...

September 1, 2010
A few random things from around town over the last few days… New stairs are on their way to the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue on Gilles Boulevard. It’s an amazing building. If you’ve never been inside, it will be part of Doors Open on September 26th, so make sure you add it to you list of places to see. **************************************************************** Regular…
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Weekend Demolition

August 30, 2010
Last Thursday night, on my way home from work, I was coming up McDougall when look what my eye see… The famous building eaters. A neat old factory, was last used as a place called Rust Shield a subsidiary of Flex-N-Gate, a large US based Auto parts supplier. Like may…
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Francois Baby House - 1956

August 27, 2010
Happy Friday everyone! Time again for another look back at Windsor through some old photos… Today’s photo was snapped August 10, 1956. The Baby house must have been freshly renovated, as there is no lawn, no shutters on the windows and the door is exposed to the…