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Then and Now - Downtown Greyhoud Station

November 28, 2006
As it appeared in the mid 1940’s. Photo above from the Bernie Drouillard Collection. The Windsor Greyhound Terminal, 2006. Completed in May, 1940, the Windsor terminal was shared between Greyhound of Canada and the S.W & A railway, the forerunner of Transit Windsor. The terminal was designed by the frim of Bonfield and Cumming, who also designed the Kalamazoo station as well as the…
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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Walker Farms House

November 27, 2006
Located on Walker Road, just north of Tecumseh Rd., was one of the last traces of the old Walker Road. This old Farmhouse dated to the 1880, and was the residence of the manager of the Walker Farms. A brief history of the Farm can be found here. A drive by on Friday…
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Hockey Night in Windsor

November 17, 2006
Last night I attended a Spitfires game with a friend of mine from the US side, at his suggestion. It had been about a decade since I last went to a game, and I figured it was a good chance to go shoot the old area before the Spits move out the the deep east side. Built in 1924 as the Border Cities Arena, this building hosted the inagural season of the Detroit Red Wings (then called the Cougars)…
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Election Results

November 14, 2006
Above is a postcard of Windsor’s “New” City Hall from the late 1950’s. ———————————————————————————————————– Congratulations to all old, new and new again faces…
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Long Gone...

November 13, 2006
Today’s post is proof that not every building lost downtown was a gem. Here are a pair of old postcards that show a couple of old Windsor landmarks that were lost in the 1990’s. The plywood palace. The waterfront Holiday inn. It was vacant, and scheduled for…
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The Cleary Auditorium - Then and Now

November 10, 2006
Then, The Cleary Auditorium was the shining jewel in a newly built civic center. It was built in 1957 by local architects Johnson & McWhinnie. Now, A white elephant, stripped of its original design. The City of Windsor loses about a million dollars a year subsidizing…