From the Windsor Daily Star – December 31, 1964.
The photo above ran in an advertisement of one of the suppliers for the concrete work, but shows the old Viscount Motor Hotel on Ouellette Avenue.
Here’s the site today.
Anyone have any memories to share?
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I recall back in 1967 during the riots in Detroit that my father took me and a couple of my brothers up to the lounge in the Viscount Hotel (I believe it was the 17th floor) and we could see the smoke and fires burning in our sister Motor City. My uncle from Calfornia came to visit us in Windsor after the rioting had ceased. The Ambassador Bridge and the tunnel had reopened and there were still National Guardsmen and U.S. Army soldiers positioned on street corners in downtown Detroit. I was born in Hotel Dieu Hospital next to the Viscount and have many fond and interesting memories of Canada's "Motor City".
disco trek was owned by Brother Bill Gable. a cool dance emporium for its time. when i learn to down load photos of the viscount i will post them. a great ouelette ave. memory
one more thought. bill gable was one of the mainstay disc jockeys on CKLW
As I've said in a previous post, we still refer to that parking lot as "The Viscount" to this day. People drive cars...gotta park them somewhere...
Does anyone know who owned the Viscount Hotel?
I remember that building well, the windows used to vibrate and creak when the wind blew. I also remember Biff's Coffee Shop because one day I was in, a guy try to, 'befriend' me. I was quite shocked and left but I later found out that such things were common in that establishment.
I worked at the Viscount until the day it closed on January 3rd 1983. Lots of great memories from that job. Anyway to Linda 1 year plus later, the answer to your question " who owned the Viscount ?" The last owner before the bank and other secured creditors took over was a Hindu businessman from Toronto. His name was Victor Elisha.
I worked at CKWW in 1982. There was a restaurant below us with a huge ventilation fan that shook our studios so bad we had to roll off all the bass response from the station's audio. Water poured through the ceiling every time it rained, which was a little unnerving considering the floor above us housed the 80,000 watt FM transmitter for CJOM (now 89X). One day we were told the building was 'condemned' and the radio station had less than 48 hours to get out. They ended up throwing together very makeshift studios in the basement of the Bob Pedler real estate office, a big advertiser with us at the time. Thinking back I wonder if it was really condemned or if that's just what they told us, but it any case I'm sure it was hazardous, the building was in terrible shape and infested with roaches by the end.
I remember the Viscount. I grew up in Windsor in the 60's and 70's. I would go to Biff's for French fries with gravy. It was cheap about a buck. There used to be an oriental restaurant there too. Forgot the name.
My mom worked at the Viscount at the front desk, in the early 70's I ate at Biff's a lot