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W.E. & LS Railway

February 18, 2008
Back in the old days, travel between the city and the county, wasn’t always easy. Around 1906, The Hydro-Electric System (forerunners of Ontario Hydro) created several lines of interurban electric railroads. The Windsor, Essex and Lakeshore Rapid Railway operated until September, 1932. A brief history of the line can be found by clicking here. A route map of the line, from the Bernie…
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In the news...

February 15, 2008
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=0821682e-ae47-48bc-a53b-9fa1574c1ce7&k=28124 Blogs Among Top In Canada Ted Whipp, Windsor Star Published: Thursday, February 14, 2008 Bookmark this -four local blogs have risen to the top of Canada’s blogosphere…
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LaBelle Building

February 15, 2008
Designed by architects C. Howard Crane and J. C. Pennington, the LaBelle building was commissioned by local physician James LaBelle, who also built and owned the still standing LaBelle Terrace downtown. The multi-use LaBelle Building, with offices above and ground floor…
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Casa-Don Motel

February 13, 2008
Another oldie from the collection, featuring the Casa Don Motel. The back of this 1940’s card reads: Nice large rooms, up to date furnishings with tiled showers in every unit & moderate prices. Owner operated by Don Kinnee. AAA & OTCA The Casa-Don was still there at its location at 2130 Division Road until 1999, when according to the annual report of the Windsor Essex-County…
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Ouellette Avenue - c. 1932

February 13, 2008
This postcard is a neat view of Ouellette Avenue looking south from just south of Chatham Street. Both the buildings you see on the south side of University are no longer around. On the left hand side was the old Heintzman Building, demolished with the old Palace in 1986, on…
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Scale Down

February 12, 2008
Local Blog Scaledown.ca is having a party and everyone is invited… The date is fast approching, and it’s a week from tomorrow. Many readers here at International Metropolis are also interested in varouis urban issues, and if you don’t check in at…
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Holy Redeemer - Académie Ste. Cécile

February 11, 2008
Located on Cousineau Road in South Windsor, is the city’s youngest designated heritage property. Built in 1957 as Holy Redeemer College, it was built for the Redemptionist Fathers as a teaching seminary that was affiliated with Assumption University, which later became the University of Windsor. The seminary prepared missionaries for Canada and Japan, it later evolved into a religious…
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Algonquin Club

February 8, 2008
So the other day in the post about the Norton-Palmer Hotel, the subject of the Algonquin Club came up. I did a little checking, and I tracked down a little infromation to post here from the current members of the club executive. Founded in 1934, the Algonquin Club is still…
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Cleary Auditorium

February 7, 2008
A few older postcard shots of the Cleary Auditorium. Designed in 1957 by Johnson and McWhinnie, the buidling that was built was a much scaled down version of what the architects had imagined. Even back then the Mayor and Council meddled in the plans, and the auditorium was…