Historical Winnipeg discussion - Page 66

1ajs · #**1301** Posted **Aug 13, 2010, 1:25 AM**

txs to rgalston for find the 1920's pic

soon to be finaly named michael jean park or ever one calls it around here norquay park

rgalston · #**1302** Posted **Aug 13, 2010, 1:32 AM**

Here is a 14-storey skyscraper that was proposed in 1907, to be built on the east side of Main between McDermot and Bannatyne (where the CWB headquarters are today). It's the tallest pre-WWI proposed building I've come across. Would have been absolutely stunning if it were built.

You can read about the developer that planned it, and the controversy that arose (get it? har har) around the building's height here.

trueviking · #**1303** Posted **Aug 13, 2010, 3:59 AM**

that is awesome....i had no idea about the mitchell fabrics building either...fascinating stuff.

1ajs · #**1304** Posted **Aug 13, 2010, 8:22 PM**

the things one cn rescue from a pile of broken stuff going to the trash
this one is all cracked and such but still

JayM · #**1305** Posted **Aug 13, 2010, 8:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

the cats arounnd the hood tend to keep them in check

I had owned two cats during my stay in Point Douglas. They were happy

hexrae · #**1306** Posted **Aug 27, 2010, 2:35 PM**

The 'This was Winnipeg' blog mentioned the Winnipeg Tribune today.

Tribune Building, Smith and Graham

ScrappyPeg · #**1307** Posted **Aug 27, 2010, 3:11 PM**

Is that an American flag dangling off of the side of the Trib building?

1ajs · #**1308** Posted **Aug 27, 2010, 3:52 PM**

yes and the old cdn flag is on the mast on the roof

rgalston · #**1309** Posted **Aug 27, 2010, 4:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by ScrappyPeg

Is that an American flag dangling off of the side of the Trib building?

Yes it is. In 1958, the U.S. Consulate office was in the Tribune Building; maybe it also was when this picture was taken (which looks to be in the early 1920s).

Archiseek · #**1310** Posted **Aug 27, 2010, 8:22 PM**

was down getting a tour of the MTC today and I noticed that someone has raised the Canadian Flag on the Union Bank Tower - once the tallest flagpole in the British Empire

Xtoval · #**1311** Posted **Sep 5, 2010, 6:52 PM**

My grandfather owned the Columbus Lunch, in Columbus Hall (site of present-day Library), and fed the US Consulate officials, managers at nearby Eaton's and Tribune reporters from the early 1930s to the early 1950s. A real urban hub. Wish I could get some pictures of the restaurant and building. Our family was never great at taking or keeping photos. Can anyone help?

1ajs · #**1312** Posted **Sep 5, 2010, 7:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Archiseek

was down getting a tour of the MTC today and I noticed that someone has raised the Canadian Flag on the Union Bank Tower - once the tallest flagpole in the British Empire

indeed it is nice to see but its been up since least june

Winnipegger@Heart · #**1313** Posted **Sep 6, 2010, 1:15 PM**

Such a beutiful surface lot has replaced the handsome Tribune Building; of course, by the time it was demolished, th efacade had been covered, "modernized", but I would still take it over the lot.

Andy6 · #**1314** Posted **Sep 11, 2010, 2:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xtoval

My grandfather owned the Columbus Lunch, in Columbus Hall (site of present-day Library), and fed the US Consulate officials, managers at nearby Eaton's and Tribune reporters from the early 1930s to the early 1950s. A real urban hub. Wish I could get some pictures of the restaurant and building. Our family was never great at taking or keeping photos. Can anyone help?

There was a postcard of the Columbus Hall on sale on eBay a few months back. I was outbid on it, unfortunately. Sorry I didn't know at the time that this was the site of the restaurant.

1ajs · #**1315** Posted **Sep 11, 2010, 6:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Winnipegger@Heart

Such a beutiful surface lot has replaced the handsome Tribune Building; of course, by the time it was demolished, th efacade had been covered, "modernized", but I would still take it over the lot.

u can thank the freepress

Brokenhead · #**1316** Posted **Feb 16, 2011, 2:50 AM**

From the Winnipeg Free Press (February 27, 1979)

Andy6 · #**1317** Posted **Feb 16, 2011, 5:44 PM**

Never so cold in my life as when I was up on the roof of my house watching that. But it was pretty much the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

BubberMiley · #**1318** Posted **Mar 18, 2011, 11:32 PM**

I think this picture of the Columbia Theatre (later the Fox Theatre) from the Peel's postcard archive was posted earlier, but I thought it was interesting that the Free Press picture was taken in the same spot roughly 70 years later.
I like the Peel photo because you can see the Starland sign in the distance already up, even though the Starland itself hadn't been renovated to its expanded size (which happened in 1921). If you look closely you can see it still has its old, more ornate facade.

Sad how those facades often got covered up, like with the Rex and, as is obvious here, the Columbia.

armorand93 · #**1319** Posted **Mar 19, 2011, 12:49 AM**

Does anyone got pictures of Unicity Mall? I barely remember it since I was 6 when they tore it down, but im curious to see what it looked like

1ajs · #**1320** Posted **Mar 19, 2011, 1:34 AM**

ty for posting that fire shot from the freep u just answerd a nagging question i had for many year about what happend to the buildings that used to be on that empty lot sad