Happy Friday the 13th! Today’s old photo is dated March 23, 1965 and bears a Detroit Free Press stamp on the back.
The caption reads:
Here’s Ouellette, north of Wyandotte, on the west side of the street. Look at how packed it was.
Here’s the east side.
What a booming place.
Have a good weekend everyone, see you back here Monday.
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Ah, yes, Windsor back in the old days when it was alive, before it became the god awful corpse it is now!
Then the mall was built... with free parking.
And I noticed a sign Tuesday on that former Toronto dominion branch that the building is to be torn down. I worked upstairs in that building at Prudential Insurance in 1970-71.
Looks like a big city!
It was a big city - at least a vibrant mid-sized city!
i haven't seen ouellette ave this crowed with people since i was a kid back in the 60's i laugh king eddie has a youtube video out that has him selling the city as a retirement community and he says WELCOME TO WINDSOR A VIBRANT CITY AN EXCITING CITY ya right he better look up the word vibrant because downtown windsor is anything but
Hey Aaron not to get off topic but the other day i was on the bus southbound at ouellette and wyandotte i happened to find a ghost sign over top of what was once the GITLINS store it's not very big but it says GITLINS in faded red paint
I remember a large multi-storied parking garage downtown beside a new Steinburg's department store. I believe that the Steinberg's had Windsor's first escalator in it. Great find Andrew.
This is a stupendous find! Thanks Andrew!
I see the Radio Tavern sign behind the Pacific Loans sign. Cool.