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Originally Posted by newflyer
There should be a government funded Polo Park Museum. It was the first indoor mall in western Canada and people need to know Winnipeg's place in the development of retail.
There should be a whole gallery dedicated to its humble begining as an outdoor shopping centre.
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In Polo Park itself there is a little display surrounding the Polo player statue in the south part of the main floor. The photos go from when it was polo grounds to the open air mall to being enclosed the major expansion in the 80's to present day. Not a bad little timeline set.