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The Electric House

July 2, 2008
Built in 1925 by the Reaume Company, Windsor’s pre-eminent developers of the pre World War II era… The showpiece of the the Pillette Road, Ford City sub-division… The Electric House! The Reaume Company ran many ad’s for this subdivision in the Border Cities Star, including several full page ad’s like this one from September 1925… I like how one of the selling…
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Happy Canada Day!

July 1, 2008
Have a good holiday if you’re off today… Or I hope you had a good one yesterday if that’s when you were off… 🙂 Either way Happy Canada Day! If you’re off make sure to tune in to Scaledown Radio today at 12:00 noon on CJAM 91.5 or streaming…
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So Long It's Been Good To Know Ya...

June 30, 2008
So I have no idea why this demolition went down on a Sunday morning of a long weekend, but it seems awfully stinky to me. The demolition contractor closed the curb lane of southbound Walker, and methinks that they didn’t have a permit to close the street. But hey…
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Bank Update...

June 27, 2008
I have driven by the site a few tmes this AM in anticipation of demolition… As of 12:30 there is still no action. A bulldozer is parked on site, as are three union gas trucks. It looks like the gas meter has just been removed (Union Gas Employees were working on at at…
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Death Fences

June 27, 2008
A good sign that time’s up for a building comes, once you see the death fences pop up. They appeared magically around the Bank of Montreal Building on Wednesday afternoon. I kept watch on Thursday to see what would happen, and by the end of the day the heavy machinery…
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Hugh Beaton School

June 25, 2008
Located on the corner of Lens and Windermere in south Walkerville, is this grand old school. Built in 1928 by the local firm of Nichols, Sheppard & Masson, sadly this building also received the same half assed window replacement that Walkerville C.I. also…
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Fireworks

June 24, 2008
You know that summer has truly arrived in Windsor and Detroit when the fireworks shoot off. Originally planned to coincide with the International Freedom Festival, this was the 50th annual installment of the local celebration. Although the IFF has gone the way of the dodo…