Archive for May, 2006
TRUMail - May 24, 2006
Editor’s Note: Just going through old e-mails, and one from May 24, 2006 from a Robert (evanscott AT rogers) says:
Hello,
I’m writing to say how much I’m impressed with your web site. I stumbled on it very recently – part of my ongoing investigation on Winnipeg today. I’m strongly considering moving back soon and situating my [...]
Posted: May 24th, 2006 under Historic Winnipeg, Mixed Use, Tourism, Transit.
Comments: 1
Downtown vacuum
The Winnipeg Free Press - May 6, 2006
City must fill more than potholes to keep its young
By Robert W. Galston
On her walks through downtown, Suzanne Beaubien (The Gauntlet, May 4) seems to experience daily the fruition of Norman Wilson’s grim warning for a downtown Winnipeg without rapid transit: A place where “the dead storage of [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2006 under Downtown Revitalization, Mixed Use, Transit, Urban Studies.
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Des Moines can’t touch Winnipeg
Winnipeg Free Press
Focus, Saturday, May 6, 2006, p. a15
IS Des Moines Winnipeg’s twin? Recently, (Winnipeg through our eyes, May 1) the Free Press proffered that Iowa’s state capital is our “Mirror image.” Although I have visited Des Moines, it’s easier to see the differences via Google Earth. Just zoom in on any residential neighbourhood just [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2006 under Urban Studies.
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Former Winnipeg Mayor Admits Subway Stations Are Economic Developers
Glen Murray’s Remarks at the Amazing Possibilities Conference
Rozanski Hall, University of Guelph
May 5, 2006
Jane (Jacobs) talked about cities as places that generate wealth. If cities cannot generate wealth, if they cannot generate a surplus of wealth, they cease to exist. They don’t have a healthy economy. And if we don’t understand what real value is, [...]
Posted: May 5th, 2006 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Historic Winnipeg, Transit, Urban Studies.
Comments: 2