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Photo Du Jour - December 19, 2005 - Three Years of Slumpy

December 19, 2005
Over the past several years, I have slowly watched the deterioration of the William Livingstone House on Eliot St. in Brush Park. The photo above (from The Buildings Of Detroit, by W. H. Ferry) shows the home in better days. Here it is in August 2002. The turret hardly has any slump, and the Terra-cotta around the doorway is still largely intact. June 2003, things are starting to go south for…
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Photo Du Jour - December 12, 2005 - On The Campaign Trail

December 12, 2005
Friday was pretty busy in Windsor with the Canadian Winter Election in full swing. Two of the Three major party leaders were in Windsor Campaigning. Prime Minister Paul Martin of the Liberal Party was in town as was Jack Layton of the N.D.P. party. First in town was Paul Martin. Martin in flying around in this first class luxury Boeing 727. During the summer months, this plane is leased by the…
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Photo Du Jour - December 5, 2005 - Major. Fred Tilston, V.C.

December 5, 2005
While serving as the commander of ‘C’ Company of the Essex Scottish Regiment (of Windsor) in WWII, Fred Tilston was badly injured. His courage in the face of adversity earned him the Victoria Cross, the higest military honor in the British Empire. Click here for the radio report from 1945. Major Tilston’s Uniform is still in the possesion of the Regiment. Because of his…
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Photo Du Jour - December 2, 2005 - Mural Unveiling

December 2, 2005
Yesterday Morning saw the final mural in the “Postcards From Home” mural project unveiled in Downtown Windsor. The mural is on the South Wall of the Windsor Star Building. Star Columnist Karen Hall is seen in the foreground with the blond hair. She served as…
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Day Without Art/World AIDS day

December 1, 2005
December 1 A Day Without Art AIDS Awareness Day In Memory of All Artists Who Died of AIDS On December 1, 1989, loss prompted artists in New York to organize the first “A Day Without Art.” Some galleries closed their doors in mourning for the day or shrouded…