Archive for November, 2009
Parking is the problem, not the answer
Robert Galston, Winnipeg Free Press
Headed south down Waterfront Drive on an unseasonably warm November afternoon, the row of new condo buildings lining the winding roadway met my eye.
Architecturally, none of these buildings are notable for anything but average attempts at cartoonish “heritage” design, but taken together, perhaps with eyes squinted a little bit, they gave [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2009 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Downtown Revitalization.
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Don’t fear the chain store
Commercial viability is more desirable than empty lots
Robert Galston, University of Winnipeg Uniter
A small commercial building is under construction at a vacant corner of Sherbrook Street and Westminster Avenue. The main tenant of the building will be a Subway restaurant. Like Stella’s Bakery next door, this small development has been regarded as an attempt to [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2009 under Downtown Revitalization, Infrastructure, Urban Studies.
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