[Archiseek]

so what's going to happen here....

http://www.archiseek.com/gifs/100mainstreet.jpg

Rumours of something tall... rumours of something small... the world's largest teepee....

[Lee_Haber8]

^Another project that will fall through

[trueviking]

wow, lee, you are cranky these days...

i have heard of one response to the RFP that will only be park space...demolishing 100 main and re-building in an abstact way, part of the fort...an interpretive centre will be included.

[Biff]

Like i predicted in the WPG construction thread. It didn't take long to start this thread at all. Hopefully it will encompass those parking lots and leave some room for an expanded historic site at the Fort Gate.

[trueviking]

two other responses that i have seen are quite dramatic....both will get people very excited.

[drew]

I would like to see part of the sight permanently dedicated to some sort of archiological dig around the old fort site at 100 main.

A tallish building would be great - but it might be better suited across Broadway (beside the Wawanesa building) on that empty lot.

We should try to save the old fort site for something more green and touristy.

[1ajs]

sadly i smell a new conterversy starting like the save the eatons thing round the corner... lets work on the area that the gate sits on and let progres have the 100 main!

i can't wait to see what were geting :)

can't wait to see a crane for it :)
http://static.flickr.com/114/257787588_3303309bfa_b.jpg

[Lee_Haber8]

wow, lee, you are cranky these days...

i have heard of one response to the RFP that will only be park space...demolishing 100 main and re-building in an abstact way, part of the fort...an interpretive centre will be included.

There's not much to be excited about these days, at least not in Winnipeg. Other cities have cool projects too, but at least they happen. The only good thing that has actually happened in the last two years that I can think of is the skatepark. I think we'll be waiting till 2010 for things to start changing

[1ajs]

come on stop being so negitive!

your just making your self part of the problem by being negitive like this........

[trueviking]

There's not much to be excited about these days, at least not in Winnipeg. Other cities have cool projects too, but at least they happen. The only good thing that has actually happened in the last two years that I can think of is the skatepark. I think we'll be waiting till 2010 for things to start changing

let's see...two years eh?....

a new $300m airport designed by one of the world's most famous architects

$50m in new condo construction on waterfont drive as well as numerous loft conversions in the exchange district bringing hundreds of new residents downtown,

the $200m hydro building, the world's greenest office tower designed by one of canada's premier architects

award winning $50m red river college downtown campus

the beautiful $20m milleneum library designed by another of canada's premier architects.

the $150m MTS centre

the $20m CTV downtown buiding

the $35m pharmacy building

the $150m expansion of HSC

two large condo projects (8-9 storey) in st. b across the river from downton on provencher and tache.

the inn at the forks is less than 2 years old.

[rgalston]

There's not much to be excited about these days, at least not in Winnipeg. Other cities have cool projects too, but at least they happen. The only good thing that has actually happened in the last two years that I can think of is the skatepark. I think we'll be waiting till 2010 for things to start changing

In addition to Trueviking's list of recent construction activity, there are numerous other, tangible signs that good things Winnipeg has improved in the last two years, and continues to improve: the mini retail boom on Albert and McDermot, quickly turned the West Exchange the city's third most (and in my opinion, best) trendy neighborhood; visionary property owners and artists started to migrate north to Chinatown and North Main (the Occidental Hotel was cleaned up, new galleries and residential units, etc.); African immigrants did much to renew Central Park; West Broadway, parts of the West End, North Point Douglas, and the North End have noticably improved; the Volvos parked on Wolseley streets are getting newer and nicer.

Obviously, this progress is all occuring at a slower pace than any of us would like, but is happening, and undeniably so.

[drew]

[QUOTE=1ajs]lets work on the area that the gate sits on and let progress have the 100 main!
/QUOTE]

Winnipeg has PLENTY of sites available for progress, and lots of them are sitting on nicer pieces of real estate than this.

However - not many of these already vacant sites come complete with a significant (at least for Winnipeg, and maybe Western Canada) historical setting. That should be worth something.

