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Ford Demolition

March 3, 2008
Back to the FCP on this glorious Monday morning, as always special thanks to the foreign corespondents all the way on the east side of Walker Road. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- First up are some photos from cpike, who shot these last Thursday. The giant blue stack had one final puff of smoke left in it, as many decades of soot is…
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Scrapping All Around...

February 29, 2008
The end is coming for one local landmark, and the end is now confirmed to have come and gone for another… First up are a series of three photos from Darren, who sent along yesterday’s progress on the scrapping of the Ford Casting Plant. Comparing it to the last…
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United Grill

February 28, 2008
From my 1954 Visitor’s Guide, the only other restuarant still open, the United Grill on University Ave near the old Greyhound Station. A gleaming white, streamlined modern architectural beauty. The interior looks like it was quite the hopping place at one time.
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Tunnel Bar-B-Q - 1954

February 27, 2008
Another neat old ad from 1954, this one for the Tunnel Bar-B-Q, one of only two ads in the entire tourist booklet where the company is still in operation. The Tunnel Bar-B-Q is a Windsor institution, make sure you pay them a visit some time soon. Like most things, if you…
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Liquidation World

February 26, 2008
Down to Ottawa Street today, and one of my favourite buidlings on that stretch. Located on the corner of Ottawa and Moy, the Liquidation World building, is truly an underapreciated art deco gem. Built sometime after 1937, the building still sports the “W” of the…
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Back To The Foundry

February 25, 2008
Hope everyone had a good weekend… Today we head back over to the Ford Foundry, and a few more reader submitted photos. Richard V. sent along these four following photos – Thanks for sharing these photos with…
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More Steinberg's

February 22, 2008
Reader Darren sent along a few Steinberg’s pictures from his collection… Thanks Darren! A clipping from the Windsor Star during the demolition in 1992… … and this photo above. He writes: I have a photo I took inside there after it closed and…