Demolitiongoing, going, gone...Windsor

Former GM Plant Demolition

January 2, 2015
I finally had the opportunity over the holidays to get by and check out the demolition occurring at the old GM Transmission Plant on Kildare Rd. Looks like the demolition started on the south side, on the WWII era Border Cities Industries section, which is now, nothing more than a memory. Just a pile of twisted metal and bricks remain where we made machine guns during WWII, and which later…
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Dominion Public Building - c. 1935

December 15, 2014
An old postcard view of the old Paul Martin Sr. building, shortly after its opening in 1933. Over the last decade or so the building has really fallen on hard times, and despite a few proposals being floated, no renovation or sale of the building to a new party has taken…
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Sandwich Street - Walkerville - c. 1905

December 1, 2014
Image © Bernie Drouillard Collection, digitized by John Stefani A view of Sandwich Street, in front of the Hiram Walker & Sons Distillery. This view is looking west and in the distance, you can make out the hump of the Peabody Bridge. The overhead wires of the streetcar are visible in the shot. Some impressive buildings there that are long gone from the landscape. Hope everyone had a nice…
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