[Lee_Haber8]

let's see...two years eh?....

a new $300m airport designed by one of the world's most famous architects

$50m in new condo construction on waterfont drive as well as numerous loft conversions in the exchange district bringing hundreds of new residents downtown,

the $200m hydro building, the world's greenest office tower designed by one of canada's premier architects

award winning $50m red river college downtown campus

the beautiful $20m milleneum library designed by another of canada's premier architects.

the $150m MTS centre

the $20m CTV downtown buiding

the $35m pharmacy building

the $150m expansion of HSC

two large condo projects (8-9 storey) in st. b across the river from downton on provencher and tache.

the inn at the forks is less than 2 years old.

While this may be the most Winnipeg has seen in the last 50 yrs that is not saying much if anything at all. One of the things NewFlyer keeps saying is that if the city were really starting to thrive than most of these projects would be private sector like in Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. I agree that in order to kick-start something you may need public sector money. That's what the library, Red River College and MTS Centre were for.
But we can't keep kidding ourselves that this is going to do it, the government can't do everything.

I would also note that most of the projects listed are Murray Era projects. These things were in development years ago and are just being built. What's going to be built for the next few years? I don't see many new projects coming down the pipe, especially ones that are initiated by the private sector. I also don't see much private investment resulting from the projects like the library and Red River College.

I'm going to say this and I really, really hope I am wrong. The Human Rights Museum which I think is an amazing project which defies all the bad characteristics of Winnipeg will not happen, at least not as the amazing proposal it is now. It will probably be scaled down, becoming another mediocre compromise. I really hope this doesn't happen, but this is the way things seem to be going. Just as soon as the city starts to get some momentum we shoot ourselves in the foot. How Winnipeg!

[Aralaus]

let's see...two years eh?....

a new $300m airport designed by one of the world's most famous architects

$50m in new condo construction on waterfont drive as well as numerous loft conversions in the exchange district bringing hundreds of new residents downtown,

the $200m hydro building, the world's greenest office tower designed by one of canada's premier architects

award winning $50m red river college downtown campus

the beautiful $20m milleneum library designed by another of canada's premier architects.

the $150m MTS centre

the $20m CTV downtown buiding

the $35m pharmacy building

the $150m expansion of HSC

two large condo projects (8-9 storey) in st. b across the river from downton on provencher and tache.

the inn at the forks is less than 2 years old.

I'll see all of that and raise you an EnCana (rumored ~1 billion)... haha, im sorry, i just wanted to throw that out there. *quietly walks away from Winnipeg forums, never to be seen again*

haha..
but seriously though im pleasantly surprised that there has been this much happen in Winnipeg in the last 2 years. I knew about the Hydro building, MTS Center and Airport, but there's a lot of good mid-range projects there in the mix... something which is just as important to a city as the biggies. Keep up the good work!

As far as 100 Main Street... i would make a cultural center where the history of Canada is told through interpretive dance... with colourful ribbons! who's behind me?

[Andy6]

I'm going to say this and I really, really hope I am wrong. The Human Rights Museum which I think is an amazing project which defies all the bad characteristics of Winnipeg will not happen, at least not as the amazing proposal it is now. It will probably be scaled down, becoming another mediocre compromise. I really hope this doesn't happen, but this is the way things seem to be going. Just as soon as the city starts to get some momentum we shoot ourselves in the foot. How Winnipeg!

Unless you were born yesterday (which I realize many around here almost were) you'd have to have recognized from the start that the Human Rights Museum was a longshot. The idea with this sort of thing is that you announce something impressive but underfunded and then hope public excitement will put enough pressure on the government to provide the missing cash. I think they kind of overreached with this, and obviously the Aspers were blindsided by the election of a Tory government that they don't have much influence with. But who knows...maybe it will come together somehow.

[newflyer]

Unless you were born yesterday (which I realize many around here almost were) you'd have to have recognized from the start that the Human Rights Museum was a longshot. The idea with this sort of thing is that you announce something impressive but underfunded and then hope public excitement will put enough pressure on the government to provide the missing cash.

