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Children's Aid Society - Then & Now

May 15, 2009
Built in 1962, the building is misidentified as being located on the corner of Tuscarora & Louis, it’s actually on the corner of Cataraqui & Louis. Sometime later, the building was expanded, and the addition is much larger than the original section of the building. Also the original entrance was remodeled, with the wall removed. Today the building is mostly vacant since they…
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Dayus Roofing - Then & Now

May 14, 2009
After 50 years, Dayus Roofing is moving from Howard Avenue, expropriated for the new crossing. This Windsor business has been around since 1950, and luckily they aren’t packing it in. According to the sign on the Howard facade, they are moving to Halford Road in…
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Drouillard 9

May 13, 2009
Today’s photo is a recent eBay find. Transit Windsor # 757 headed north on Chrysler Centre on the long gone Drouillard 9 route. The building to the rear is the long departed Chrysler Human Resources building, located on Chrysler Centre just south of Tecumseh Road. Two…
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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

May 12, 2009
While driving around the other day collecting Fire Hydrant photos, I stumbled across this large vacant expanse at Lincoln & Cataraqui. Something didn’t look right about it… I knew that I had a photo of the old gas station next door, and pulled it out and noticed the houses right beside it. A glance at Google Earth reveals that three houses vanished. Anyone know when they came…
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825 Windermere

May 11, 2009
So apparently, there are still some people who still don’t get it. Sigh. So, you might be asking, what’s wrong with a white house? Ah, look closely, at first glance the house looks white, but, those are actually styrofoam panels… You know what that means…
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How Protected Is Your Neighbourhood?

May 8, 2009
As we head into the weekend, here’s a little food for thought… Ever look at the fire hydrants in your neighbourhood? A few years ago, in Ontario, Fire Hydrants started being colour coded. But do you know what the coding means? Blue – flow greater than 95 litres/second Green – flow of 63 to 95 L/s Orange – flow of 31 to 63 L/s Red – flow less than 31 L/s So…
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Windsor and Chatham

May 7, 2009
From the collection of the Windsor Municipal Archives Today’s photo comes from the collection of the Windsor Municipal Archives. It shows the corner of Windsor & Chatham (looking east along Chatham) in the what I’m guessing to be the late 1940’s. Along…
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Streetcar Ghosts

May 6, 2009
These photos come courtesy of regular reader Urbanrat, who in his travels stumbled across unearthed streetcar tracks in Ouelllette Aveune. As you know the next round of streetscaping is underway along Ouellette, and apparently some old rail infrastructure reappeared after…