Unisex Uncanny

Two architectural intrigues of Wyandotte Street East. The first: double doors to a 'unisex' salon from the 1970s. The salon still seems to be active, but it seems that they had difficulty with the gender ambiguity of the 'unisex' concept that came about in the sixties or seventies. 1372 Wyandotte leads to the women's side of the salon, and 1374 Wyandotte to the men's. While the two sides share the same front desk, these are distinctly different spaces divided by a mirrored wall that separates the menfolk from the women, with a salon on the left and a barber's chair on the right. The unisex concept isn't so convincing, but the twin doors and doubled spaces certainly make this place a candidate for one of Windsor's most uncanny businesses. The second architectural intrigue, not even a block east of the unisex salon is a spiral fire escape which bears a passing resemblance to a more upright version of Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the Third International (c. 1920) . Interestingly, the central support doubles as a flag pole.