Very true... when they first announced the fund raising for the new library, it was an amazing vision which included a tower, but as the fund raising stalled it was serverly scaled down. I was very excited when I made my contribution the first day of the drive, and was disappointed with the end product.

I also don't think the federal government in power has had little impact on the muesum, as the Conservatives have stood behind previous commitments and said they will fund there share. Only a last minute desparate promise to raise funding .. as a means to collect votes during a election campaign promises were made, but I have serious doubts that funding would have ever flowed. Last second promises during a close campaign are not to be taken very seriously, as they rarely folow through.

[1ajs]

when dealing with the goverment get every thing on paper or you will get screwed over....

[newflyer]

a new $300m airport designed by one of the world's most famous architects (Private investment??.. I don't think government is involved in this one, but I am not sure)

$50m in new condo construction on waterfont drive as well as numerous loft conversions in the exchange district bringing hundreds of new residents downtown - (involved centre venture incentives)

the $200m hydro building, the world's greenest office tower designed by one of canada's premier architects (100% government funded, will go over budget)

award winning $50m red river college downtown campus ( 100% government funded)

the beautiful $20m milleneum library designed by another of canada's premier architects. (Partially government funded .... remainder donated funds)

the $150m MTS centre (Partially government funded)

the $20m CTV downtown buiding ( This is part of the powerhouse building expansion... which was a part of the True North Deal to house VLT machines, restaurant, offices for the moose and leasable space - CTV)

the $35m pharmacy building (government funded??)

the $150m expansion of HSC (government funded)

two large condo projects (8-9 storey) in st. b across the river from downton on provencher and tache. (Private investment)

the inn at the forks is less than 2 years old. (Private investment)



As you can see the confidence in the local market is not that strong at the moment, even with hundreds of millions of dollars flowing from government couffers .. building mega projects at a record pace.

It is a lesson Winnipeg seems to need to relearn every 10 years or so... mega projects and high taxes don't work. Mega projects and stagnant private entreprise means nothing. We have to build the downtown economy through private investment. An endless stream of government offices is little more than depressing to the average person with ambition. Infact the government couldn't send a clearer message to those who want to build a bigger and better economy... head west young man.

[mafia guy]

There's not much to be excited about these days, at least not in Winnipeg. Other cities have cool projects too, but at least they happen.

:jester: ...........i cant help it...............your actually kind of hilarious today..........maybe I'm just a little weird today but your seriously Hilarious!:jester: to much negative!!!!! :crazy:.............:dancing:

[trueviking]

seriously newflyer, did the government beat you as a child or what.....

[trueviking]

Unless you were born yesterday (which I realize many around here almost were) you'd have to have recognized from the start that the Human Rights Museum was a longshot. The idea with this sort of thing is that you announce something impressive but underfunded and then hope public excitement will put enough pressure on the government to provide the missing cash. I think they kind of overreached with this, and obviously the Aspers were blindsided by the election of a Tory government that they don't have much influence with. But who knows...maybe it will come together somehow.

they have 220 million dollars raised....hardly chump change....and harldy puts it in the category of "long shot".

they have the money to build the project...it is only legacy funding and operations that is the concern.....they only want the same treatement as every other national museum...less actually.

[Only The Lonely..]

the $150m expansion of HSC (government funded)



Errr, your wrong on some of the things surrounding the HSC. Only the CSRP (critical services redevelopment project) is wholly gov't funded. Then again it is an operating room and the option of private health care doesn't exist.

However, the Siemens Institute for Advanced Medicine will receive the vast majority of its funding and initial operating capital from private donors, Siemens, and Canad Inns (who on top of this will pay royalties on each dollar the hotel brings in to the HSC)

In the case of Siemens, the institute itself will act as a experimental lab and showroom for the latest and greatest in Siemens technology in the area of medical technology and life sciences.

You'd be proud of the marriage between the private and public sector on this one Newflyer.

I can't disclose too many more of the details. but I think the institute will be a hit.

[Boreal]

Winnipeg may not be neo-Calgary, despite the fact that many wish it would be. Winnipeg will be Winnipeg. Winnipeg is a city of roughly 720,000 (metro) people ...I would be VERY interested to see a project list out of Hamilton or Quebec City ...both of which are EXTREMELY close in size, and see how Winnipeg stacks up. My guess would be that we do extremely well...

