Archive for January, 2009
Exchange District under siege (again)
Most TRU Winnipeg readers have heard the news: The Exchange District’s grandest row of buildings, along the south side of McDermot Avenue between King and Princess Streets, is in the crosshairs of Manitoba Hydro, which aims to build a substation on the site where three century-old buildings now stand.
Countless commentators & bloggers have asked the [...]
Posted: January 23rd, 2009 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Heritage Preservation, Historic Winnipeg, Urban Studies.
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Don’t Sell Winnipeg’s Rapid Transit Short
There is buzz from the Mayor’s Office that they are considering an “elevated LRT” described as using “ultra-lightweight aluminium”.
While the “upgrade” from BRT is certainly welcome, we are questioning what’s with the sudden move to monorail technology.
PolicyFrog.blogspot.com did some research and sees a resemblance between what Katz is now proposing….to an Urbanaut monorail….
Urbanaut claims that [...]
Posted: January 16th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
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