Photo Du JourPostcardsWindsor

Downtown - 1957

January 24, 2007
I recently came across this neat old postcard from 1957. There are several things that jump out at me in this card… On the north shore, the land for Cobo Hall & Arena has been cleared. Work is progressing nicely on Windsor’s new City Hall. Note the long demolished Court House and old Police Station. The north side of Riverside Drive has been scraped clean of all its buildings…
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Brighton Beach - Part 2

January 23, 2007
Today we head back to Brighton Beach for a return visit to what once was. As each year has passed, the number of homes has shrunk, and the condition of the roads worsened. The end between Sandwich St. and the River has really become worse since the residences along Water…
News

Welcome Spacing Readers

January 22, 2007
I would like to welcome and say hello to all the readers headed my way from Sean over at Spacing. For my regular readers, Spacing Magazine out of Toronto, ran a small feature on their blog about internationalmetropolis.com today. Anyhow, check them out, you might find…
Photo Du JourWindsor

Brighton Beach - Part 1

January 21, 2007
As I promised last Wednesday, here is part one of my Brighton Beach photos over the last six years. The old Bronson’s Tavern. Formerly the Westwood Hotel, it once hosted Al Capone during the prohibition years. Originally the building was set back against the river, but was moved to the Sandwich St. location in the early 1900’s. In later years it was a regular watering hole for…
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DetroitPhoto Du Jour

2007 North American International Auto Show

January 19, 2007
January means autoshow. In the annual installment, I present this year’s NAIAS. Here are some highlights, and in no particular order… The Lamborghini display… The Maserati display… The Mitsubishi Prototype-X. This was on a Nissan hybrid…
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Important Notice

January 17, 2007
I caught this notice in Today’s Windsor Star: Working Together For Our Community’s Future -Our People Based Community Strategic Plan The City of Windsor is engaging the community through a series of ward workshops to complete our Community Strategic Plan and to…
Photo Du JourWindsor

Brighton Beach Through The Years

January 17, 2007
As readers of this website in its previous life might remember there was a large section on the Brighton Beach neighborhood in Windsor’s West End. Over the last decade the area has been slowly decimated by the City of Windsor, who have been busy buying/expropriating all the homes in the area. Initially the plan was to turn the land into an industrial park, but the smart money is on this area…
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Bright Laker

January 15, 2007
The Panama Registered Bright Laker, anchored in the Detroit River. The front end looks a little beat up. Someone scraped up the paint! 😉 Launched in 2001, the Bright Laker’s maiden voyage was to haul steel products from Japan to Cleveland. Despite being an ocean…