Ambassador Hotel - 1935
August 31, 2012
From the Windsor Daily Star – December, 1935:
Representative of one the the major remodelling works in downtown Windsor during 1935, is the Ambassador Hotel, Sandwich street at Goyeau, opposite the Canadian National terminal station. Complete structural changes…
Windsor Paper Company - 1935
August 29, 2012
Here’s an old ad showing the Windsor Paper Company’s building. The ad claims the business has been around since 1919, but I cannot find any record of them in the 1924 City Directory, so I’m not sure where they were located. Looks from the style of the…
Consumers Wallpaper - 1935
August 24, 2012
Back a long time ago, Windsor used to be proud of having independent businesses. Now it’s all about the big box chains. A nifty ad for the long gone Consumers Wallpaper Company. Located at Wyandotte and Goyeau on the north west corner, this one is long gone. I think they were around for a long time though… Does the name ring a bell with anyone?
Have a good weekend everyone, I’ll…
Norwich Block c. 1998
August 10, 2012
Photo © Allison Brown
Happy Friday everyone! Local musician Allison Brown, sent along this photo she took from the top of the Chatham Street parking garage looking over the old Norwich Block. As Allison pointed out, so many cool businesses in that block.
I personally used…
Ford City - City Hall Demolition
August 8, 2012
Back in November, 2010 there was this post about the City Hall.In that post there were some disagreements over the location of the City Hall.
The photo above comes from the Walkerville Times Collection that was digitized and is housed at the South Western Digital Archive at…
Saint Mary's Part 2
July 27, 2012
Photo © Matt Kulbacki – All rights reserved
Happy Friday everyone! We close out the week with an amazing set of photos from Matt Kulbacki look at the amazing old St. Mary’s Academy building in some fine detail. There’s nothing I can add to these shots…
Saint Mary's Part 1
July 25, 2012
Photo © Matt Kulbacki – All rights reserved
Today’s pictures were scanned and send along by Tim Swaddling, via Matt Kulbacki who shot these photos of the old St. Mary’s academy prior to demolition. St. Mary’s was demolished in April 1977, so these…