Renderings – Page 5 – International Metropolis

Windsor Machine & Tool Works' New Addition - 1917

March 20, 2015

This building was located at 86-88 Pitt St W. This Tool and Machine show saw rapid growth from its founding in a barn on site in 1911, through the third addition shown above in 1917. The building was located on Pitt, between Church and Bruce. In 1937 the building was occupied by G & M Automatic Machine Co. Ltd. The building shown above was designed by Windsor architect J.C. Pennington. Have a…

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Proposed Detroit River Memorial Tunnel - 1918

January 19, 2015

This rendering above was proposed in July 1918, involved six giant elevators to take cars down to a road, where you would drive under the river, and take an elevator up at the other end. The plan also called for pedestrians as well. Just one of many ideas floated that never…

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St Andrew's Church - Park & Victoria

December 17, 2014

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, was built in 1895 to replace an earlier structure that burned down. It was designed by the architectural firm of Spier & Rohns of Detroit, it is built in the Richardson Romanesque Style. Spier & Rohns designed many churches…

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Sandwich Foundry - 1931

September 10, 2014

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Lost Windsor Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Proposed Parking Garage - 1927 - Victoria and Park

August 6, 2014

In the accompanying illustrations are shown the proposed 300 cars or more ramp garage building to be erected at the north east corner of Victoria Avenue and Park Street by Securities Development, Limited, owners of the new Security office building. The smaller drawing below…

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Ford Powerhouse Rendering

August 1, 2014

Photo from the Chris Edwards collection A nice rendering here above from the engineering firm dated 1950, showing the view of the powerhouse following the expansion of the building. I love old renderings, architects and engineers used to have talented artistic employees…

Old Newspaper Stories Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Proposed Civic Centre Plan - 1952

April 4, 2014

From the Windsor Daily Star – December 29, 1952: Board of Control recently took the initial step in what could be one of the greatest civic projects Windsor has ever seen. The board moved to expropriate downtown riverfront land for Civic Centre development and the Civic Auditorium, proposed by the Centennial Birthday Festival committee, may be one of the first buildings to go into the site.

Old Newspaper Stories Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Windsor - Detroit Subway - 1925

February 14, 2014

One to file in the proposed, but unbuilt files. From November 1925, came this proposal for an electric subway train under the river linking Windsor and Detroit. The caption in the lower left reads as follows: The architect’s drawing pictured above, shows one of the…

Old Newspaper Stories Renderings Unbuilt Windsor

Proposed Hiram Walker Memorial - 1927

November 8, 2013

From the Border Cities Star – May 28, 1927: Walkerville ratepayers will vote Monday on a bylaw providing for the expenditure of $10,000 to construct the memorial shown in the sketch in honor of the late Hiram Walker, founder and benefactor of the municipality. The…