I’m hoiping someone has some memories of this place…
Canada’s FIRST and most EXOTIC Hotel
1280 Ouellette Ave., Windsor, Ontario
on King’s Highway No. 2 & 3Windsor Phone CL 6-4575 – Detroit Phone WO 1-2121
Located in downtown Windsor. Rooms completely carpeted and equipped with free T.V. and background music. Air conditioned, bridal suites, party and conference rooms. Featuring “The Balinese Room”. Serving complete dinners & cocktails with intimate organ bar.
Looking at the postcard, it looked like it was quite the swanky place to stay in the 1960’s.
Today the main office is gone, and in later years it looked like above. This was a photo I shot in August 2001. (Sorry for the poor quality, it is from the only set of photos I ever shot of it) Today the building is a square box along Ouellette. It is home to Iris Inn, a group home for people with mental illness. At the end of its Motel life it was known as the Bavarian Inn, having long cast aside the exoitc far east theme. Iris opened in 2003, but I can’t remeber if it was a full tear down, or just a new front office and rehab of the rooms.
I recently cames across this postcard of the Bali-Hi inn on Jefferson Ave. in Detroit. If you look closely you see that the two figures visible on the postcard above, can also be found on the wall of the Detroit Bali-Hi. Was this simply a regional chain, or were there more Bali-Hi’s?
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Chris, that request was put in ....(right, Andrew). Anyone have more pics?
From the Detroit side, it'd be interesting too, to see the Book Cadillac in all its glory prior to 1984, the 1984-2008 period of decline and the restoration after its completion later this year.
thanks for linking the post john. sad all i have is that grainy photo in the post, but glad i have it just the same.
Thanks for the link, John. As a wee one, the only thing I remember about the Viscount (besides the fact that I hated going because I knew the eye doctor would be dialating my eyes) was the big "V"'s holding up the roof as we went into the parking garage. I was always blind as a bat leaving.
I can't remember what year it was.... but I remember there was a big fire the the BALI HI... must have been early to mid 70's
I remember when my X-husband did the security there when they were closing. There once was a hugh rubber tree plant in the lobby that I ended up in my living room at one time.
My grandmother worked at this hotel...I remember being in the car when my mother picked her up there once. She had also worked at the Elmwood Casino where she met my grandfather who was a musician....I do remember knowing that there was something 'special' about the Bali Hi.
"Intimate organ bar "....Imagine a Hotel today advertising this. Someone would call the cops.