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WFCU Centre Open House

Yesterday afternoon, the was an open house at the new Tecumseh East, East Side arena. Located downtownbehind a factory towards the eastern city limits, as far as possible from downtown, another temple to the car is going up. Drive in, drive out. It’s the Windsor Way. As you walk down the service drive from the Lear plant parking lot, the beast rises. The not-arena part is coming along…
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Model Home

Continuing the building boom in South Windsor that was soon to be squashed by the Great Depression, was this competing ad to yesterday’s entry. While this house isn’t named, it is also on Randolph, this one however is on the north side of Grand Marais. Other than…
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The Collegiate

From December 1928: …Drive out Dougall to Grand Marais Road, west on Grand Marais to Randolph – The “Collegiate” is on Randolph, Just south of Grand Marais, in SOUTH WINDSOR So I did. Now I’m not sure if Randolph once crossed “the…
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Inside Glenwood United

Back in May – I covered Glenwood United from the outside. I met up with a parishioner, who gave me the guided tour of the interior. Designed by the firm of Pennington & Carter and built in 1962, the architect who designed it was William Fraser while working for the firm (thanks to Doug Johnson and David R. for confirming that). The church is just as interesting on the inside as it is…
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Oddfellows Hall

One of the buildings I’ve always wondered about was the former I.O.O.F. (International Order Of Oddfellows) hall at Wyandotte St. & Dufferin. It was designed by Windsor architect J.C. Pennington c. 1915. The photo above comes from a postcard c. 1920. This…
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Paulin Memorial

At my opening reception, I was speaking with Architect Doug Johnson, of Johnson-McWhinnie. He told me that of all the buildings in the show, I missed the one his was most proud of designing. He told me it was a chuch right off of Norfolk, between Dominion and Dougall, and that I couldn’t miss it. Apparently I some how overlooked what is perhap the most striking Mid-Century Structure in the…
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Christ The King

Add Christ the King at the corner of Dominion & Grand Marais to the list of vacant Catholic Churches. This place was built in a very traditional style in 1954. It’s really a shame that the RC Church doesn’t realize that its greatest assets are its historic…