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Osterhout Building - Pitt Street East - 1914

October 15, 2012
From the Evening Record – February, 1914: The first three-story building for the new business section on Pitt Street between Goyeau and Ouellette avenues, will be erected by Mr. Peter Osterhout. Plans have been prepared by Leybourne & Whitney, architects. Clay brick will be used in the construction. Looks like this one sat where the parking garage is today, or possibly the Dean…
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Duplate - 1937 - Walker Road

October 10, 2012
Back in June of 2009, we took a look at the former Duplate factory on Walker Road. Above and below are two vintage photos of the factory from 1937, a year after the factory opened. A great pair of photographs, capturing the factory when that stretch of Walker road was the…
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Civic Centre Site - 1957

October 5, 2012
Happy Friday everyone! Happy Thanksgiving weekend too! Today’s photo is dated March 8, 1957, the caption on the back reads as follows: Windsor Waterfront Civic Center Site with Baby House (scene of last Windsor-Detroit Hostilities – 1838) being restored is at…
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J.T. Wing Warehouse - 1914

October 3, 2012
From the Evening Record – February, 1914: The above is a cut of the factory and warehouse building to be erected on Pitt Street east, between McDougall and Mercer, for the J.T. Wing Co. The building will be 100 feet square, the greater part of the floor space being used for storage and manufacturing purposes. The front section of the ground floor will be comprised of offices, show room and…
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Doors Open Windsor - This Saturday and Sunday

September 28, 2012
Doors Open Windsor is this weekend, 30 sites open to the public, free of charge. You can find full details by visiting the Doors Open Windsor Website, by clicking HERE on on the screen shot below. Below is an interactive map of the Doors Open Sites [iframe…
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Ferry & Chatham - Alexander Bartlet House - 1912

September 24, 2012
From the Evening Record – October, 1912: One by one, the old landmarks are disappearing, owing to Windsor’s phenomenal expansion. The engraving above is made from a photo of the late Alexander Bartlet home at the corner of Ferry and Chatham streets. Since Mr. Bartlet’s death it has been occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Braid. Recently the property was sold to Messrs. Duck and…
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Princess Theatre

September 21, 2012
Exterior view of the Princess Theatre, Windsor’s newest theatre, located on Sandwich street east. It has an attractive front that make a big improvement in the appearance of the street. I don’t know much about this theatre, in fact this picture is the first and…
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Applebe Store - Pitt Street

September 19, 2012
The above cut is of the new front that is being put on the old building where the Erie Tobacco Company were formerly located and which by the first of October will be the entrance to one of the biggest dry goods stores in this section. Jos Applebe & Co., managed by Mr.