Anyways. I am very excited to see the Health Sciences Centre continue to grow with those two incredible large additions. It will be quite the hub, and in a neat little location. ...can't wait to see final renderings of both projects.

[1ajs]

anyhow lets get back ontopic here....
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9195/100mainzw9.jpg

[freeweed]

So what's the deal with that, anyway? Rumors of some project to re-do that part of Main?

I always thought it was sad that practically no one in Winnipeg knew about the Upper Fort Garry gate. Everyone goes to Lower Fort Garry on a field trip, but the city fort just gets ignored. Was a nice place to walk to and eat lunch when I worked in that area, but it was such a tiny little park for such an important part of Winnipeg's history. Sure, the Forks covers that somewhat, but the Forks is mostly just a big commercial entitiy. Not exactly museum-quality, which is what they should do with the gate. Build a nice big interpretive park, and try to figure out a way to keep the "locals" from sleeping in there. It's been a while, but there used to be a lot of people "sleeping" (ie: passed out) in parks around that area and south of Assiniboine Ave.

Is the gate currently located at its actual original position? I seem to recall that it had been moved there from somewhere close by, but it's been at least 10 years since I've read the plaques and I may be remembering wrong. Would be cool if they could put it at the exact (or as close as we know) position that it was historically.

[flatlander]

I'm pretty sure that's the original gate at the original position. I don't think that was the main entrance though.

[rgalston]

No, the gate stands at its original location. It would have been the main entrance for people travelling by land, but the south entrance, facing the forks of the rivers, would have been considered the main entrance.

[freeweed]

dp

First time for everything :(

[1ajs]

dp

First time for everything :(

huh?¿

[Spocket]

Sorry to be a stick in the mud here but why are we even having this discussion right now and given the topic a dedicated thread ? We have what essentially amounts to a rumour (no offense True Viking. I only mean that we know nothing about any of the proposals but what you can tell us. By the very nature of your business you can't tell us much and I appreciate and respect that) Certainly it's a rumour from a very reliable source and that part isn't in question. Nevertheless, we have the barest information and we don't even know who precisely is involved, what they want to do, what the city will accept, and where any money is coming from. For all practical purposes we have only speculation. I'm excited about what TrueViking has said but for all we know every proposal will be shot down or rescinded. I'm sure he'll be more than happy to tell us the good news when it arrives but considering the stage we're at , speculation (and a dedicated thread) seems awfully premature.

[1ajs]

why can't we do this.... they do it all the time in other subforums............

its one of many proposils viking has mentioned we could wind up with a exspanded park that the historical society is jumping up and down for...

witch we have seen the plans for hmm goes and digs them out of the monster.... now witch monster was it in hmmm

[Spocket]

^You can do whatever you want. I'm just saying that considering how little there is to go on, this seems kind of pointless right now. TV can't tell us what we'd like to know and without it, what have we got ? Zip.

[1ajs]

well at least we will get rid of some of that surfqace parking along main :)

[freeweed]

Don't worry. Like every sub-thread here, after 3 pages it will devolve into a Victoria vs Edmonton vs Calgary vs Regina vs Winnipeg vs Toronto flamefest.

Followed by page-long dissertations on economic theory ripped straight from 150 year old textbooks, why we hate taxes, and how the devil himself lives in a single family dwelling.

Then, some nice shots of the snow in Winnipeg. It only took you guys a month to catch up to us. :haha:

[1ajs]

haha so thats why i post my pics to distract plp from pointles arguments

[trueviking]

i would tend to agree with you spocket

[newflyer]

However, the Siemens Institute for Advanced Medicine will receive the vast majority of its funding and initial operating capital from private donors, Siemens, and Canad Inns (who on top of this will pay royalties on each dollar the hotel brings in to the HSC)

Yes you are very correct.. I was refering to the hospital proper... including the new childern's hospital building and parkade.

[newflyer]

seriously newflyer, did the government beat you as a child or what.....

