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Old Canadian Tire

September 6, 2006
Up today is a photo from a few years ago, showing the old Canadian Tire. Probably the last “major” retailer to pull out of downtown. I used to go to this store all the time, it was old and neat, it had two floors, and stairs… Stairs? Not any more, the slobs need one sprawled out level now. After sitting vacant for half a decade, it was demolished, and the City bought it and it…
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Cock Brothers

September 5, 2006
While digging through my parents garage last night looking for something, I came across this old claim check nailed to the wall. Do any old Windsorites have any memories of these guys? 340 Pitt St. E. no longer exists, it was plowed under for the Casino in the early…
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Another Highland Park

September 1, 2006
The days leading up to the Great Depression, were a boom time for real estate speculation in Windsor. Many land brokers and dealers from Toronto to Detroit, opened offices and tried exploiting South Windsor as the ideal location to be, as soon as the Bridge was built. Many…
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Casino Expansion

August 21, 2006
As the Casino’s across the river in Detroit work at building their permanent facilities, Casino Windsor is well underway with their expansion project. The expanded Windsor Casino will contain a second hotel tower, and a 5,000 seat auditorium. The expansion is the…
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Hey...

August 11, 2006
From today’s Windsor Star… Mystery shrouds woman’s injuries Dalson Chen, Windsor Star Published: Friday, August 11, 2006 Windsor police are treating a downtown apartment as a crime scene after they had to smash open a patio door to remove a critically…
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Going... Going...

August 11, 2006
So I drove by the Veteran Plumbing site yesterday morning on the way to work. The older two story building was half demolished already. A giant hole is appearing in the streetscape. The building eater is poised ready to get back to work destroying things. I drove by again…