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Devonshire Mall

September 4, 2007
From the Windsor Star – May 2, 1969 Artist’s view of centre Fifteen months from now Windsor will have one of the largest shopping centres in Canada with the opening of the $15,000,000 Devonshire-Windsor Shopping Centre on Howard Ave. south of E. C. Row Ave. Located on a 65-acre site with paved parking area for 3,000 cars, the centre will include 500,000 square feet of retail area and…
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Clownsil Transcript

September 3, 2007
If anyone missed the farcical coucil meeting last Monday, Blogger Chris Schnurr took the time to transcribe the meeting. http://chrisschnurr.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/wuc-more-unanswered-questions/ These are the group of clowns that represent us. Three more years of this…
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Univeristy of Windsor

August 31, 2007
For all the students heading back to school next week, here’s a look back at the beginnings of the University of Windsor. Campus looked pretty bare back in ’54. University Centre, built in 1962, is at the heart of the University of Windsor campus, an…
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Davis Public School

August 30, 2007
Built in 1966, William Davis Public School located at 2855 Rivard is one of the most unique structures in the city. The school is a two story round building. I don’t have any information on the architects, but I suspect Johnson & McWhinnie, as they have used the brick piers that rise above the roofline before in some of their other structures, giving the building somewhat of a…
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Belle Isle Coast Guard Station

August 29, 2007
On Friday’s post about the Ste. Claire, regular reader cpike, asked a question about the Belle Isle Coast Guard Station: …I am looking for a photo of the Coast Guard station on Belle Isle, before it was torn down and rebuilt in the 70’s ( I think that is…
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Our Lady Of The Rosary

August 28, 2007
Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Windsor – St. Anne Parish, Windsor No later than 31 October 2007, both Our Lady of the Rosary Parish and St. Anne Parish will close. The territorial boundaries of these two parishes will be absorbed into those of neighboring parishes.
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Ste. Claire

August 24, 2007
Built in 1910, and along with her sister ship, 1902’s Columbia, the Ste. Claire ferried passengers from Detroit to Boblo Island until Labor Day 1991. The ship has a capacity of 2500(!) passengers. The ship was purchased by new owners in 2006 who are trying to restore the ship and get it back running as a river cruise ship in time for her 100th birthday in 2010. This winter they plan to…
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STOLEN!

August 23, 2007
From the AM 800 Website: HISTORIC SIGNS STOLEN 2007-08-22 15:07:46 Two historical signs in Walkerville have been stolen from a construction site. The bronze signs were posted at the corner of Walker Road and Wyandotte Street East in 1934 as part of the underpass. They…