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Hanna Street Hydro Substation

August 8, 2008
A thanks goes out to regular reader Aaron for the suggestion to cover this old Hydro Substation on Hanna St. in his old neighbourhood. I thought I had some information on this one somewhere, but I couldn’t find it anywhere… It was decommissioned around the time the one on Walker Road just north of Richmond was. Maybe around 2002 – 2003… I seem to recall that this one was a…
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Old Service Station

August 7, 2008
Occasionally I can still stumble across a building in this city that I have never seen before. Such is the case with this old gas station at the corner of Shepherd and Elsmere. Likely built in the late 1920’s, this is the only one of its type left in the city that I…
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St. Denis Hall Follow-up

August 6, 2008
As you might remember last Thursday, there was an entry about St. Denis Hall. Jim G remarked that the postcard was printed with a reversed image, and through the magic of Photoshop, I have fixed that error, so the image above is now the correct view. Chris Edwards from…
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Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...

August 5, 2008
This house on Janette proves that it can. Apparently the owner of this place was worried that he was going to be left out of the stucco party, so he decided to “freshen up” this century old house just north of Wyandotte St. My favourite part of the house is the decorative trim, it matches nicely with the black metal bars. 🙂 If you are out and about, and run across a lousy stucco…
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Norton Palmer

August 1, 2008
Another old postcard today, this one of the Norton Palmer. What a great old building. It’s a shame that it didn’t survive until today. It would have been a prime candidate for rehab like the Book-Cadillac in Detroit, or a great Condo conversion…
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St. Dennis Hall

July 31, 2008
This postcard was postmarked 1978 (not that means anything). The caption reads: Entrance ST. DENNIS HALL Gymnasium UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR Seeing as this is St. Dennis Hall, a gymnasium, and the current St. Dennis Centre located on College Ave. contains a Gym. I’m…
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Canal Dreams?

July 30, 2008
I’m sure by now everyone has seen King Eddie’s latest legacy scheme. I’m not quite sure what to make of this plan, but I don’t like the idea of removing the last remnants of the residential area west of downtown for a hair-brained scheme like this. It seems like this mayor is always after the silver bullet solution, rather than trying to fix the things in this city that…
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Majestic Tavern

July 29, 2008
Another old postcard from the John Stefani Collection, this one shows the Majestic Tavern a.k.a. the “Old Spain Dining Lounge”. Located on Ottawa Street, the building today is better recognized as Tops of Windsor. I guess back then with the nearby Blue Danube…
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Foundry Update

July 28, 2008
A few submissions from our eastside correspondents today, as we check in on the demolition at the Ford Foundry. The first two comes from Darren, who has been supplying IM.com with an elevated view since the beginning of the demolition. Photo taken July 21st Photo taken…