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LaBelle Building

February 15, 2008
Designed by architects C. Howard Crane and J. C. Pennington, the LaBelle building was commissioned by local physician James LaBelle, who also built and owned the still standing LaBelle Terrace downtown. The multi-use LaBelle Building, with offices above and ground floor retail was opened in March of 1913, and destroyed in a spectacular fire on April 6th, 1959. An early WWI era view looking at the…
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Casa-Don Motel

February 13, 2008
Another oldie from the collection, featuring the Casa Don Motel. The back of this 1940’s card reads: Nice large rooms, up to date furnishings with tiled showers in every unit & moderate prices. Owner operated by Don Kinnee. AAA & OTCA The Casa-Don was still…
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Ouellette Avenue - c. 1932

February 13, 2008
This postcard is a neat view of Ouellette Avenue looking south from just south of Chatham Street. Both the buildings you see on the south side of University are no longer around. On the left hand side was the old Heintzman Building, demolished with the old Palace in 1986, on…
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Holy Redeemer - Académie Ste. Cécile

February 11, 2008
Located on Cousineau Road in South Windsor, is the city’s youngest designated heritage property. Built in 1957 as Holy Redeemer College, it was built for the Redemptionist Fathers as a teaching seminary that was affiliated with Assumption University, which later…
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Algonquin Club

February 8, 2008
So the other day in the post about the Norton-Palmer Hotel, the subject of the Algonquin Club came up. I did a little checking, and I tracked down a little infromation to post here from the current members of the club executive. Founded in 1934, the Algonquin Club is still…
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Cleary Auditorium

February 7, 2008
A few older postcard shots of the Cleary Auditorium. Designed in 1957 by Johnson and McWhinnie, the buidling that was built was a much scaled down version of what the architects had imagined. Even back then the Mayor and Council meddled in the plans, and the auditorium was shrunken as was the convention space. Plans for a smaller second theatre in the basment were also scrapped. The basement…
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Foundry Stripping

February 6, 2008
A few photos today from IM readers… ——————————— This set is courtesy Darren B. He sends along a photo of the massive cranes at the Foundry, slowly taking her apart. This before shot shows the Foundry…
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End Of An Era

February 5, 2008
From the Windsor Star, December, 31, 1974. The end of an era The Norton-Palmer is no more By PAUL VASEY Thirty-four years ago The Border Cities Star devoted a couple of inside pages to lavish praise of an addition to the Norton-Palmer Hotel. Now a yellow-brown clipping…