Sorry, but I don't consider a ton of government projects worth the time of day. The reality is any lazy government can blow through a ton of cash, but it takes a qualified government to lay the conditions which build the economy and attract private investment, which builds the taxbase for the future governments.

Ah nevermind... Winnipegers are lost is a socialist fog. A true shame that so much petencial is completely wasted.

Enjoy your parking lots.. while dreaming of the next BIG government mega project. :banana: :banana: :banana:

Maybe once we reach November 2017 and have paid off the massive city debt, caused by previous GREAT ideas of government beauracrats, we can start to plan a real rapid transit system.

[1ajs]

hospitals hmm biotec were trying to be miniaplis jr.... now if we could just get are Ass in GEAR!!!

[ssiguy]

First a question............................by TCH is that the same as Portage?
It seems to me that Winnipeg seems to be doing just fine economically as does all of Manitoba for that matter.

Also, I don't understand why people are down on Winnipeg's downtown.
It has the nicest downtown of any prarie province and before you ask.........yes, I am including Edmonton and Calgary's.
Winnipegs has something refreshing that those don't, character.
Winnipeg's downtown is also a hell of a lot more active after 6 than Calgary's and ESPECIALLY Edmonton's.
I really don't understand why Manitobans are so down on their fair metropolis.
I would consider moving to Winnipeg but there are two thing that hold me back...........mosquitos {which I still cannot be beleive that can't control} and the high crime rate.

[drew]

I really don't understand why Manitobans are so down on their fair metropolis.
I would consider moving to Winnipeg but there are two thing that hold me back...........mosquitos {which I still cannot be beleive that can't control} and the high crime rate.

A lot of people are down on our fair metropolis because the majority of Canadians have stereotypical views of this city - views that are obviously strenghthened when they talk to expats like yourself.

Mosquitoes and crime are very fluffy reasons not to want to live here. Yes mosquitos can't really be controlled (unless the city gets serious about proper drainage around the outskirts of the city) but this summer there weren't any mosquitos period.

As for crime - well the rate maybe higher here, but I seriously doubt that in your day to day life you would notice any difference here compared to any other large city in Canada.

[1ajs]

First a question............................by TCH is that the same as Portage?
It seems to me that Winnipeg seems to be doing just fine economically as does all of Manitoba for that matter.

Also, I don't understand why people are down on Winnipeg's downtown.
It has the nicest downtown of any prarie province and before you ask.........yes, I am including Edmonton and Calgary's.
Winnipegs has something refreshing that those don't, character.
Winnipeg's downtown is also a hell of a lot more active after 6 than Calgary's and ESPECIALLY Edmonton's.
I really don't understand why Manitobans are so down on their fair metropolis.
I would consider moving to Winnipeg but there are two thing that hold me back...........mosquitos {which I still cannot be beleive that can't control} and the high crime rate.


the trick with mosquitos is you build a fire pit and the back yard and have a fire with your friends on the weekend on a beutifull summers night and have a barbique :) also building a deck above the ground about 1' to 3' off the ground helps alot... or riping your lawn out and puting a stone padio in helps still can have a garden and puting a cup of bleach into the rain bairal at least once a week or any places you got standing water or empty them also helps


crime lol its just over publizized... though the car theft thing is there but then thats whats car insurance is for and if you are realy worried about that you could take advange of the imoblizer deals that mpi has going.

theres nothing like padling up the rive to the forks and tieing up and going for ice cream or a snack and then wonder down the asiaboin :)
we are so spoiled in this city :cool:

I love my winnipeg

[ssiguy]

