Reader Submission Friday
August 21, 2009
As we head into the weekend, today’s post is made up of a few reader submissions…
First up from JT, is this shot taken behind the Bay at Devonshire Mall:
He notes that this corner of the store has been partially hidden over the years by various expansions, and…
Casa Del Mara
August 19, 2009
Long one of my favourite buildings in the city is the previously covered Casa Del Mara Apartments on Ouellette Avenue.
However, I’ve never had much background information on it… Until recently…
From the February 2, 1929 issue of the Border Cities…
Proposed Church Of Christ
August 17, 2009
Some recent comments on an old post from March 2007, reminded me that I had a follow up to that post lurking on my hard drive, waiting for the opportunity to be posted.
From the Border Cities Star, May 11, 1929:
This is an architect’s sketch of the proposed new Gilles Boulevard Christian Church which is to be erected on the corner of Gilles Boulevard and Goyeau Street, Windsor.
The edifice…
Equity Chambers - Part II
August 14, 2009
* Note this post is a follow up to another post from March, 2008.
The building that was sitting vacant following the closure of Ye Olde Steakhouse in the post from March, 2008, has been reborn as the Pour House Pub. I also managed to dig up some information about the…
Security Building Then and Now + Post 1000!
August 12, 2009
Before today’s post gets underway, I just noticed that this is post # 1000. 🙂
Today’s post features the Security Building at the north west corner of Pelissier and University in downtown Windosr. Built in 1927, it is seen here in a preliminary rendering from…
101 Wyandotte Street West
August 10, 2009
One of my favourite downtown buildings has always been the grey streamlined building on the south west corner of Wyandotte and Pelissier.
I’ve always wondered however, why there was a fish on the backside of the place…
The mystery is solved, with the discovery that the building was built to house Poole’s Quality Fish Market.
From the June 27, 1940 issue of the Windsor Daily…
The Thibert Farm
August 7, 2009
So a rare trip yesterday for this city boy, who took a ride out to the nether reaches of Essex County (and I’m not talking about Tecumseh!) and paid a visit to the Thibert Farm in Comber.
Farmer Richard Thibert, is a weekly participant in the Downtown Windsor…
872 Chatham Street East
August 5, 2009
Darren from Photo404, pointed out this house to me, that I had never noticed before.
Tucked away on Chatham Street, it stands abandoned and hidden behind an overgrown forest.
One of the most odd features is the original Victorian porch, with the half cut off posts.