Windsor

Mandarin Gardens

April 21, 2009
1928 newspaper ad for the Mandarin Gardens on Ouellette Ave. The Mandarin was located on Ouellette across the street from the Palace. Another view, this one from higher up, looking north on Ouellette, the top of the Mandarin Gardens sign is visible here. I have no listing for them in the 1923 directory, so it must have been later in the 1920’s when it came along. There is no listing in…
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More Ward Boundary

April 20, 2009
Seeing as I’m too lazy to type up my own post, I’ll just copy Chris’ post from Scaledown this morning, about today’s Scaledown Radio Show… Listen in at CJAM 91.5 FM from Noon to 1:00 or if you’re outside of the listening area, listen to…
Essex County

Suburbs Hate Heritage Too!

April 20, 2009
Glad to see it’s not only Windsor who rips down heritage buildings. The Town of Tecumseh, the sleepy bedroom community to the east, proved that they could make short sighted decisions too. The historic Lakewood Golf Course Club House bit the dust late last…
Windsor

759 Mill Street

April 17, 2009
So I took a drive through the Indian Road ghetto the other day. What a mess the city has created over there… But that’s another set of posts…. Indian Road is now almost all boarded up along the east side of the road, from University to Mill…. When I got to Mill and turned the corner, I was shocked to see this big apartment building at 759 Mill all boarded up. I know the…
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Ward Boundary Review

April 16, 2009
Tonight the City of Windsor is holding two Ward Boundary Review public consultations. I cannot stress how important these meetings are to attend. The City is looking at how the Wards are split and how many councilors represent you at the municipal level. The last change to…
Windsor

More Parking Lots

April 16, 2009
This past weekend a fire broke out near Caesar’s on Glengarry Avenue. Windsor Visuals was on the scene, and he got some amazing shots of the fire in progress… So click here to check out Owen’s shots. From the Star: Arson cause of blaze in abandoned home BY…
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190 Park Place - Then and Now

April 15, 2009
Back in March, I had a post on Park Place near the University. The house at 190 Park Place, was, as you may remember, featured in the Border Cities Star in 1924. It was the home of Joseph Loikrec, who owned a dry goods store at Wyandotte and Mercer (located today under Fred Thomas Park). Along with Joseph, Harry, Hyman and Olaf, all students are listed at the residence. After that post, I had…
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Windsor

Ferguson Glass

April 14, 2009
A slew of buildings along Howard Avenue are looking forward to a future as a temporary roadway around the Howard Avenue grade separation. Among them, is the Ferguson Glass Building. It’s an older cinder block warehouse with an interesting 1970’s office slapped…