Winnipeg's crime rate should be considered its top priority. Well it maybe true that if you don't live along Main you may not be effected much by crime that is hardly the point.
A city is not a "section" that you can pretend doesn't exist. Vancouver is a STELLAR example of this with its Downtown Eastside.
Second there is a VERY cheap , VERY effective, and non-toxic way of getting rid of mosquitos.................its called garlic.
Garlic fields have NO mosquitos and many farms and golf courses/parks spray a light garlic on their fields overhead by plan twice a year with NO mosquitos after that in sight.
The smell goes away in about 4 hours BUT because the average mosquito has a sence of smell approx. 10,000. stronger than ours they completly avoid the area and can die from its effects with NO harm to other creatures big and small.
Sound rediculous.........its not, its scientific fact, they cannot tolerate the smell of garlic. Much the same as silverfish go away immediatly after applying Lemon Mr.Clean on bathroom floor.................it has nothing to do with toxicity but just the fact they cannot tolerate the smell. I use to have them all over my condo bathroom and the manager just said clean with Mr.Clean and so I did and I haven't seen one since.
And all this time you thought garlic only repelled vampires and lousy dates.

Many small cities in the USA are now spraying twice a year to rid themselves of skitters and it works.
This is also why many houses in the southern US just apply a very low homemade garlic/water/canola oil spray on thei lawns and NEVER get mosquitos and why it is often used in poorer countries to help control WestNile.

[1ajs]

sweet scots of haggis one of my favorit things to eat :P i gota rember this one TXS

[mafia guy]

haha so thats why i post my pics to distract plp from pointles arguments

you do, do that quite regularly:D

[Biff]

What does any of this have to do with 100 Main St???

[Greco Roman]

Is there any relevant info on this 100 Main St. project?

[Smron]

Why don't you just learn how to wait? I guarantee you, when information is available, it will be all over this forum, like all other information that we know already. Until then, do us all a favour and stop posting.

[The Jabroni]

Well, the only thing I learned about in this thread is the use of garlic against mosquitoes. Highly irrelevant and highly off topic, but it's not too far from how irrelevant that fact is from 100 Main St. if you think about it.

[Andy6]

I have seen mosquitoes in the vicinity of 100 Main Street in my time.

[Greco Roman]

Why don't you just learn how to wait? I guarantee you, when information is available, it will be all over this forum, like all other information that we know already. Until then, do us all a favour and stop posting.

What the crap? Then just pretend I don't post and just chillax man. You don't like me, then don't respond to me. Pretty simple.

[1ajs]

I have seen mosquitoes in the vicinity of 100 Main Street in my time.
bahaha :haha:

[1ajs]

What the crap? Then just pretend I don't post and just chillax man. You don't like me, then don't respond to me. Pretty simple.
wow dude were not trying to diss ya you know as much as we do. if you wana no more all i can sujest is becoming a drafts person ect and work in the feild

[newflyer]

I truely hope there is a new development annouced for 100 Main....


.... BUT thus far this is the most pointless thread I have encountered.

Please someone take a picture of this sight, perhaps we can comment on a bush or tree or even parking lot... something... anything ... is more than nothing.

[1ajs]

there newflyer....
http://www.archiseek.com/gifs/100mainstreet.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9195/100mainzw9.jpg

[newflyer]

thanks 1ajs ... now we have a starting point.

ewwwww.... ahhhhhhh ;)

[newflyer]

... I just notcied that airial shot must be a few years old. The Inn at the Forks is missing.

Oh well I am sure the parking lot at 100 Main is still the same.

[freeweed]

Google's satellite data for Winnipeg is very old - they don't even show the expansion at the baseball stadium. That was what, 2003?

Oh, and for the record, I hereby propose an amendment to all world government constitutions, to ban the word "chillax" from ever being said/written/thought up again. Stupidest. "word". Ever. :slob:

[1ajs]

ya google when they updated winnipeg last year whent from main street west side being riped up to water front being done... witch is a step backwards in time... odd eh?

[pegcity]

this 100 main st. thing better be good. better or else.

GO BLUE BOMBERS!

[1ajs]

GO BLUE BOMBERS!
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/681.jpg

[Jets4Life]

this 100 main st. thing better be good. better or else.



You'll move to Alberta?:shrug:

[1ajs]

You'll move to Alberta?:shrug:
o man were in for a treat :tup:

[harls]

So is that the only curling club downtown? where's the next closest one?

[tygunn]

So is that the only curling club downtown? where's the next closest one?

There's the Granite which by the river beside the great west life complex. I think that's the closest.

