Apartment Buildings
Belvedere Apartments
This buff brick building on Glengarry, just south of Wyandotte has long been a favourite of mine. There's a mystery to this place that I've yet to discover... Built sometime between 1925 and 1937, the building has changed names. (There is no listing of the place in the 1924 directory, but it's on the 1937 fire map as the Belvedere Apartments).... »
Wyandotte Street West Apartments
Today's post is a few photos from the spring of 2003, when the Shoppers at the corner of Wyandotte St. W. & Campbell was still under construction. The Shoppers took out an old commercial block which was home to one of my favourite local watering holes, Buzz's Bar & Grill. While the commercial buildings were replaced with a commercial building,... »
Dieppe Park Apartments
Located at the corner of Bruce and Pitt St. W. in downtown Windsor, this building has always struck me as odd due to the three story white siding that surrounds all the Window openings... Here's an aerial view of the building, it is surrounded on the north side by the Palmer Apartments, and what was the Billings Apartments to the west.... »
Windsor Court Apartments
One of the buildings in Windsor I haven't featured before, but recieve many questions about is the Windsor Court Apartments located on Ouelltte Avenue at Hanna. Designed in 1926 by the Toronto Architectural Firm of Craig & Madill. Craig & Madill were active from about 1912 through the 1950's and this is the only example of their work in the area.... »
Casa Del Mara
Long one of my favourite buildings in the city is the previously covered Casa Del Mara Apartments on Ouellette Avenue. However, I've never had much background information on it... Until recently... From the February 2, 1929 issue of the Border Cities Star: ...Located on Ouellette Avenue near Gilles Boulevard, the building adds easy accessibility to its many other features. It is but a... »
