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TD Bank

January 20, 2009
The new TD bank was up for debate at council last night… Reader Sylvain sent along a few photos that he took of the demolition. Thanks for passing these along Sylvain! Photo c. 2008 Sylvain Cote Photo c. 2008 Sylvain Cote Photo c. 2008 Sylvain Cote Photo c. 2008 Sylvain Cote Photo c. 2008 Sylvain Cote Floor plan of the main floor of the new bank. As you can see it won’t be much…
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Return To Routley's

January 19, 2009
A little over a year ago, I featured an ad from Routley’s Motel from 1954. I just recently picked up this postcard of Routley’s from eBay. The back of the card reads: Located on Highway 2 at Walker Rd., Windsor, Ontario – Ultramodern visitor…
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Beautiful New Residence Of Harry Low

January 16, 2009
From the Border Cities Star – November 10, 1927 The new residence of Harry Low, at the corner of Devonshire Road and Ontario Street, which will be one of the finest in the Border Cities when completed. The building will be finished entirely in stone, with a full…
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1292 1478 Wyandotte St. E.

January 14, 2009
Another building that falls under the category of places you drive past a million times… Today, this building is home to Omeed’s Used Furniture, I remember it was for many years in my youth home to an H&R Block office. A look back through the 1923-24 City…
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Still Standing

January 13, 2009
Despite rumors… The Prince of Wales is still standing… For now. The University promised the Windsor Heritage Committee that they would attempt to salvage architectural elements off the building prior to demolition. It looks like they are keeping their word.
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Bottled Water Talk Tonight...

January 12, 2009
A little news that some readers may be interested in. ********************************************************************* A 15-city speaking tour with Maude Barlow. Senior Advisor on Water to the President of the UN General Assembly and National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, and Sid Ryan, CUPE Ontario President. The bottled water industry has worked hard to undermine our faith in…
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Demo Time

January 12, 2009
This past week, I was taken out of town on some family business, and spent last week in our nation’s capital. First off, let me say our winters are nothing compared to up there. On Wednesday Ottawa got 30 cm (12 inches) of snow… even when it does snow in Windsor…
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Assumption Street School

January 9, 2009
Another recent postcard I found was this one of the Assumption Street School. The building was later doubled in size and connected by a central tower and renamed Begley Public School. Begley was always one of my favourite buildings to drive past. It just had that look of an…