Border Cities Arena
September 27, 2020
Built in 1925 and opened as the Border Cities Arena, the building was home to the NHL’s Detroit Cougars for their inaugural season of 1926-1927. The Cougars moved into The Olympia for their second season, and were renamed the Detroit Red Wings. The building was nicknamed…
St Angela School - 816 Ellis St E
August 2, 2020
The separate school board has never seen to be particularly fond or respectful of its inventory of historic buildings. In all fairness the public board, for many years wasn’t either, but there has been a steady and appreciated shift of attitudes at the public board…
St Jules School - 1982 Norman
June 21, 2020
St Jules School at 1982 Norman Rd, is directly across the street from St Theresa’s Church that we looked at earlier this month. The school was designed by local architects Pennington & Boyde in 1925.
35 years later, in 1960, an addition and a gymnasium were required, and that work went to the firm of Pennington & Carter.
Looks like, when St Bernard School was…
Memorial Park Subdivision - 1925
August 19, 2019
While trying to discover some information behind the old restroom building in Memorial Park, I came across a few old advertisements for the neighbourhood from 1925, when it was first being laid out.
Memorial Park Comfort Station – c. 1926Memorial Park Gates
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