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Flat Iron Building - Walkerville

December 29, 2008
Located on the south east corner of Riverside Dr. and Devonshire, the Flat Iron building designed by Mason & Rice was demolished by Hiram Walker’s parent company in 1995, in an attempt to pay less taxes. Today the site of the building remains an empty lot. Regular reader Robert Pratt, passed along a pair of photos he took of the Flat Iron Building in January, 1995, before the hammer…
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Don't Forget... This Sunday - 8:00 pm

December 24, 2008
Click here to hear the commercial that has been running on CJAM — Just a quick reminder for Sunday night.. Should be fun! — Windsor Ex-pat and founding member of Spacing Media Shawn Micallef in conjunction with InternationalMetropolis.com, Phog Lounge and…
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Immaculate Conception

December 23, 2008
While searching for information about the Boer War Memorial a few weeks back, I came across these renderings for the “new” Immaculate Conception Church at Wyandotte and Marentette. Interesting to see that it was never built as designed. It was common in the past to plan the whole church, but build what you could afford. It would have been quite a landmark on the skyline if the…
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Toledo Scale

December 22, 2008
The other day someone was asking about the old Toledo Scale Plant at Howard and Memorial. I don’t have much on it but here’s a copy of the Fire Map from 1937. Intersting to note that back then, Ypres and Memorial were two different roads, with Memorial running…
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The Race Of The Century

December 19, 2008
There was once a time when Windsor was well known as a horse racing centre. There was the Windsor Jockey Club where Jackson Park and Kennedy sit today, there was Devonshire Race Track, which is today occupied by a Shopping Mall of the same name, and there was a third one…
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Save the date - December 28

December 18, 2008
Windsor Ex-pat and founding member of Spacing Media Shawn Micallef in conjunction with InternationalMetropolis.com, Phog Lounge and Scaledown.ca invite you to join in Windsor’s first Psychogeographic Walk. It’s going to be something fun, and new for those of us in Windsor, so mark the date off on your calendar, come for a walk and a drink or two and have a good time! See below for all…
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Howard Avenue Then, Then and Now...

December 17, 2008
A little recent history along Howard Ave… Old Factory + Demolition = Stucco clad Big Box! —————————————————————— I have to admit that…
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Royale Tavern

December 16, 2008
Get out your hankies, and wipe away your tears… Yup, another local landmark has a date with the wrecking ball… Long time Riverside landmark, the Royale Tavern is falling for some big box goodness, as Shopper’s Drug Mart has decided they need to thrust…