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Terrace House Demolition - 1959

March 14, 2011
Here’s a little picture I came across a while back, what a beauty this place was. Sad that it didn’t survive. From The Windsor Star, April 15, 1959: ROOM FOR PARKING-Wreckers have started to demolish the old housing terrace at the southeast corner of Victoria Ave. and Chatham St W. This property has been owned for several years by Union Gas Co. and it is being cleared to provide more…
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London Street Bridge

March 11, 2011
Happy Friday again… This week’s old photo is again part of a recent acquisition of railroad infrastructure photos. There is no date on this one, but there a a few photos in the series with similar id numbers, and those date to January, 1921. At the time of this…
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Assumption High School

March 9, 2011
Here’s a postcard view of Assumption High School, probably early 1960’s. Look how calm and quiet Huron Church was…. is that a grassy median I spy? The caption on this one reads: ASSUMPTION HIGH SCHOOL directed by the BASILIAN FATHERS WINDSOR, Ontario…
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New Railway Building

March 7, 2011
On the MTO plans, it notes a “potential security vehicle structure”, I can only assume that this is what is being built at Howard & Memorial at the new grade separation. Whoever designed this need a pat on the back. It’s been a while since anything was built in Windsor that wasn’t a boring lame ass glass clad box. A nice mix of materials, stone and brick, stone lintels…
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Peabody Bridge

March 4, 2011
For the month of March, the Friday old Photos will be Railroad related. So if you are a railfan, you’ll probably be looking forward to Friday. If you’re not… Today’s old photo is dated January 9, 1921, and is captioned Bridge over G.T.R. &#8211…
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Park & Church

March 2, 2011
Even I can still be dumbfounded to discover the great lengths people in this town will undertake to make their buildings as bland and ugly as possible. When I came across the ad above, from 1947, I couldn’t believe that the building above was still standing. View…
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Wyandotte & Devonshire

February 28, 2011
Today’s picture comes to us from the John Stefani collection. A view from about 1908, looking west along Wyandotte Street from the intersection with Devonshire. The building on the right is the Strathcona Building, designed by Albert Kahn and built in 1907. View Larger Map The Strathcona Building is still there, but the streetcar is long gone. Unlike most of Windsor’s older urban…
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Bank of Commerce - Sandwich Branch

February 25, 2011
Happy Friday once again. Up today is this photo dated, November 29, 1938. The caption: “Branch of the Canadian Bank Of Commerce In Windsor” As soon as I saw the photo, I knew where it was taken. Sadly the location came down in 2003. It was located in the…
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417 Ouellette Avenue

February 23, 2011
Since I sometimes get inspired, and plan out posts weeks in advance, occasionally things happen, and I miss out… Like this for example. The fire last month on Ouellette Avenue. The store front that was once home to Valerie’s Ladies Fashions was among my…