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At Big Tony’s on Walker Road, it’s not just pizza you’ll find. If you are brave enough to explore into the basement you’ll see what this photographer did — haunted halls, rumoured to be home to ghosts from the days of Al Capone.

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Can you imagine the families that lived here? It looks lonely today but I can imagine the rooms full of children laughing, chores being done, clothes hanging to dry and the smells of fresh cooking coming through the windows. I wonder if ever any secret visitor climbed up the tree and in the […]

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Andrew in Windsor says that every small Ontario community has great Victorian commercial buildings in its downtown, and he should know — he has probably photographed most of them. Essex is no exception:

Downtown, originally uploaded by Andrew in Windsor.

Take a look […]

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Browsing the shops at what the locals refer to as The Dev (aka Devonshire Mall), Scott Schiller, (aka Flickr superstar), is doing what people have done for decades — goofing around, hanging out, and taking photos of himself in wicked specs. Have a peek:

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On the southwest corner of Olinda Sideroad and Road 5 east, halfway between Cottam and Ruthven you’ll find the Unitarian Universalist Church of Olinda.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Olinda, originally uploaded by jbcurio.

The congregation dates back to 1860. There’s a […]

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Here’s something I’ve never seen before — white squirrels. Apparently there’s a community of them out in Essex, Ontario, which is about 25 minutes south of Windsor. I’ve been there lots of times but I’ve never seen one.

My turf , […]

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