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	<title>TRUWinnipeg.org &#187; Urban Studies</title>
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	<description>Toward a Better Future for Urban Winnipeg</description>
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		<title>Christopher Leo is a brain-damaged moron (and other observations)</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2010/07/08/christopher-leo-is-a-brain-damaged-moron-and-other-observations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Downtown Revitalization]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at TRU Winnipeg, we&#8217;ve found that critiquing the local discussion on urban issues is rather like playing a never-ending game of whac-a-mole—each time we smack down the clueless assertions of one ostensible academic, instantly pops up another.
The most recent bit of disingenuous drivel comes from University of Winnipeg professor Christopher Leo, who claims “expertise” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City approves demolition of Exchange District warehouse erected 1884</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2010/04/16/demolition-threatens-exchange-district-warehouse-erected-1884/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2010/04/16/demolition-threatens-exchange-district-warehouse-erected-1884/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;
&#8230;from my rearview mirror. I can&#8217;t wait to move out and leave the renewal to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t fear the chain store</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/11/05/don%e2%80%99t-fear-the-chain-store/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/11/05/don%e2%80%99t-fear-the-chain-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Downtown Revitalization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rejigging WT Routes &#8211; What to do all day</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/08/06/rejigging-wt-routes-what-to-do-all-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/08/06/rejigging-wt-routes-what-to-do-all-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Sprawl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Menzies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planner]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=460</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fellow TRUWinnipegger Rob Galston has a blog post about design of a new building for Smith Carter Architects at 1600  Buffalo Pl. in Fort Garry.
He raises a point, in sarcasm, about the &#8216;94 Kenaston Express&#8217; bus route. It&#8217;s not really an Express anyway, but I&#8217;ll leave that part of it alone.

When I first read that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrong Way to Rapid Transit</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/30/wrong-way-to-rapid-transit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/30/wrong-way-to-rapid-transit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week City Council OK&#8217;d a plan for a land swap at Parker Ave. in Fort Garry that would effectively create 3,500 units of affordable housing on the northern tip of Fort Garry, which would be designed and built by Andrew Marquess.

Andrew has a good track record in downtown Winnipeg, so far he has renovated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Station Design</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/30/bad-station-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/30/bad-station-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Beauty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cancelbot on NewWinnipeg.com has this to say about the poor station design of the BRT:




Bad Station Design &#8211; Southwest Rapid Transit Line
by cancelbot on Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:43 am

Have you noticed an interesting design detail regarding the stations along the SW Rapid Transit Corridor?
Have a look at the Winnipeg Transit rapid transit website here.
You&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They Knew Back Then</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/28/they-knew-back-then/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/28/they-knew-back-then/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a fragment of text from Winnipeg Electric Company&#8217;s (WECo.) newsletter of July 1922 when Winnipeg still had its streetcars and the Company was still expanding the tracks, not tearing them up:

SOURCE: WinnipegStreetcar.com &#8211; WECO Newsletter July 08, 1922
The history of every progressive community shows that its growth and development is measured by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TRUMail &#8211; July 24, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/24/trumail-july-24-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/24/trumail-july-24-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JimJ</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Polo Park]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=304</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another inexpensive means of improving service would be for routes to terminate at transfer points. I wrote to Winnipeg Transit making this suggestion many years ago and never got a reply to my letter. Examples that leap to mind are:

continuing 68 Grosvenor west and north to Polo Park
extending 18 Corydon north from Tuxedo to Polo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heritage Winnipeg applauds 89-year-old building&#8217;s demolition</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/23/heritage-winnipeg-applauds-89-year-old-buildings-demolition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/23/heritage-winnipeg-applauds-89-year-old-buildings-demolition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;restoration, rehabilitation and preservation of Winnipeg&#8217;s built environment.&#8221;

Some how, this organization has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban renewal gone wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/21/urban-renewal-gone-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.truwinnipeg.org/2009/07/21/urban-renewal-gone-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dallas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truwinnipeg.org/?p=302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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.

Centred around Lord Selkirk Park, a small park on Stella Avenue just west of Main [...]]]></description>
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