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Nearly $500,000 in upgrades to Windsor’s Bridgeview Park, located at 1899 Grove Avenue in Ward 2, will be completed this month. The west end community park now features new benches placed on concrete pads, new fully accessible paved pathways that complete a circuit around the park, new trees, and parking lot upgrades, including new and expanded asphalt parking spaces that give residents easier access to the on-site community centre.

 

If you have an outstanding Windsor/Essex Provincial Offences Act (POA) ticket, the time is once again ticking to address it. Earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, most POA timelines were suspended. This meant that if you received a ticket after February 1, 2020, there were no repercussions if you did not follow the instructions on the back of your ticket. That is no longer the case.

 

 

The City of Windsor will be opening the first of two funding rounds and seeking would-be jurors for the eighth year of the Arts, Culture & Heritage Fund (ACHF) grant program. This funding stream awards project grants to deserving individuals and cultural organizations to help stimulate creative and economic growth in Windsor. This year, $87,200 will be awarded, with $43,600 available in each of two funding rounds. Deadline to apply is March 19, 2021, at noon.

Municipal budget pressures associated with the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis have been allocated emergency funding from the federal and provincial government's continued Safe Restart framework agreement to support vital public services in Windsor. As a result, the 2021 City of Windsor estimated municipal financial shortfall associated with managing through the ongoing emergency has been reduced from an anticipated $38 million to about $19 million.

One of the largest and most ornate hotels of the early days of Windsor was the sixty-room Crawford House. For years, it was Windsor’s leading hotel and one of the top-notch hotels in Western Ontario.

The hotel was built by Alexander Crawford in 1875 and was located on the northeast corner of Sandwich (Riverside Drive) and Ferry Streets. It was the second tallest building in Windsor at the time.

In 1921, accommodation on the “American Plan” (which included three meals a day) cost $2.50 a night. The Crawford dining room, beautifully decorated with crystal chandeliers, was also the largest ballroom in Western Ontario. A balcony ran the whole length of the building overlooking the Detroit River with chairs for watching the activity.

Alexander Crawford died in July 1885 at the age of 63 years. After his death, the hotel changed hands many times.

In a run down condition, the hotel was demolished during the waterfront revitalization in 1959 along with the other buildings on the north side of the waterfront from Ouellette Avenue to Bruce Avenue. This was to make room for what is now Dieppe Gardens.

Gift of Bill Marentette, 1996.27.1.