Archive for 'Architecture'
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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A Godless box for Higgins & Main
Robert Galston, The Rise and Sprawl
Comparisons to residential schools are out of line…
…this is more like a maximum security prison.
If architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was right when he said “God is in the details,” then the conceptual drawing for Youth For Christ’s recreation centre renders a Godless box.
This is architecture formless and [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2010 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Downtown Revitalization.
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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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Union tower a beacon for downtown
Robert Galston, Winnipeg Free Press
It’s easy to get excited about the plans Red River College has for the Union Bank tower on Main Street. Built in 1904, it is a true example the early skyscrapers, not only by virtue of its height, but by its adaptation of classical orders to a tall building. Reaching 11 [...]
Posted: October 25th, 2009 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Downtown Revitalization, Heritage Preservation, Historic Winnipeg.
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Heritage Winnipeg applauds 89-year-old building’s demolition
Commentary by Donovan Fontaine, via Facebook Protect the Heritage Buildings of Winnipeg from Demolition by Neglect
As it is evident from [this story, "Grain Exchange Annex to face demolition"], Heritage Winnipeg appears to be failing Winnipeg in regards to its stated goal of “restoration, rehabilitation and preservation of Winnipeg’s built environment.”
Posted: July 23rd, 2009 under Architecture, Downtown Revitalization, Heritage Preservation, Historic Winnipeg, Urban Studies.
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Urban renewal gone wrong
Robert Galston, The Uniter
Of the transformations that changed the face and fabric of Winnipeg’s old neighbourhoods in the past 60 years, none have been as sudden, total and tragic as the development of the Lord Selkirk Park neighbourhood in the 1960s.
Posted: July 21st, 2009 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Historic Winnipeg, Urban Studies.
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TRUMail – July 1, 2009
Transit Riders’ Union of Winnipeg:
I totally agree with you and believe that the downtown part of the rapid transit should be built underground from the start and no other system considered for the central area. Other parts of the system could be built underground as finances permit.
Gordon Linney
Posted: July 1st, 2009 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Downtown Revitalization, Infrastructure, TRUMail, Transit.
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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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It CAN happen here…
Entrance to subway station (built 1995) in Bilbao, Spain (metro population 950k):
More images of subways around the world
Posted: June 12th, 2008 under Architecture, Downtown Revitalization, Environment, Infrastructure, Tourism, Transit.
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Heritage Winnipeg gives up on Albert St. buildings, Main St. theatres
Robert W. Galston, The Rise & Sprawl
Fresh from fighting to save the footprint of Upper Fort Garry—a structure demolished in 1882—Heritage Winnipeg has just given the thumbs up to the demolition of the Albert Street Business Block (and the 130 year-old house that stands adjoined to it) because Ken Zaifman, the developer who has sought [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2008 under Architecture, Downtown Revitalization, Heritage Preservation, Historic Winnipeg.
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