Photo Du Jour
South African Memorial Fountain
Today begins a multi part look at one of Windsor's more overlooked and most important peices of sculptural work. From The Evening Record - March 26, 1904 MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN Work of Erection to be Pushed To Completion The committee in charge of the South African memorial fountain have received proposals for the execution of the work, and after the same have been formally approved... »
St. Rose of Lima
Located in Riverside just off Wyandotte St. at St. Rose, this church is one of Windsor's newest designated structures. The church, tossed aside like many historic buildings in Windsor by the Diocese of London, was designated by the City last year. The Diocese appealed the designation and there was going to be a hearing before the Conservation Review Board of Ontario... »
Those were the days…
From January, 1928: Back in the day when Windsor had a quick, modern, efficient public transportation system. Off all the things that this City has destroyed over the last 100 years, there is nothing worse than the choice made in the late 1930's to rip up and dismantle our streetcar... »
Edwin Howard – 1834 – 1924
It's always interesting to me to uncover the people behind local street names. Some of the streets like Ouellette and Dougall are named after prominent early citizens or land owners. In the old part of the city, when Windsor was first laid out, it was decided that the east-west streets would be named after native tribes (Huron, Cataraqui, Niagara, Brant,... »
Walkerville Church
Back in June, 2006, I paid a visit en route to Art in the Park to the First Presbyterian Church of Walkerville. Built in 1908, it was designed by architects James Watt and Charles Howard Crane. Crane would eventually find fame and fortune as the pre-eminent theatre architect in America. In Detroit alone, he designed the Fox, the State (now... »
