Bank of Montreal Destruction
July 14, 2008
These photos were sent along by a regular reader of the site. He was there when they started the demolition of the bank on that Sunday Morning, and his photos catch the destruction of the architectural elements that City Councilor Dave Brister specifically requested be saved…
Checking in at the Foundry...
July 11, 2008
Regular reader, and Ford correspondent Darren, has been sending regular photos of the Foundry demolition along. Here are some photo he has sent me over the last month.
June 7
June 9
June 9
July 2nd, Darren heard a giant crash, and looked outside only to be greeted with a…
Bali-Hi Redux...
July 10, 2008
Back in March in this post I wondered if the Bali-Hi was a chain with the twin in Detroit as seen in that post.
From the Windsor Star – August 1956
FIRST IN CHAIN – Windsor’s newest hotel will be ready early in 1957, with construction starting next month. The Bali-Hi Hotel (shown in a sketch by J.P. Thompson, architect) will be erected on the east side of Ouellette Ave., south…
Olympic Trials Part II
July 9, 2008
A few more from the meet before we move along…
Men’s High Jump
Women’s 100m Hurdles.
Congratulations to Priscilla Lopes-Schliep who won and qualified for the games… She’s off to Beijing to represent Canada. She demolished the field she ran…
2008 Canadian Olympic Trials
July 8, 2008
This past weekend Windsor played host to athletes from across the country, as the Canadian Olympic Trials were held at the University of Windsor Stadium. As far as University athletics go in Windsor, our specialty is Track and Field, and the stadium is a first class…
Festival Epicure
July 7, 2008
What a weekend… Over at the University the Canadian Olympic Track & Field Trials were taking place (more on that tomorrow…), and down at the riverfront is the excellent Festival Epicure.
We went on Sunday afternoon and despite the blazing sun there was a large crowd on hand. I was a bit disappointed to see a large number of Tecumseh Restaurants on hand. However it might have been…
Sandwich West Telephone Exchange
July 4, 2008
As an example of the area’s long history of NIMBY-ism, I present the case of the Sandwich West Telephone Exchange building….
From the Windsor Star – Saturday August 18, 1956 –
PHONE FIGURES – The proposed Bell Telephone exchange building for…
Future Parking Lots...
July 3, 2008
Hard to believe that there is anywhere in this City you can’t easily find a parking space, however, as the Council Agenda from a few weeks back showed, there were a couple of applications for demolitions to create parking lots… Although I might be wrong, I doubt…