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The Return

February 4, 2009
I have to give credit where it’s due. King Eddie made the return happen. Red Bull is back in town, only this time Windsor is the base. The planes will be using Windsor Airport as the home airport. The event is scheduled for June 13 – 14. Hopefully not too many of our tax dollars are going to be wasted, but at least this time the event is in Windsor not like the waste of funds spent…
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Jackson Park Band Shell

February 3, 2009
I got an email from reader Mark F. who asked about the band shell at Jackson Park, that’s tucked behind Windsor Stadium. You can see it in the Google Earth Map above. I dug into the history of the band shell, while working on the Windsor Modern book. This band shell…
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Return To Boose's

February 2, 2009
In the past, I have covered Boose’s Tourist Camp in Detail, here and here. I recently added an old advertising folder for the park to my collection. The rest of the images on the folder are ones that can be seen on the previous pages, but this is the first time…
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Reminder - Special Olympics Icewine Event

January 30, 2009
Don’t forget tomorrow – January 31st, the Special Olympics is holding an event at the Roundhouse…. Get out there and check it out, it should be good! Here’s the website: http://specialolympicswindsor2009.com/ Here’s the blog: http://blog.specialolympicswindsor2009.com/ ###################################################### ICEWINE AND DESSERT A SWEET COMBINATION…
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Henkel Mansion

January 30, 2009
Back in January 2007, I posted a photo of the Henkel Mansion in Ford City. I recently stumbled across this article in the Border Cities Star, dated September 5, 1925: New Ford Administration Building The magnificent building shown above, was until last spring, the Henkel…
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Time for a Shameless Plug...

January 29, 2009
Shameless plug time…. Tonight at Tango – 4661 Wyandotte St. East, from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm – Tango is a cool shop, along with its sister shop Magpie Antiques a few doors down towards Pilette. So come on by and browse the shop. While you’re there…
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We Are Not Alone...

January 28, 2009
A little bit of a change today, as I send you over to a site I recently stumbled across. It’s always nice to know that we’re not alone, and not the only community who’s suffering though needless demolitions. A few photos from Vanishing St. Louis: Demolition of a commercial storefront row on Vandeventer at Enright in December 2008. It was one of the last remaining original…
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St. Mary and St. Moses

January 27, 2009
Once again we take a look at one of the grand old churches in the city core. This one like Immaculate Conception, and St. Claire’s, were the victim’s of the Bishop’s “Great Church Purge of ’02™” Back in 2002, the Bishop of London…
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All Gone...

January 26, 2009
The insatiable hunger of the building eaters was on full display Saturday afternoon, as the Prince of Wales was devoured by the steel monsters. Yummy! Nice black cloud of dust for the operator… 🙂 When I arrived the east wing, built in 1927 was gone, and they were…