Solidarity Tower Co-operative, 8888 Riverside Dr E., Windsor, On. Edit page

Who wouldn't want to live here?
Years of responsible management and dedicated volunteers have earned Solidarity Tower Co-operative the reputation of being among the most desirable middle-income high-rise residences in Windsor and Essex County.

That success, along with the building's 50^th Anniversary, was to be celebrated in summer 2020. But the deadly Covid-19 virus spoiled the party and forced a postponement.

There is much to celebrate. Many Solidarity pioneers over the years deserve credit for courageously overcoming numerous financial and physical challenges. And their efforts usually followed a full day at their jobs.

Visionary for the building was Charlie Brooks, president of Local 444, Windsor's largest UAW local, later to become CAW and now UNIFOR. With the signing of the Autopact trade agreement in 1965 by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Windsor and Essex County would need more medium-priced housing. Having toured large co-operatives in Winnipeg MB and Jersey City, NJ., Brooks envisioned one in the Town of Riverside, later annexed by the City of Windsor in 1969.

Thus, the construction of the 26-storey Solidarity Tower Co-operative began with a large concrete pad in 1968, and the building opened in 1970.

Today, thanks to those early pioneers, most of us feel blessed to live at Solidarity Tower Co-operative, which has no shortage of applicants eager to move in.