Tyler

[flatlander]

I used to curl at the Grain Exchange (adjacent to Upper Fort Garry Gate) but now I'm at the Granite. Liked them both. The Grain Exchange has a cooler arena part but the Granite has a better lounge and restaurant. Sadly neither of them have good pizza.

[pegcity]

Alberta is overrated.

[1ajs]

the curling rink is on a seperate lot and is not part of the rfp...

[tygunn]

the curling rink is on a seperate lot and is not part of the rfp...

Awww, and here I was hoping they'd incorporate it into a high-rise and Winnipeg could hold the record for the world's highest curling rink -- much the same way that the Hancock building has the world's highest swimming pool. :haha:

[1ajs]

Awww, and here I was hoping they'd incorporate it into a high-rise and Winnipeg could hold the record for the world's highest curling rink -- much the same way that the Hancock building has the world's highest swimming pool. :haha:

lol

[harls]

I'd curl there. :D

Hurl a barn-burner through the house and through a 25 storey window onto unsuspecting pedestrians below.. you could have a sign that said, "danger - falling (curling) rocks" or something..

[1ajs]

I'd curl there. :D

Hurl a barn-burner through the house and through a 25 storey window onto unsuspecting pedestrians below.. you could have a sign that said, "danger - falling (curling) rocks" or something..

idea go make a fake sign and put it outside of fortgary place :P

[newflyer]

Alberta is overrated.

perhaps... but I am making very good money. :D

[newflyer]

Any theories of what this building will be??

I am guessing it will be good sized condo building. Perhaps 20 stories, which would be a nice addition to the area.

[1ajs]

tehehe theres more then one proposil newflyer... :tup: the tallest one would be a new tallest...

[newflyer]

I can't wait to see the concept drawings!!! :skyscraper:

[harls]

I guess we'll all play with ourselves until trueviking leaks some information.

well, I'll be playing with myself nonetheless.

[Only The Lonely..]

Can I play too? ;)

[The Jabroni]

Count me in. :banana:

[1ajs]

o god you guys.....

i will go back to :dancing:

[Greco Roman]

I guess we'll all play with ourselves until trueviking leaks some information.

well, I'll be playing with myself nonetheless.

Careful man. Some people may take you literally :haha:

[newflyer]

This project must be ready to break soon.... I am looking forward to seeing Winnipeg's new tower.

Lets hope it adds a modern flair to the Broadway area.

[The Jabroni]

^^Yes. The suspense is killing us!!

[1ajs]

^^Yes. The suspense is killing us!!
:D :cool: :cheers: were in for a treat

[harls]

indeed we are.

oops, I better shut my trap..

[Greco Roman]

:D :cool: :cheers: were in for a treat

I really hope so. Edmonton just announced a kick-ass skyscraper being built, supposedly surpassing their tallest, with more on the way. I expect nothing less for Winnipeg :tup:

[newflyer]

Correct me if I'm worng... but didnd't someone say this prject would be unvailed at the end of this week?

[Lee_Haber8]

The project probably doesn't exist. It's probably an early April Fool's Joke. Good one TV - almost had us there :jester:

[P&M40BELOW]

tehehe theres more then one proposil newflyer... :tup: the tallest one would be a new tallest...
I know I am late with a response, however, if this is actually true, putting the tallest building in the city in that location is pretty stupid. That spot is blocks removed from the centre of downtown. Why not create some density! There are a number of spots at or near Portage and Main or on Portage itself that would be a much better location for a tall tower.
Just a hunch, but I'll presume the Northwest Co. is behind one proposal, however they would need another anchor as well.

[Andy6]

I know I am late with a response, however, if this is actually true, putting the tallest building in the city in that location is pretty stupid. That spot is blocks removed from the centre of downtown. Why not create some density! There are a number of spots at or near Portage and Main or on Portage itself that would be a much better location for a tall tower.
Just a hunch, but I'll presume the Northwest Co. is behind one proposal, however they would need another anchor as well.

