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Shopping Local

Located on Erie Street, just east of Parent is La Stella Supermarket. One of a dying breed of local grocery stores. Opened in 1969, it is one of Windsor’s best kept little secrets. Their selection for items like pasta and italian cheeses, are second to none, and their prices on par with the big chains. A great history of the business can be found here, along with a local blog post on the…
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Walker Road Update

Today’s photo come courtesy of regular reader Luc. He gives us a bird’s eye view of the happenings at Walker & Grand Marais. An overview of the intersection, shows it is rapidly taking shape. A crop of the scene shows that we should be on track for the…
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Red Bull Air Races

Day one of the Air Race brought about a huge disappointment as high winds forced the cancellation of the qualifying round. Huge crowds along the Detroit… …And Windsor riverfront were estimated at about 750,000 Despite the cancellation of the racing, the…
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Cadillac Street

So the East Windsor Co-generation plant, that is being built beside the Albert Kahn designed Ford Power House is progressing. In the meanwhile, they have been buying up the houses along Cadillac Street, and knocking them down. This multi-colored cinderblock duplex was at the south end of Cadillac. This great looking craftsman styled house fell as well. IMO the nicest old house on the…
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Tilt Shift

There is an interesting technique (at least I think so…) of selective focus, that can be applied to a photo in such a manner that it makes it appear that you are looking at a minature model. Similar to a model train landscape… It is known as Tilt Shift Miniature…
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Sprawltastic

Last week I took a drive out to the sprawled out mess at Walker and the 401. My reasons were two fold. 1. I was trying to get a few shots to display at the Check Out This Sprawl exhibit, and… 2. I wanted to see what all the crying was about, although I must confess I…
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884 Howard - Arsene Dupuis Home

Again, another inner-city house falls to make way for a vacant lot, and a little more density is removed from the core areas of the city. This house above at Howard south of Elliott, fell to the wrecking ball last week for no apparent reason. When the demolition request came before council, despite administration’s recommendation to deny demolition, council in all their wisdom told the owner…
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Check Out This Sprawl

Tonight there is an opening reception/party at Artcite for the group show “Check Out This Sprawl”, and everyone is invited. It should be an interesting show, and it is a joint opening in conjunction with the Smogfest that will feature events at Milk. Come on out…