More FINA
February 16, 2009
On Friday Feb 6th, we were discussing the old FINA station on Tecumseh Rd. when Terry pointed me towards the station above on Seminole. I’ve probably driven past it hundreds of times over the years without ever noticing it.
The windows are tinted, and there are a few…
St. Rose and Riverside Dr. Then and Now
February 13, 2009
Back in 2002 I took this photo of the house at Riverside and St. Rose. It was one of the old French farmhouses, predating nearly everything on the east side. While it had been altered and added on to over the last 125-150 years it was easy to see the humble origins of the…
Lear Demolition
February 12, 2009
The death fences are up…
…The metal siding has been stripped…
… and a trip around back shows that demolition is in full swing. More proof that our manufacturing jobs are gone and never coming back…
I suspect acres of parking to be in the future for this land. Funny how the Spitfires were able to play at Windsor arena for 30+ years in an urban setting, and people…
Prince of Wales - Part 3
February 11, 2009
The third and final installment. I promise. 🙂
To the basement…
A view of one of the basement classrooms.
One of the staircases. As we go lower, the water damage becomes more evident.
Boiler room…
No lights, and not much going on. Although I spy some…
Prince of Wales - Part 2
February 10, 2009
Today we head up to the top floor…
At the top of the stairs in the west staircase. For David’s benefit, note there is some water damage around the window frames.
Looking out the windows over a sea of surface lots. This is the 1927 expansion.
A view of the…
Prince of Wales - Part 1
February 9, 2009
With the Prince of Wales only a memory, let’s take a look around the inside of what used to be.
Inside the front lobby looking back towards the front doors.
Big heavy old oak doors, they sure don’t build schools like this. At one time the stairs split, with a set leading to the basement, and one leading to the first floor. The stairs to the basement were long ago blocked off, and…
Old Fina Station
February 6, 2009
While the news that the Yorktown Plaza made the register of historic places in Windsor was on the front page, the news of the other buildings being added were less sexy, like the former FINA station at Tecumseh & Bruce (For the previous discussion of this place, you…
More Stuff That's Gone
February 5, 2009
I was going through some old photos, (these were taken in July 2002) when I stumbled across these shots of a small cluster of houses in the City Centre West lands that were long ago demolished. True to the Windsor way, the lands today remain vacant… These houses were…