Regina | Historical Discussion - Page 25

SkydivePilot · #**481** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 8:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by BrutallyDishonest2

I would be interesting to hear an engineer's take on that.

The first step to ensuring failure is that you'd have to have a vacant building to do it.

Also the Viterra building added four floors at around 1990. I would bet that working on the two floors beneath the construction activity would have been challenging.

W.W. La Chance · #**482** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 8:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

Did anyone else notice some of the slanted support columns in that pic? 🤔

Oh weird, they do look pretty slanted.

W.W. La Chance · #**483** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 9:07 PM**

I've always liked the Avord as well. Regina got the better of the two.

Quote from the Avord Tower Wiki: "Its own early days were before Regina's City Counsel substantially gave in to demands by business enterprise that downtown to a considerable extent be abandoned and emptied in favour of shopping centres on the outskirts of the city." ha

Saskatoon's slightly earlier, shorter twin.

SkydivePilot · #**484** Posted **Jan 25, 2016, 11:48 PM**

Yeah, Saskatoon's was built in '65.

SkydivePilot · #**485** Posted **Jan 31, 2016, 5:17 PM**

I just recently leaned about this; however, some of you guys may already know as to how Barn-11, northwest of town, got its name. The elevation of "Barn-11" is at the same elevation as the 11th floor of the SGI building.

Dan0myte · #**486** Posted **Mar 2, 2016, 7:36 PM**

My Dad was present for the demolition of the McCallum Building in 1982 and brought his 8mm video camera along to capture it. He recently had his 8mm footage digitized and I got a copy of it up on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/gszhNDl9zmc

Treesplease · #**487** Posted **Mar 2, 2016, 9:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dan0myte

My Dad was present for the demolition of the McCallum Building in 1982 and brought his 8mm video camera along to capture it. He recently had his 8mm footage digitized and I got a copy of it up on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/gszhNDl9zmc

I was expecting something further away with a little building way off in the distance........that was taken from quite close.

Stormer · #**488** Posted **Apr 4, 2016, 3:13 AM**

I've never seen this picture before of a movie shoot on 11th.

Source:Regina.ca

SkydivePilot · #**489** Posted **Apr 4, 2016, 11:01 PM**

WOW!!!! What movie is that from??!!!

Treesplease · #**490** Posted **Apr 4, 2016, 11:46 PM**

Would really suck to be parked on 11th that night.

Nathan · #**491** Posted **Apr 5, 2016, 12:06 AM**

My guess is Dolan's Cadillac?

Stormer · #**492** Posted **Apr 5, 2016, 12:19 AM**

Super Hybrid

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152827/

HomeInMyShoes · #**493** Posted **Apr 5, 2016, 2:03 PM**

^Nice find. Set in Chicago. I need to see this film now.

VANRIDERFAN · #**494** Posted **Apr 6, 2016, 5:02 PM**

These fine young gentlemen are about to head off to Europe to join the invasion fleet for Operation Overlord.
I'm pretty sure the large brick building is the College building on College Ave but what is the Wooden structure just to the right? It looks like some sort of boathouse so I'm assuming that they are between the college and Wascana Lake?

Detail of the buildings behind.

Stormer · #**495** Posted **May 6, 2016, 5:48 PM**

On the main Regina thread it indicates that Plum Garden on Albert will be demolished to make way for a Co-op Gas expansion and a new A&W. Does anyone remember the history of that building. This is what I recall:

early 70's - built as the Chinese Palace restaurant
80's - Earl's
90's - I think it was a pasta place?

There may have been other incarnations.

Edit: found a post from DanOmite confirming it was Poverino's and then a Mexican place.

Nathan · #**496** Posted **May 6, 2016, 5:54 PM**

I believe the Mexican place was called Gringo's

Yqrsk · #**497** Posted **Sep 24, 2016, 5:56 AM**

Does anyone recall the pub in the basement of the Hotel Saskatchewan? It was an old fashioned bar with ratty red cloth table covers and I believe it closed around 1973. Other downtown hotel pubs included the Drake, LaSalle and Georgia followed by the Captain's Mug in the "newer" Regina Inn.

Roll-o-flex · #**498** Posted **Sep 24, 2016, 3:48 PM**

Anyone remember the Mothers Pizza on 4th avenue n and Albert in the 80s?
It became Bonnie and Clyde's and changed hands a few times and is now The Last Straw. I worked there and drank there in the late 80s

pappcam · #**499** Posted **Sep 24, 2016, 3:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Roll-o-flex

Anyone remember the Mothers Pizza on 4th avenue n and Albert in the 80s?
It became Bonnie and Clyde's and changed hands a few times and is now The Last Straw. I worked there and drank there in the late 80s

Yep. I believe the pub/bar side was called Father's.

Roll-o-flex · #**500** Posted **Sep 24, 2016, 4:09 PM**

Do you remember this from the 90s to early 2000s? Used to be upstairs of Bushwakker's on Dewdney it had crafts and curio shoppes . I also remember a photo studio Mad Cow as well as the Cat's Meow Bakery and Cafe at the back.
The Cat's Meow was a great place.