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St. Edmond

January 28, 2008
A pair of old downtown area postcards for today. First up is St. Edmond School. It was located on Tuscarora Ave. just east of Marentette, behind what was then Immaculate Conception Church, in fact, you can catch a glimpse of the church on the left side fo the card. I’m not sure when the school closed, when I first moved to Windsor in 1989, I seem to remember some new kids in school that…
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Canadian Blog Awards

January 26, 2008
The clock is ticking down on the voting for the final round of the C.B.A. for 2008. Voting closes Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 11:59 Pacific Time. There are a ton of great blogs that are finalists, including several Windsor based ones. International Metropolis is a…
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Walker and Wyandotte

January 25, 2008
I recently paid a visit to the newly leveled Wyandotte St. section just east of Walker Rd. Then Now It sure looks funny to see that underpass gone. However as you can see by the two photos above, your tax dollars are hard at work, and nothing but the highest quality…
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Chanoso's

January 24, 2008
Or at least as it looked, pre-Chanoso’s. Over at the excelent Windsor Blog, Scale Down, Windsor… the other day I was giving Mark Boscariol a hard time over his choice of stucco to reface the buildings that house Chanoso’s and the Sushi Place next door (the name currently escapes me…). While it was mostly good natured, and Mark accpeted the error of his ways, I promised him…
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Final Reminder & Finalist!

January 23, 2008
Don’t forget! Hopefully some of you will be able to come by and say hello… WE Speak Bloggers Meet Date: Wednesday January 23rd, 2008 Location: The Mill, 3199 Sandwich St, Windsor Time: 8:00 pm The Mill has parking in the back and best of all – free…
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2008 North American International Auto Show

January 23, 2008
It’s that time of year again, time for a visit to Cobo and to the 2008 North American International Auto Show. (Past shows can be found here: 2007 & 2006 First thing you see this year in the lobby is Geely. Geely was the first Chinese Company to exhibit in…
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1404 Tecumseh Road East

January 22, 2008
This building at Tecumseh Rd and Moy, has a long history as a restaurant, as I recently discovered. As I was looking through an old booklet from 1954, I came across this ad for the Bel-Air Restaurant… Someone along the way bricked in every other window along the side, but it’s still a restaurant. According to some of the long time business owners along that stretch of Tecumseh, the…
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David Maxwell School

January 21, 2008
Located on Francois, between Seminole and Tecumseh Roads, David Maxwell was built in 1928, in what was then known as East Windsor. Ford City was renamed East Windsor when Chrysler Moved in to their new plant at Tecumseh & Walker. The School was designed by the Windsor…
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News For The Weekend

January 20, 2008
The first round of voting includes all nominees. In 2007, each person gets one vote for their favourite blog, in each category. Unlike 2006, you do not get one vote per day, you just get one per round. If you haven’t done so yet, I would really appreciate your vote…