Then & Now 1911 - 2006
March 16, 2006
I came across this postcard a few years ago. It was simply marked “Walkerville, Ont.” and postmarked 1911. No other details.
Luckily the former town of Walkerville was fairly small in land size. The town was only 5 blocks wide, but several miles long.
Master Motor Car Co. Ltd.
March 15, 2006
This building has always been a mystery.
Located on McDougall just south of Wyandotte St. in Windsor
This building was at least a showroom, but was it also a factory at one point? Pink on the maps usually indicated industrial buildings.
You can see behind the Veteran…
Seminole Street Hydro Sub-Station
March 13, 2006
Seeing as this past weekend was very nice, and my camera was crying due to neglect, I headed out with a friend to do some shooting. As we were wandering around shooting the Seminole Industrial area, we heraded over to this Streamlined Moderne beauty. John pointed out that the building is now vacant. Boy is she ever! All the machinery has been stripped out of the inside, and the hydro transformers…
More Windsor Mid-Century
March 12, 2006
Today’s Photo Du Jour brings us another creation from the Windsor firm of Johnson & McWhinnie. I spent a little time at the Windsor library this past weekend trying to uncover a little information about the firm. Despite searching through microfilm, all that I…
Keep On Slumpin'!
March 9, 2006
While I covered the amazing rehab of the Ransom Gillis House the other day, as one gets better, one gets worse.
The William Livingstone house on Eliot, one block south of Mack continues heading south. This house was moved to it’s current location to avoid demolition…
Windsor's Biggest Architectural Loss
March 7, 2006
Originally founded in the City of Windsor in 1864 by the Community of Holy Names of Mary & Jesus, with a few nuns from Montreal. St. Mary’s Academy was originally located in downtown Windsor on Ouellette Ave. By the late 1920’s the Sisters had an old school building on very valuable land. The order sold the building and land to the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel Corporation, the land is…
Hard To Believe...
March 5, 2006
If there is one thing I never thought I would see, it is the renovation/restoartion of the Ransom Gillis House at 205 Alfred. Built in 1876, it was designed by architects Brush & Mason.
Here are some recent pictures of the home.
August 2002:
(What ever happened to the…