Photo Du JourWindsor

Greyhound - Part III

October 19, 2007
Back downstairs. The second floor in the front part of the terminal was only for Greyhound drivers. Transit Windsor drivers had a separate section at the back. The now empty waiting room. A strange little arched doorway. Pay attention, Greyhound employees only… The back room, looks like a cargo holding area. Still some open seats in the restaurant. It’s tough to describe how…
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Greyhound - Part II

October 18, 2007
The second floor of the station is very small. Holding a small hallway, two bathrooms, and the “terminal office”. Great old banister and terrazzo floor. Inside the Men’s room. Various shades of old green tiles line the walls. The stalls are heavily…
Bernie Drouillard CollectionPhoto Du JourWindsor

Greyhound - Part I

October 17, 2007
A final look back at the now closed Greyhound station. An architectural rendering of the station. From the Bernie Drouillard collection. The station was designed in 1939, by Greyhound architects Bonfield & Cummings along with longtime Windsor Architects Sheppard…
Essex CountyPhoto Du Jour

Boblo Island - 2007 - Part II

October 16, 2007
A couple of views of Albert Kahn’s Pavilion. Other than the rust on the facade, it appears to still be in great shape. One of the washroom buildings. Ruins of the Mini-Golf course. The view you would get leaving the ferry and entering the park The ruins of the fountain just outside the ferry tunnel. The entrance to the ferry docks. Two choices: Amherstburg or Gibraltar. A few final…
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Essex CountyPhoto Du Jour

Boblo Island - 2007 - Part I

October 15, 2007
A big thanks to reader AB. who sent along these current photos of Boblo, he figured the readers of this site would be interested in seeing the current state of the island. This is the building that was labeled as the “Souvenir Hall” in the 1920 photos. Aaron…
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Windsor 1920 - Part I

October 10, 2007
Few few years back, I came across and old photo album for sale that was full of photos from around the Great Lakes. It’s full of photos from Belle Isle, Boblo, Buffalo, Detroit, Grayling, Lewiston, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Put-in-Bay, Toronto and Windsor. All…
Photo Du JourWindsor

The Gladstone Grill

October 9, 2007
Located on the Corner of Gladstone and Cataraqui, is one of the few neighbourhood bars in this city. For a city the size of Windsor, there are aren’t more than a handful of bars off the major roads and in the neighbourhoods. This bar was known for a long time as…