Tunnel Bar-B-Q 2015
November 19, 2023
I recently came across this photo that I took in April, 2015 in a folder of older pictures. 2015 doesn’t feel like that long ago, but it was nearly eight years ago already. The long lost Tunnel Bar-B-Q was a local institution for generations, dating back to the the…
2422 Gladstone Avenue
November 12, 2023
This shot above appeared in the Windsor Daily Star, December 31, 1936 in a recap of the new prominent houses built in the last year. The house on the east side of Gladstone was built by Frank N Isbey, of Michigan. Isbey was the head of the Michigan State Fair, and it appears…
Dieppe Park - c 1958
October 22, 2023
A view of the recently constructed Dieppe Park and civic auditorium site cleared for construction of the future Cleary Auditorium. The Cleary Guest House built in 1957 is visible at the east end of the park near the parking lot at the foot of Ouellette, while the rest of the park site is barren and grassy.
The Cleary Auditorium site has been cleared and visible in the background is the Baby…
St Stephen's Rectory - Oldcastle
October 15, 2023
I’d made note of this building previously, but this past weekend I finally had a chance to swing by and take a look at the rectory for St. Stephen’s Anglican Church on Howard Avenue in Oldcastle.
The house while very average, and looking like many houses of…
ACO Heritage Award Nomination
October 15, 2023
I’m please to announce that InternationalMetropolis.com was recently recognized for 20 years of hard work and education about the buildings and architectural heritage of Windsor by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) with a nomination in the ACO Public…
493 Ouellette Ave - Lazare's Furs Building
September 24, 2023
The building at the north west corner of Ouellette and Maiden Lane has been for most of its life known to Windsorites as the home of Lazare’s Furs, however the art deco styled building we know today isn’t the the original look or design of the building.
The building was originally built in 1928 and designed by architect Albert Lothian, and was the home of a local real estate…
181-187 California Avenue - Henry T. W. Ellis House
September 17, 2023
This house located on California Avenue, just south of Riverside Drive was built in 1921 for prominent Windsor lawyer Henry T. W. Ellis.
Ellis was born in St. Thomas in 1848, and studied law in Toronto, before practicing there, and in Stratford before arriving in Windsor…
1212 Ypres - Dr Eric Windeler House
September 10, 2023
Located at the north east corner of Parkwood & Ypres is this large brick home was the long time home of Dr. Eric C H Windeler. The house was built in 1929, and designed by architects O’Dell, Trace & Diehl. The same group of architects designed the Royal Windsor…