Dougall Super-Highway - 1931
September 12, 2014
The new super-highway provided by widening Dougall Road this year, supplementing widening of the three subways last year.
According to the article to go with the picture, the cost of widening and resurfacing Dougall Ave was $75,000 (about $1.1 million in 2014). The highway…
Kennedy Collegiate - 1931
September 8, 2014
The Hon. W. C. Kennedy Collegiate Institute symbolizes the spirit of the Border Cities. The collegiate is shown here as it is seen from McDougall street and Tecumseh Boulevard, in its setting of deep lawns. The the background is a glimpse of Jackson Park and the old Jockey Club grandstand at the far edge of the park.
Kennedy has a setting unlike any other in this city. The large front lawn is one…
Mario's Tecumseh & Ouellette - c 1950
September 5, 2014
A look at the corner of Tecumseh and Ouellette.
I can only assume that this building still exists behind the Medical Imaging Centre. Interesting to see part of the old Driving Park Hotel to the rear. I think this may have lived on as the Colonial House in later years,
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St Francis School - Sandwich - 1931
August 27, 2014
A view of the original St Francis School in Sandwich. Located at the corner of Peter and Detroit streets in the west end, this building was replaced by a more modern building in the 1960’s that was built next door on the corner of Donnelly and Detroit. St. Francis was…
Salvation Army Metropole - 1931 - Chatham Street East
August 25, 2014
This building has come up in discussion over the years, and I finally came across a photo of it in the December 31, 1931 edition of the Border Cities Star. It was located on Chatham Street, just west of the Greyhound/SW&A Bus Station. The site today is replaced by a one…