Windsor

Still Standing

January 13, 2009
Despite rumors… The Prince of Wales is still standing… For now. The University promised the Windsor Heritage Committee that they would attempt to salvage architectural elements off the building prior to demolition. It looks like they are keeping their word. These guys appear to be working on removing the school name and stone door surround. Some elements have already been removed.
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Bottled Water Talk Tonight...

January 12, 2009
A little news that some readers may be interested in. ********************************************************************* A 15-city speaking tour with Maude Barlow. Senior Advisor on Water to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council…
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Demo Time

January 12, 2009
This past week, I was taken out of town on some family business, and spent last week in our nation’s capital. First off, let me say our winters are nothing compared to up there. On Wednesday Ottawa got 30 cm (12 inches) of snow… even when it does snow in Windsor…
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Assumption Street School

January 9, 2009
Another recent postcard I found was this one of the Assumption Street School. The building was later doubled in size and connected by a central tower and renamed Begley Public School. Begley was always one of my favourite buildings to drive past. It just had that look of an imposing school structure. It was decided in 2003 that three older schools were going to be demolished and rebuilt: Begley…
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Gateway To Canada

January 8, 2009
GATEWAY TO CANADA WINDSOR, ONTARIO OUELLETTE AVENUE MALL I’m not sure if I’ve ever posted this one before… If I have my apologies. After 6 years, it’s hard to keep track 🙂 I don’t have too much info on the background of this card. Obviously…
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Return To Kavanagh's

January 7, 2009
I first profiled Kavanagh’s Tourist Camp, in March 2007. I recently came across the postcard above, it was dated 1933. It shows the building, prior to the new cafeteria shown in the post from 2007: The garage in the back of the house in the photo above, still read…
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A Mystery - 1936 Style

January 5, 2009
From the Windsor Star – July 31, 1936: Windsor police today were searching for the driver of a car, which shortly before noon crashed into the guard rail of the C.P.R. Bridge on London Street West. Police hurried to the scene, found the car, registered in the name of…
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Return To The Cat House

January 2, 2009
Some readers may remember the infamous Cat House on Windermere in Walkerville, that we visited back in September, 2007. The old house was demolished after it was left abandoned by the owners at the time, and full of cats. The site remained a vacant lot for the better part…