Happy Friday everyone! Another week gone, and we’re more than halfway through February too!
Up today is one of my favourite photos that I’ve come across. Dated June 1, 1934, the caption on the back reads:
I love the street life captured in this photo. A real moment in time captured.
Here is the bank building today. Still standing on the n.w. corner of Wyandotte and Lincoln. The bank was built as an Imperial Bank in 1927, and was designed by Toronto Architects Langley & Howland. Unlike many older buildings along Wyandotte, this one has made out pretty well over the years.
Built in 1929, the house at 2177 Victoria Avenue was originally numbered 1545 Victoria, pre…
Crescent Lanes first opened on Ottawa Street in 1944 at 1055 Ottawa Street, opposite Lanspeary…
Above is a photo of the home of Mr & Mrs Oswald Janisse, located at…
in 1917 two Greek brothers Gus & Harry Lukos purchased a one story building on…
Photo from Google Streetview A long time reader sent me an email the other week…
An unremarkable end to a part of Windsor's history. The large vacant house at 841…
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There where three LOblaw stores on Ouellette,two small and large one used to be bingo hall, and one on Ottawa Street near the Dominion Store. A&P at 1580 Ottawa Street lasted the longest into the late 80s.
Richard, there was also a Loblaw's on Tecumseh road east where Franco's Restaurant is now.
Anyone have a location of a Dominion Grocery store or a Woolworth's on Ouellette Ave?
Loblaws also on Wyadotte west south side became U of W music building, also on Dougal rd. now a Dollerama opened as Powers Loblaws other name on of many. Before they closed all Windsor stores layedoff (fired) all employes late sities or early seventies.
Last Dominion store on Ouellette corner of Wyandotte and Oullette Av. Woolworh's was further south next to the theater.Woolworth's was also on Ottawa st., now LIqudation World.
Bill, in the 1970s there was a Dominion store in Dorwin Plaza where the now-closed Value Village is currently located. Dominion moved to a new section at the south end of the plaza, which I think is a bingo hall now, unless that closed too. I can't recall when Dominion disappeared altogether from Dorwin Plaza but I'm guessing early '80s?
Richard, the tiled entrance-way to the L.W. store on Ottawa street still has the in-laid "W" from its Woolworth days. Inside the store still has a bit of old world feeling. I think Andrew featured it here on I.M. a couple years ago.
Could someone please tell me when the Loblaws at Ouelette & Tuscarora closed?
Dominion put up a new store where Sentry Department store was very large, many inovations for a grocery store in Windsor. A&P bought Dominion ran that store breifly then changed the name to Farmer Jack. That was not a success, then convert the north end to Basics, Windsors first. These was in the late eighties early ninties.
You might find this interesting, Richard. I found this in an older newspaper.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiz68/1411194352
I love that bearded fellow. He's quite striking for an old timer! (and his beard is bitchin')
lol his beard IS pretty bitchin'! :)