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East Windsor Postcards

April 11, 2011
These cards come to us today from regular reader Vic. These are some great cards, they are new to me as I hadn’t seen either of them before. This postcard shows the s.e. corner of Ontario & Lawrence Road in what was then Ford. Built in 1922, this house was designated by the City in 2000. View Larger Map Here’s the house today. A good write up on the house ran in the Walkerville…
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Wyandotte & Devonshire

February 28, 2011
Today’s picture comes to us from the John Stefani collection. A view from about 1908, looking west along Wyandotte Street from the intersection with Devonshire. The building on the right is the Strathcona Building, designed by Albert Kahn and built in 1907. View…
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Edgewater Marine Demolition

September 20, 2010
Another long time landmark bit the dust last week. Last Tuesday the 14th, time ran out for the former Lakeview Edgewater Marine building at Lauzon & Riverside. The building dates back quite a while and is shown on the 1937 Fire Map as an auto repair garage. I also have it first listed in the 1923 City Directory as the Island View Garage, so I suspect this is close to the date of…
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Street Car Interior - c. 1915

September 17, 2010
Today’s photo comes from a reader named George C. who lives in the south eastern United States, but came across the website via some information he received about the Electric Avenue Show last year at the art gallery. He sent along this photo to share with readers.
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Riverfront Project - Follow Up

August 16, 2010
Photo c. 2010 – Chuck Pike Regular reader Chuck Pike, sent along a couple of photos to go with the post the other day about the retention basin. Photo c. 2010 – Chuck Pike Chuck caught these photos of the concrete being treated with Liquid Nitrogen. This is the…
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Crawford Roundhouse Demolition

June 23, 2010
A big thank you goes out to Ian Deck, a regular reader and commenter on this site, for passing along these photos and allowing me to post them. He took these photos the evening of June 15, 2010, as demolition started on the remains of Crawford Yard roundhouse. Sad to see more of Windsor’s rail history disappear…. Photo from the John Stefani Collection Above is a picture of the…
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March 19, 2010
Today’s post comes courtesy of a regular reader named Jamie T. The photo was taken by Jamie’s father from the car, at the intersection of Ouellette and Riverside. On the far right hand side the British American Hotel is visible, and on the left is the brand new…