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…
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…
WFCU Centre Open House
October 5, 2007
Yesterday afternoon, the was an open house at the new Tecumseh East, East Side arena. Located downtownbehind a factory towards the eastern city limits, as far as possible from downtown, another temple to the car is going up. Drive in, drive out. It’s the Windsor Way.
As you walk down the service drive from the Lear plant parking lot, the beast rises.
The not-arena part is coming along…
Model Home
October 4, 2007
Continuing the building boom in South Windsor that was soon to be squashed by the Great Depression, was this competing ad to yesterday’s entry. While this house isn’t named, it is also on Randolph, this one however is on the north side of Grand Marais.
Other than…
The Collegiate
October 3, 2007
From December 1928:
…Drive out Dougall to Grand Marais Road, west on Grand Marais to Randolph –
The “Collegiate” is on Randolph, Just south of Grand Marais,
in SOUTH WINDSOR
So I did. Now I’m not sure if Randolph once crossed “the…
Inside Glenwood United
October 2, 2007
Back in May – I covered Glenwood United from the outside. I met up with a parishioner, who gave me the guided tour of the interior.
Designed by the firm of Pennington & Carter and built in 1962, the architect who designed it was William Fraser while working for the firm (thanks to Doug Johnson and David R. for confirming that). The church is just as interesting on the inside as it is…
Oddfellows Hall
October 1, 2007
One of the buildings I’ve always wondered about was the former I.O.O.F. (International Order Of Oddfellows) hall at Wyandotte St. & Dufferin.
It was designed by Windsor architect J.C. Pennington c. 1915. The photo above comes from a postcard c. 1920.
This…