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Old is the New New: Our latest book “Windsor Then” is born.
I am very happy to announce the birth of Walkerville Publishing’s latest baby: “Windsor Then – A Pictorial Essay of Windsor Ontario’s Glorious Past.” 138 black and white photos chronicle Windsor’s progress from its days as a sleepy backwater in … Continue reading
Posted in Lost Buildings, People, The Straits, Windsor Now, Windsor Then
Tagged activity, architecture, boats, book, change, chronicle, deck, destruction, dock, downtown, ferry, found, ghosts, history, horses, lost, new, oblivion, old, Ontario, Ouellette Avenue, pedestrians, photos, rare, record, Riverside Drive, sad, Sandwich Street, trolleys, Windsor, Windsor then
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A Mirage on Riverside Drive
Hard to imagine that this hand-colored post card, courtesy of Tim Baxter, is really how downtown Windsor just east of Ouellette Avenue on Riverside (formerly Sandwich) once looked. Today, all the buildings are gone, as is the street car and … Continue reading
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Tagged British American Hotel, demolished, mirage, past, pedestrians, present, Riverside Drive, Sandwich Road, The Ritz, trolley, trolley tracks
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