A neat view along Ouellette from the late 1950’s. Looks like it was quite the hoppin’ place.
A neat view here along the edge of the postcard, show a woman getting on the bus. The low rise block with the “Jeweller” sign, was the one that was torched earlier in the year.
Here’s the block today.
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BTW there is a very similar (could even be the same) former SW&A twin coach out on a private property on Highway 19 near 46. It's nestled back far from the road but fairly visible. It's owned by a private collector. From the outside it looks fair but inside it's in very rough shape.
i was asking you Aaron
i figured you probably had a little info on it don't sweatit :)
The photo would have to be from the mid 60's because of a couple of cars from the early sixties on Ouellette, and from one on Park street that looks like a mid sixties Ford. The van out side of Birk's Jewellers may date it even later, but the resolution isn't high enough to make a positive ID.
in the first and 2nd photos it looks like there are strings of lights across ouellette ave 50-60's style emergency lighting lol
i look at the two photos of ouellette especially the first one and i think it would be nice if ouellette was still as spacious now as it was back then
Dave i think aBIG!! part of the money is going to all these pointless feasability studies and consultants fees
i wonder how long that empty lot at park and ouellette is going to stay like that it would be nice if the city would turn it into a little parkette or something
Turn it into a parkette and it will be a perfect toilet for all those drunk Americans leaving the bars at 2:00am. Maybe city council should promote a contest for the peoples ideas of what can be done with the Downtown. Probably the majority will be off the wall but there will probably be some real jems ! Then again our city council hates it when someone other then them or their well paid consultant friends comes up with a fantastic idea that they can't take credit for !!! All that DOWNTOWN CANAL property bought up and it made rich people richer at the cost of the tax payers...
What property did the city buy for yhe canel? They talked about it buy I do not recall any thing being bought, refresh my memory.