Cleary Auditorium c. 1980
September 11, 2015
Here’s a view of the original Cleary Auditorium on Riverside Dr W and Ferry St. Although it was universally despised during the time leading up to the renovation, it’s a shame it was altered away from the architect’s vision. It was a pretty good looking…
McDougall Avenue - 2005
August 28, 2015
Going through some old photographs the other day and I came across these two shots from 2005. It’s amazing how much this street has changed in the last decade. The building above is long gone, and the whole block has been redeveloped. The Goodwill and Maxim Medical buildings now occupy this site.
This building, the next block north is also long gone. There was a large fire in the front part…
Ferry Dock - Looking South - c. 1912
August 24, 2015
A neat shot, and one from a perspective rarely seen, this one taken from the ferry, looking south towards today’s Riverside Drive (then Sandwich Street).
At the corner of Riverside and Ouellette, a banner proclaims “Windsor Races Today”, for the Horse…
Begley Public School - 2003
August 21, 2015
Driving along Assumption the other day I passed the new Begley Public School. It got me to thinking about how even recently lost building can quickly be forgotten and disappear from memory. It’s easy to forget the old Begley Public School that once stood on the same…
Wyandotte & Windermere - 2003
August 10, 2015
It’s funny how quickly we can forget what used to be on the site of our empty lots today. For example the parking lot on the north east corner of Wyandotte and Windermere was once a block with four shops on the main floor and apartments above. I’m sure that those…
Where 40,000 Volumes Await Readers - 1925
August 7, 2015
This picture above shows the old Carnegie Library at Park & Victoria in September, 1925.
A library is a sort of “poor man’s college” where books and volumes of every kind under the sun are loaned to borrowers. This photo shows a portion of the…