Windsor

Farmer's Market

July 6, 2009
Despite the CUPE strike, and despite Councillor Gignac’s lone vote against allowing this market, the result was a great success! A dedicated group of organizers and volunteers worked their asses off to make sure this went off as well as it did. Work started late Friday night a little before midnight, with prep work underway to ensure everything was set for the vendors early morning arrival.
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Downtown Farmer's Market Tomorrow

July 3, 2009
Don’t forget the Farmer’s Market Tomorrow! Check out the website here: http://www.downtownfarmersmarket.ca/. There may be some differences between the information on the site, and that on the poster. I’ve been told to pass along that the poster is…
Windsor

Green Corridor

July 3, 2009
If you haven’t passed by Huron Church and College Avenue lately, you’re missing out on the Green Corridor outdoor art project. One of the projects is this Dodge van, that’s stripped and full of holes and lit from the inside at night. It must have been…
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Ebbinghaus Electric Ltd.

June 29, 2009
While at the archives a while back looking through old Johnson-McWhinnie blueprints, this set for Ebbinghaus Electric caught my eye… The main thing that attracted me was this crazy sign from the front. Love the lightning bolts! 1960 had much cooler signs than the last…
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TD Bank Rises

June 26, 2009
So the TD Bank is on the way up. After a lot of underground work the building rose above ground pretty quickly. Too bad it’s going to look like it does. Another pedestrian unfriendly glass wall, and another dead block in the core. Reader Syl, sent in these photos of…
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Thursdays Live!

June 24, 2009
Don’t forget that Thursdays Live continues tomorrow night. As well as taking place in Walkerville, don’t forget that it is also taking place in the Pillette Village BIA as well. I was asked to pass along a message from Magpie Antiques, (disclaimer – I did their website) that they are holding a “Fabulous Vintage & Antiques Street Fair” Taking it to the Street!
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College Avenue Bridge

June 24, 2009
After only 80 years of service (most of it with obviously little maintenance) the College Avenue Bridge’s days are numbered. Built in 1927 (and crumbling for years) so that the streetcar could run west along College (then called Field Ave.) over the Michigan Central…
Windsor

First Lutheran Church

June 22, 2009
Located on Victoria Avenue at Gilles, the rendering above appeared in the Border Cities Star in June of 1928, and ground was broken on the building in July of the same year. The building was designed by Windsor Architects Cameron & Ralston, and contained a 400 seat…