Election Results
November 14, 2006
Above is a postcard of Windsor’s “New” City Hall from the late…
Election Day
November 13, 2006
Windsorites, get out there and vote!
I’m sure that another pathetic and embarrasing display of about 35% of the eligible voters will actually come out and vote.
It’s kind of ironic how the vote occurs only two days after Rememberance Day. All those brave men and women who died for your right to vote, and the majority of the City is too lazy to take 5-10 minutes out of their busy…
Long Gone...
November 13, 2006
Today’s post is proof that not every building lost downtown was a gem. Here are a pair of old postcards that show a couple of old Windsor landmarks that were lost in the 1990’s.
The plywood palace. The waterfront Holiday inn. It was vacant, and scheduled for…
Never Forget
November 11, 2006
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt…
The Cleary Auditorium - Then and Now
November 10, 2006
Then, The Cleary Auditorium was the shining jewel in a newly built civic center. It was built in 1957 by local architects Johnson & McWhinnie.
Now, A white elephant, stripped of its original design. The City of Windsor loses about a million dollars a year subsidizing the Cleary auditorium.
The City is in the process of selling the structure to St. Clair College, who will be establishing a…
3-D vs. Real Life
November 8, 2006
Microsoft rolled out their google earth competitior @ http://maps.live.com/
There is a great write up about the software here.
One of the coolest features is the amount of buildings that are rendered in 3-D.
The old Synagogue on Elmhurst at 14th st.
The former Miller-Strom…
Old Photos 1910 - Part I
November 7, 2006
Some of these I may have posted before, others maybe not…
These are from my personal collection, and they date to about 1910-1915…
The Canadian Club sign on the docks at Walkerville. It was designed by Albert Kahn.
Riverside Dr. (then Sandwich St.) looking…