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…
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…
Steinberg's
February 22, 2008
Another email I got last week was from reader Pete, who was wondering if I had anything on the old Steinberg’s downtown.
This photo above comes from the book “Windsor 1892-1992 – A centennial celebration” , by Trevor Price and Larry Kulisek. The caption to the photo from the book noted that the building at the time had stood vacant for over 20 years.
The three…
Comments...
February 21, 2008
Hey everone, the program that sorts spam comments, from real ones, seems to be acting up lately. A bunch of regulars had their comments eaten up and marked as spam.
If you leave a comment, and it doesn’t show up, please send me an email…
Purity Dairy
February 21, 2008
I got an email last week from regular reader Ross, who asked about the old Purity Dairy Building at 1501 Howard Ave.
The old building has under gone many name changes over the years, but it was built in 1929 by local architects Shepard & Mason. The building was altered…
Security Building
February 20, 2008
January 29, Ted in Toronto asked about the Security Building, where his father had his offices for 40 years.
The rendering above appeared in The Border Cities Star, December 31, 1926.
The building designed by architects Pennington & Boyde, was built in 1927.
The caption to the render above read as follows:
According to plans of a local syndicate headed by S. E. Loveridge and C. A. Haley…
More W.E & LS Railway
February 19, 2008
More old photos of the W.E. & LS Railway, from the Bernie Drouillard Collection, digitized by John Stefani.
Waiting Room & General Offices at Kingsville. From the Ontario Hydro archives. c. 1921.
Waiting Room & Freight Shed at Essex. From the Ontario Hydro…
Mickey Renaud - 1988 - 2008
February 18, 2008
Details are few at the present time, but Windsor Spitfires Captain Mickey Renaud passed away this afternoon at the age of 19.
(Photo from 2006)
Position: Centre
Shots: Left
Height: 6-3
Weight: 220
Hometown: Tecumseh, ON
Birth Date: October 5, 1988
NHL Status: 5th round…