Archive for April, 2010
City approves demolition of Exchange District warehouse erected 1884
Robert Galston, The Rise and Sprawl
[Editor's note:Where the hell is Heritage Winnipeg? Let Sport Manitoba know how you feel about their disregard for our city's history by phoning them at (204) 925-5907.]
Point Douglas is going to look great in two years…
…from my rearview mirror. I can’t wait to move out and leave the renewal to [...]
Posted: April 16th, 2010 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Downtown Revitalization, Heritage Preservation, Historic Winnipeg, Urban Studies.
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“Soft despotism” and ruthless expropriation
Robert Galston, The Rise and Sprawl
Manitoba is, according to Prof. Allen Mills’s piece in the Free Press today, under “soft despotism,” and governed by bureaucracy.
I should know: I live in North Point Douglas. Here, as in the North End (where between Selkirk and Redwood, conditions are becoming so deplorable that they would make villages in [...]
Posted: April 6th, 2010 under Downtown Revitalization, Infrastructure.
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