There's no way this would be an office tower. It would have to be all or mostly a condo and even then it would seem pretty unlikely that anyone would suddenly decide to build something taller than 55 Nassau in downtown Winnipeg. But who knows.

[drew]

I think a nice slender condo tower would look nice around there - even if it eeked out the TD for height. Fort Garry Place isn't that much shorter than the cluster of 400'ers at Portage and Main anyway.

[1ajs]

I know I am late with a response, however, if this is actually true, putting the tallest building in the city in that location is pretty stupid. That spot is blocks removed from the centre of downtown. Why not create some density! There are a number of spots at or near Portage and Main or on Portage itself that would be a much better location for a tall tower.
Just a hunch, but I'll presume the Northwest Co. is behind one proposal, however they would need another anchor as well.

the tallest is mix use.......................... viking is not playing with us..........
the anouncment for this week was for the U OF W project that viking is working on

[Pootkao]

Vike, when do you sleep, man? It seems like you're working on every decent sized project in town... or more importantly, when do you drink???

[DowntownBooster]

It seems as though there would be a lot of interest in seeing a project move forward on this site. If there are indeed intentions to have the tallest structure constructed at that location, it would probably garner more excitement among Winnipeggers than any other development to date since we have basically been waiting since 1969 to see something taller than the Richardson Building go up in downtown Winnipeg. Technically the CanWest Place tower is taller than the Richardson but basically all 3 of the tallest buildings at Portage & Main are around 400 feet. Hopefully Lee Haber8 is not correct about this being an early April Fool's joke. It would be great news is the development mentioned would actually be going forward. If anyone has any concrete news or confirmation on this, please share so that we have something to look forward to with certainty.

[Greco Roman]

:cheers: It seems as though there would be a lot of interest in seeing a project move forward on this site. If there are indeed intentions to have the tallest structure constructed at that location, it would probably garner more excitement among Winnipeggers than any other development to date since we have basically been waiting since 1969 to see something taller than the Richardson Building go up in downtown Winnipeg. Technically the CanWest Place tower is taller than the Richardson but basically all 3 of the tallest buildings at Portage & Main are around 400 feet. Hopefully Lee Haber8 is not correct about this being an early April Fool's joke. It would be great news is the development mentioned would actually be going forward. If anyone has any concrete news or confirmation on this, please share so that we have something to look forward to with certainty.

[freeweed]

If there are indeed intentions to have the tallest structure constructed at that location, it would probably garner more excitement among Winnipeggers than any other development to date since we have basically been waiting since 1969 to see something taller than the Richardson Building go up in downtown Winnipeg.

Absolutely! I still remember fondly all the arguments about whether or not the Trizec (forget what they've re-named it to now) was going to be taller. Even years after construction, people still argued - in the days before the Internet, "official" numbers like this were hard to come by. Nowadays, we just come here and have measurements down (up?) to the inch. :notacrook:

[1ajs]

It seems as though there would be a lot of interest in seeing a project move forward on this site. If there are indeed intentions to have the tallest structure constructed at that location, it would probably garner more excitement among Winnipeggers than any other development to date since we have basically been waiting since 1969 to see something taller than the Richardson Building go up in downtown Winnipeg. Technically the CanWest Place tower is taller than the Richardson but basically all 3 of the tallest buildings at Portage & Main are around 400 feet. Hopefully Lee Haber8 is not correct about this being an early April Fool's joke. It would be great news is the development mentioned would actually be going forward. If anyone has any concrete news or confirmation on this, please share so that we have something to look forward to with certainty.
umm turst me its real we could end up with a biger park.. a new tallest with a park or somthing in the midle...

[Only The Lonely..]

Look at this.. 4 pages and 98 posts later and we're still all scratching our asses talking about nothing.

[1ajs]

Look at this.. 4 pages and 98 posts later and we're still all scratching our asses talking about nothing.
i have seen with my own eyes this is not a joke...

[newflyer]

Look at this.. 4 pages and 98 posts later and we're still all scratching our asses talking about nothing.


Come on.... didn't I mention the bush on the lot or something? :rolleyes:


Never the less I've had my thumb in my ear ... not straching my ass.