A few more old photos sent to me by John Stefani, from the collection of Bernie Drouillard.
The S.W. & A. terminal on University Ave. Both buildings are still standing, the one on the right has just had a recent facelift, and was known as “The Junction” in its last incarnation.
A view of downtown Windsor looking north towards Detroit, from about 1927.
The N.W. corner of Ouellette and Erie St., to this day a gas station occupies the same corner.
What a great old shot. I was just at the Junction last night and am going back there for a meeting later on this morning. Would it be possible to get a copy of the original so that it could be blown up and framed?
BBS, I wish I could help you out, but I don’t have the original.
It’s not my photo from my collection. I know the owner of the Junction has met the person that has the copy of the photo. Maybe you could see if Mr. S. has access to a copy.
The Junction was a “family restaurant’ wasn’t it — I didn’t go. Is there something else in there now? Windsor was such a proper, walkable, transit city at one point.
More great pictures from Bernie’s collection.. very awesome to see.
I want like to know if anyone has any memories of the old Steinberg’s department store that stood on the corner of Goyeau and Chatham? It was torn down in the mid-1990’s to make way for the new provincial courthouse/ police hq. Even though Steinberg’s closed in the mid-1970’s, there were always lots of ideas about what to do with the building. One of my favourite was a proposal by a local developer to turn Steinberg’s into Windsor’s answer to Toronto’s Eaton’s Centre. For a while in the late 1980’s the Steinberg was host to The Windsor Home and Garden show. I thought it was a beautiful example of 60’s era architecture and for a brief period was Windsor’s premier department store.
wow great pictures Andrew! Keep them up! love em!!!!
glad to know the old erie street car garage or the juntions place has a new face lift, and they are keeping it going! do you know what it is now??? i dont think it’s a place for kids anymore?
I love when u show the old photos! Thanks again! Your awesome!
George wasn’t it called Miracle Mart at one time in the 70’s??
where the police station is now?? I remember that very well…………. and there was another one near the market called comsumers? wow time flies! I have heard of it being called
Steinbergs before….. in the 50’s right???
Lilly, the new owner of the car barns has been renovating the former Junction it to be a banquet hall. He has pretty big plans for it and was making good progress last time I walked through. Best of all he isn’t butchering the historic components of the structure. There is some original lighting in there he is re-using. A new floor was put down. The false ceiling was removed so you can see the nice trussed roof as it was originally. All the huge original doors from the streetcar days are still there. Well done all around. We need more developers like that.
John thanks for the info!!! good to hear!! and yes you are right !
Too bad some short-sighted politicians/planners dismantled the whole streetcar system. I’ve been thinking about that as I walk every day on University Ave and see diesel buses roaring by!
Looking at these pictures of what existed in Windsor and knowing that Light Rail is becoming the new form of sustainable transit, its not a far stretch to think that it could happen again in Windsor. Especially since the infrasrtucture is already there! The ETR rail line runs from Amherstburg like an arrow through Lasalle then through Windsor. These are the tracks that cross Huron line at College. If there was ever an effort down the road to re-activate a form of the S W & A i think most of it is there! Are there any planners out there?
WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR IDEA WITH THE LIGHT RAIL OR STREET CARS COME BACK TO THE CITY. IF THEY WOULD MOVE THE TRAIN STATION IN WALKERVILLE TO THE OLD ABANDONED WALMART ON LAUZON,IT’S SITTING VACANT .HAS TONS OF PARKING .THIS WOULD OPEN A NICE WELL NEEDED CORRIDOR FROM WALKERVILLE TO THE EAST SIDE (LAUZON ROAD) WITHOUT NOT A LOT OF INCONVIENCE.THAT EMPTY BUILDING ( OLD WALMART ) WOULD HAVE ROOM FOR A STATION PLUS PLENTY OF RETAIL, BOUTIQUE, MULTI USE UNDER ONE ROOF, IT’S BEEN VACANT FAR TO LONG. ALSO THE WIDTH OF THIS CORRIDOR WOULD SUPPORT OTHER USES BECAUSE OF IT’S WIDTH,. A POSSIBLE BIIKE LINK AS WELL THIS STRIP IS PROBABLY 50 FEET WIDE IN A LOT OF THE RUN ?? ANY OTHER IDEAS FOR THIS STRIP ??? WITH RIVERSIDE ,WYANDOTTE, TECUMSEH,&EC ROW THE ONLY EAST-WEST ROUTES ANOTHER WOULD BE WELCOME !!!
i know this is an old post, but i can’t help remarking on this last photo. i simply cannot beleive that the HUGE home next to the mack’s at erie can hardly be seen behind all those giant trees!!! i had to zoom in on it just to see one of her windows! look how much character those trees give the area. that area looks so sterile now.
….almost brings a tear to the eye……wow. maybe the city should invest in some nice….nah, what’s the point.