Up today is a photo from a few years ago, showing the old Canadian Tire. Probably the last “major” retailer to pull out of downtown. I used to go to this store all the time, it was old and neat, it had two floors, and stairs… Stairs? Not any more, the slobs need one sprawled out level now.
After sitting vacant for half a decade, it was demolished, and the City bought it and it is supposed to be the home of the new bus station… LMFAO! Shovels should be in the ground any day….
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looks like the world war two generation did such a good job of making life better for their children that they ended up giving birth to a whole generation of dumb, overfed clowns who are too lazy to walk up a flight of stairs and need everything sprawled out on one level.
The old mezzanine was neat but just wasn’t practical for merchandising …or accessible. Canadian Tire just outgrew that location, with or without the help of a generation of lazy gen-x’ers 😉
The building was formally an automobile assembly plant. During the demolition, they found what remained of the overhead conveyor for the assembly line. I think it was Packard, or Hudson that had the plant, but I’m not sure. The bus station that’s there now is quite nice. I use it all the time for the tunnel bus, to go to the Auto Show (NAIAS) and sometimes for Tigers games. I was interviewed by the Windsor Star for the 2012 Tigers Home Opener while waiting for the bus.