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Bank of Montreal Destruction

July 14, 2008
These photos were sent along by a regular reader of the site. He was there when they started the demolition of the bank on that Sunday Morning, and his photos catch the destruction of the architectural elements that City Councilor Dave Brister specifically requested be saved if possible. I would think it would have been possible, if the operator hadn’t smashed it to pieces. That just goes to…
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Checking in at the Foundry...

July 11, 2008
Regular reader, and Ford correspondent Darren, has been sending regular photos of the Foundry demolition along. Here are some photo he has sent me over the last month. June 7 June 9 June 9 July 2nd, Darren heard a giant crash, and looked outside only to be greeted with a…
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Bali-Hi Redux...

July 10, 2008
Back in March in this post I wondered if the Bali-Hi was a chain with the twin in Detroit as seen in that post. From the Windsor Star – August 1956 FIRST IN CHAIN – Windsor’s newest hotel will be ready early in 1957, with construction starting next month.
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Olympic Trials Part II

July 9, 2008
A few more from the meet before we move along… Men’s High Jump Women’s 100m Hurdles. Congratulations to Priscilla Lopes-Schliep who won and qualified for the games… She’s off to Beijing to represent Canada. She demolished the field she ran against in Windsor on Saturday afternoon. However, out of all the events at the meet, I think my favourite to shoot was the…
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2008 Canadian Olympic Trials

July 8, 2008
This past weekend Windsor played host to athletes from across the country, as the Canadian Olympic Trials were held at the University of Windsor Stadium. As far as University athletics go in Windsor, our specialty is Track and Field, and the stadium is a first class…
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Festival Epicure

July 7, 2008
What a weekend… Over at the University the Canadian Olympic Track & Field Trials were taking place (more on that tomorrow…), and down at the riverfront is the excellent Festival Epicure. We went on Sunday afternoon and despite the blazing sun there was a…
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Sandwich West Telephone Exchange

July 4, 2008
As an example of the area’s long history of NIMBY-ism, I present the case of the Sandwich West Telephone Exchange building…. From the Windsor Star – Saturday August 18, 1956 – PHONE FIGURES – The proposed Bell Telephone exchange building for Sandwich West Township will be capable of providing 20,000 homes with telephones. Presently the company’s move to erect…
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Future Parking Lots...

July 3, 2008
Hard to believe that there is anywhere in this City you can’t easily find a parking space, however, as the Council Agenda from a few weeks back showed, there were a couple of applications for demolitions to create parking lots… Although I might be wrong, I doubt…
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The Electric House

July 2, 2008
Built in 1925 by the Reaume Company, Windsor’s pre-eminent developers of the pre World War II era… The showpiece of the the Pillette Road, Ford City sub-division… The Electric House! The Reaume Company ran many ad’s for this subdivision in the…