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Downtown Windsor - Part I

March 10, 2008
On Friday over at Scaledown.ca, I got into a debate with someone about the state of downtown. Many others also argued with him, all with the same lack of success or resolution. On Sunday (yesterday), I decided to head out and do a full walk around the area used as a playground/toilet weekly by the bar crowd, along with an associate. I wanted to see if it was as lousy as I was claiming. I looked…
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Crescent Manor

March 6, 2008
To the corner of Ottawa and Parent today, when to my amazement it appears that work has started again on the much delayed Crescent Manor project. Before Christmas the project looked like this, and until recently nothing new had happed at the site, and it almost looked…
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Hello? Anyone paying attention?

March 3, 2008
The Detroit News today had an article entitled “Woe is Windsor” Maybe this will open some eyes: Hello Eddie Francis? Hello Larry Horowitz? Look at the results above. Do you see that? Can we plase now stop trying to make our city into a playground for Americans?
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Ford Demolition

March 3, 2008
Back to the FCP on this glorious Monday morning, as always special thanks to the foreign corespondents all the way on the east side of Walker Road. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- First up are some photos from…
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Scrapping All Around...

February 29, 2008
The end is coming for one local landmark, and the end is now confirmed to have come and gone for another… First up are a series of three photos from Darren, who sent along yesterday’s progress on the scrapping of the Ford Casting Plant. Comparing it to the last set of photos, they are really making progress… The big stacks are now being attacked… By the end of the day…
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United Grill

February 28, 2008
From my 1954 Visitor’s Guide, the only other restuarant still open, the United Grill on University Ave near the old Greyhound Station. A gleaming white, streamlined modern architectural beauty. The interior looks like it was quite the hopping place at one time.
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Tunnel Bar-B-Q - 1954

February 27, 2008
Another neat old ad from 1954, this one for the Tunnel Bar-B-Q, one of only two ads in the entire tourist booklet where the company is still in operation. The Tunnel Bar-B-Q is a Windsor institution, make sure you pay them a visit some time soon. Like most things, if you…