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Subway system only way to go for Winnipeg
Another fan of our website speaks out. This one from ‘Jim Cotton’ of PITT:
Subway system only way to go for Winnipeg
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Winnipeg/2008/06/14/5874956-sun.html
When will they stop dinking around with transit ?
Go big , or go home. They need to build a subway system in Winnipeg. It will not be cheap. But it will environmentally friendly, warm , [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2008 under Civic Beauty, Infrastructure, Tourism, Transit.
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It CAN happen here…
Entrance to subway station (built 1995) in Bilbao, Spain (metro population 950k):
Posted: June 12th, 2008 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Downtown Revitalization, Environment, Infrastructure, Tourism, Transit.
Comments: 2
Business Needs To Back A Winnipeg Subway
Apart from having the mass populace of Winnipeg getting behind a subway for Winnipeg, it is the business leaders that must begin to express strong vocal support for it.
For example, “steve a” (could that be NDP Intergovernmental Affairs Minister “Steve Ashton” we wonder), in a comment left on Free Press columnist Dan Lett’s The Sausage [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2008 under Tourism, Transit.
Comments: 5
North Kildonan Councillor Opposes Sculpture at Winnipeg City Hall
First of all the Plan:
Public Art Plan: 2008 Allocation
1. City Hall
The history of art work located in and around major public service institutions is a long and illustrious one. As the heart of the City’s political and public life, City Hall warrants a major art work. Housed [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2008 under Civic Beauty, Environment, Tourism.
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“Bus Rapid Transit”: Worse than nothing
Why “BRT” would do more harm than good
Lately and bizarrely there has been a renewed interest in the Axworthy-Murray-Borland-Wyatt dead horse that was the “Bus Rapid Transit” plan that Mayor Sam Katz blew off in 2005. Would-be Liberal MLA Paul Hesse is leading a ragtag team of pseudo-environmentalists and “urban” types who are calling for [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2008 under Civic Beauty, Downtown Revitalization, Historic Winnipeg, Infrastructure, Mixed Use, New Urbanism, Tourism, Transit, Urban Sprawl, Urban Studies.
Comments: 2
TRUMail - February 12, 2008
Hello people of Winnipeg!
I wanted to write a short letter supporting any plan your beautiful city may have to implement a subway/underground rail system. I am writing this letter from Minneapolis, MN, your sister to the South. I echo your pain in not being able to get a proper underground transit system passed because of [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2008 under Civic Beauty, Downtown Revitalization, Tourism, Transit.
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March 2007 - Eyesore of the Month
James Kunstler visited Winnipeg in early 2007, and took a short tour of our city. He doesn’t think that the Museum of Human Rights looks all that great.
Original link from Kunstler.com website:
http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore_200703.html
Here’s a humdinger: a model of Canada’s new Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg. Ever been to Winnipeg? It’s an entire city built to [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2007 under Architecture, Civic Beauty, Environment, Tourism.
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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