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Artcite's "Visual Fringe" walking tour

July 25, 2008
Late notice, but I’m pasing this on for Artcite. Some readers may be interested in checking it out… ———————————————– Artcite’s “Visual Fringe” walking tour tomorrow, Sat, July 26, 1:00 pm (meet at Artcite, 109 University Ave. W.) with Tena Campbell, Visual Fringe Outreach…
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Funnel Clouds

July 25, 2008
Today’s photo was sent in by regular reader Aaron, who captured this shot looking over Forest Glade on Tuesday the 22nd. There have been many reports lately of funnel clouds spotted over Essex County, but here is some proof. Maybe mother nature hates sprawl too&#8230…
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Devonshire Mall - 1976

July 24, 2008
Another recent arrival at the IM.com archives was a bunch of old Windsor promotional material from the mid to late 1970’s. The “vintage” Devonshire Mall ad below graced the back cover of the 1976 “Guide to Windsor and district” brochure.
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Foundry Check

July 21, 2008
Big thanks as always go out to Darren, who’s keeping track of the progress of the demolition of the foundry… He sends along these photos from last week. As you can see in this photo, the Albert Kahn designed foundry section is about 50% gone now. They started…
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Bon Friand

July 18, 2008
As everyone is aware, Windsor has probably one of the best independent restaurant markets in Ontario. While on my bike ride out to Lakeview Marina for the now infamously cancelled Peche Island day, I rode past the Bon Friand Vietnamese restaurant and made a note to go back and check it out. While in a bit of a strange location for an Asian restaurant (Wyandotte St. E., just west of Jefferson), I…
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Long Gone

July 17, 2008
This house was located on the corner of Church and Vera, one block north of Wyandotte St. I was reminded of this house the other day when I drove down Church St. past the now vacant lot, and stumbled across this photo the other day while looking for a photo of the Nisbet…
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131 Elliot Street West

July 16, 2008
Photo from 2002 when the Nisbet was still open One of the most frequent questions I’ve had lately has been the status of the former Nisbet Inn at 131 Elliot St. West. Here’s the scoop. The property owner is an out of country investor. Apparently he owned the…