Historical Winnipeg discussion - Page 109

Urban recluse · #**2161** Posted **Jun 11, 2017, 6:14 PM**

True, I guess I thought you were older lol. I miss chats with Bernie Wolfe about them good ol' days.

Andy6 · #**2162** Posted **Jun 12, 2017, 4:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Urban recluse

True, I guess I thought you were older lol. I miss chats with Bernie Wolfe about them good ol' days.

I do have a chunk of terra cotta from the facade of the Childs Building that I use as a doorstop.

Urban recluse · #**2163** Posted **Jun 12, 2017, 2:19 PM**

Door stop haha, should be displayed as art.

1ajs · #**2164** Posted **Jun 13, 2017, 2:45 AM**

ive got royal bank terracotta spindal and a peic of the regent theater origonal plaster rosset off the facade

Labroco · #**2165** Posted **Jun 13, 2017, 3:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by Andy6

I do have a chunk of terra cotta from the facade of the Childs Building that I use as a doorstop.

I have the ionic capitals from the Nanton Bldg at Portage and Main tucked away in a crawl space. We removed them with a crane along with carrera marble washroom partitions from the Childs. They made a great board room table after being repolished...

The Capitals are available to anyone with a meaningful project...

Xtoval · #**2166** Posted **Jun 13, 2017, 9:26 AM**

On the Childs Building, it was really easy to get to the top via the back fire escape. Several nights, in the early 1980s, we clambered up. Great views! We were usually drinking beer and watching the Dub Rifles at the Royal Albert before our urban alpinism. Never caught. Yes, Albert Street was pretty good in the 1980s, with the Wellington in the basement of the St. Charles as a hard-core punk mecca and the Albert with more eclectic stuff. Celebrated blues jam every Saturday at the Albert with Big Dave McLean, Hound Dog (Brent Parkin, Danny Casavant, et al) and the young Colin James, then known as Colin Munn. Before Corydon took off in the 1990s, that's where the action was.

cutchemist42 · #**2167** Posted **Jun 13, 2017, 2:58 PM**

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...room-1.4157824

AM I mixing up my stories, I thought this was for Skycity?

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The company plans to build a parkade and with approximately 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail along Smith Street.

Andy6 · #**2168** Posted **Jun 13, 2017, 4:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Xtoval

On the Childs Building, it was really easy to get to the top via the back fire escape. Several nights, in the early 1980s, we clambered up. Great views! We were usually drinking beer and watching the Dub Rifles at the Royal Albert before our urban alpinism. Never caught. Yes, Albert Street was pretty good in the 1980s, with the Wellington in the basement of the St. Charles as a hard-core punk mecca and the Albert with more eclectic stuff. Celebrated blues jam every Saturday at the Albert with Big Dave McLean, Hound Dog (Brent Parkin, Danny Casavant, et al) and the young Colin James, then known as Colin Munn. Before Corydon took off in the 1990s, that's where the action was.

I would remind you that the statute of limitations for improper ascension of a fire egress assemblage was recently increased to 38 years.

Andy6 · #**2169** Posted **Jun 13, 2017, 4:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

ive got royal bank terracotta spindal and a peic of the regent theater origonal plaster rosset off the facade

Yes you were quite the collector back in the day. I remember when you got those. Unfortunately there's not much left to tear down, so it won't be as easy for the next generation.

Urban recluse · #**2170** Posted **Jun 16, 2017, 8:42 PM**

I love this:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/951304...-UxtM5Y-Vfdd3W

esquire · #**2171** Posted **Jun 16, 2017, 8:47 PM**

^ What a streetscape.

Urban recluse · #**2172** Posted **Jun 16, 2017, 8:51 PM**

I want it back. now.

OTA in Winnipeg · #**2173** Posted **Jun 16, 2017, 8:52 PM**

Trees are all gone. Light fixtures are the same still. Love that there's a Shell gas station there.

esquire · #**2174** Posted **Jun 16, 2017, 8:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by OTA in Winnipeg

Trees are all gone. Light fixtures are the same still. Love that there's a Shell gas station there.

Maybe Shell had offices in the building that the sign sat on, but there was no Shell station there.

OTA in Winnipeg · #**2175** Posted **Jun 16, 2017, 10:35 PM**

Thanks for that. I was really speculating that maybe it was in this spot and should have stated that:
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/500...!4d-97.1392863
Certainly the sign was in the right place.

esquire · #**2176** Posted **Jun 17, 2017, 12:06 AM**

^ The sign was actually at Portage and Main... when you see photos from other vantage points you can see what I mean. I think all the signage contributed to a vibrant urban environment... I don't get why planners cracked down on them so much.

Andy6 · #**2177** Posted **Jun 17, 2017, 4:29 AM**

CJQM ... "quality music"! Later CFRW, now known as TSN 1290.

OTA in Winnipeg · #**2178** Posted **Jun 17, 2017, 11:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by OTA in Winnipeg

Thanks for that. I was really speculating that maybe it was in this spot and should have stated that:
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/500...!4d-97.1392863
Certainly the sign was in the right place.

I see it now. That sign is actually on a building on the west side of Main St.

Andy6 · #**2179** Posted **Jun 17, 2017, 12:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by OTA in Winnipeg

Trees are all gone. Light fixtures are the same still. Love that there's a Shell gas station there.

The present light fixtures only date back to the Glen Murray regime. It was a great idea to bring them back.

Urban recluse · #**2180** Posted **Jun 17, 2017, 3:02 PM**

All those signs...