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Kasle Steel

April 18, 2006
Back at the end of March, on the end of the Canadian Motor Lamp post, there were some comments posted about terrible places to work. Burningrome had posted that the worst place to work in Windsor “had to be Kasle Steel over on Sprucewood by the racetrack – ancient, decrepit, hot, noisy and unsafe as hell!”. I’m not sure if the safety level has changed since the…
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Dominion Forge

April 6, 2006
On Seminole across the street from the former Motor Lamp factory is the massive Dominion Forge Complex. Once home to giant stamping presses that fabricated parts for the automotive industry, the complex today is used as a warehouse. Stories have it that the presses were so…
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East Windsor Steam Bath

April 5, 2006
The other day, I was cruising around the Ford casting plant that is due to close, looking for a good spot to get a photo of it. Across the street was this mysterious little place. There was a closed sign on the door, yet no listing on-line or in the Phone Book for this place. I have no idea if it is operational or if it is the Windsor equivalent of a Schvitz? What is a Schvitz you ask? It is a…
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Irony

April 4, 2006
It’s funny how things end up coming full circle. Over in the Ford City district of Windsor we find this: Today it is the home of the “New Song Church”… But in 1937 it was the “Temple Hotel & Beverage Room”. From a bar to a church.
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Alicia Mason Vocational School

April 3, 2006
Located in Windsor’s near west side, on the corner of University and Cameron is this school building. Designed by Windsor’s pre-eminent mid-century architecture firm Johnson & McWhinnie, Alicia Mason Vocational School was built in 1957. It had been closed…
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Heading inside

March 28, 2006
So it was back to Seminole yesterday, and inside the sub-station (which was featured on the 13th), where I met with someone from Enwin who graciously allowed me inside to photograph the building. Inside the front door, looking towards the front room. The original lights…
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The Shell

March 27, 2006
So, a little while ago I spied this mess on the south west edge of Windsor. I told John about it, and he was game to go check it out. No mail… Must be because it’s Sunday… Here’s a full on shot, of this burned out shell. So we walked up the front…