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Ticket To Ride

June 8, 2007
On old Bus Pass A large lot of tickets. Of interest, note the last ticket of the Walkerville-Detroit Ferry is signed by Harrington Walker. Harrington was a Grandson of Hiram, and his house still stand on St. Mary’s Gate, opposite the Chruch in old Walkerville. Here’s a link to some information about Harrington’s house, from the Walkerville Times. One of the tickets in the lot…
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Scott Apartments

June 7, 2007
If there is one thing this city has in great abundance, it’s architecturally interesting old Apartment Buildings. In the days before the great depression, it was actually quite fashionable to live in an apartment. As a result of this trend many building were built with…
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London Street Garage

June 5, 2007
A few more today from the Bernie Drouillard collection. Today’s batch focuses on the London Street Car Barns. Today London Street is known as University Ave., and the Car Barns are known as “The Junction”. This is the building that today houses The Junction. This photo dates to the early 1940’s. This was the S.W. & A. float in a World War II era parade float. The…
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Then and Now and Now...

June 4, 2007
While today’s photo isn’t either Windsor or Detroit, I thought that many of this Blog’s readers might find it interesting. The first two photos came my way from regular reader Douglasm, who sent along the following information: A friend of mine sent this to…
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Oxford Apartments

June 1, 2007
Today’s photo is for Gary, who posted a comment about my neighbourhood recently. In his comment he talked about living for a while in the Oxford Apartments at Elliott and Louis. The Oxford is a three story building with dormers on the roof. There are two main…
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Fire Followup

May 31, 2007
Just a quick follow up to the massive fire that happened last week. This is the building that fronts Wyandotte St. with the apartments above. Looks like the residents were allowed back in to gather belongings. Hopefully the businesses and their owners on the main floor won’t lose their shirts with the long closure. One thing that irks me, is the media reporting on this fire. Please look…
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End of an era

May 30, 2007
After 73 years of serivce, Albert Kahn’s massive foundry is permanently closed as part of “The Way Forward”. As if Windsor’s economy isn’t in the toilet enough, toss another 450 people on to the rolls of the unemployed. The sure don’t…
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Demolition Delayed

May 29, 2007
Today’s post is for reader DouglasM (former local) who wondered from Washington State if I had any photos of the area of Sandwich where the proposed twin span enhancement of the current bridge was going to be. Doug, here you go… One of the more interesting…