Historical Winnipeg discussion - Page 65

1ajs · #**1281** Posted **Jul 30, 2010, 3:20 PM**

the issues it has are because its not finished yet......

h0twired · #**1282** Posted **Jul 30, 2010, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Riverman

There was quite a good spot on the cube on CBC local news last night.The performers hate it, the stage sound is terrible and the audiences hate it. Time to tear it down and put up a stage stage!

Winnipeg hates anything new or different.

They could change the colour of the recycling bins from blue to green and you would hear about the strife it is causing Winnipeggers on CBC the next day.

DowntownWpg · #**1283** Posted **Jul 30, 2010, 6:21 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riverman

There was quite a good spot on the cube on CBC local news last night.The performers hate it, the stage sound is terrible and the audiences hate it. Time to tear it down and put up a stage stage!

Some bands/performers have nicknamed it "The Cheese Grater."

JayM · #**1284** Posted **Jul 31, 2010, 8:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by DowntownWpg

Some bands/performers have nicknamed it "The Cheese Grater."

1ajs · #**1285** Posted **Jul 31, 2010, 4:44 PM**

wait till after conert season over they will finish this beast and get the projection system setup......

roccerfeller · #**1286** Posted **Jul 31, 2010, 6:19 PM**

I think it looks cool

1ajs: Whats the deal with the going rate? How do these rates go up and down? What does Winnipeg need in order to get these towers going,

and has everyone been talking about the second tower that was supposed to be twins with the Richardson building?

1ajs · #**1287** Posted **Jul 31, 2010, 8:04 PM**

rihardson building twin what?

market rate is set by the vaancy rate and what people are willing to pay and some other factors such as the quality of rental you have amentiies location economy

RTD · #**1288** Posted **Jul 31, 2010, 10:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by roccerfeller

and has everyone been talking about the second tower that was supposed to be twins with the Richardson building?

I think you mean either the Trizac or TD twin towers. I don't believe there was ever plans for a Richardson twin tower.

roccerfeller · #**1289** Posted **Aug 1, 2010, 12:10 AM**

Yes, I think I am confused.

On the previous page there was some chat about the "second tower" being constructed.

What are these Trizac or TD twin towers?

So 1ajs, I suppose that for these to be built and in demand, that would mean a diversified economy and low rates, but if Winnipeg has those two (does it?) I guess that means ppl are simply not willing to pay for the current prices?

trueviking · #**1290** Posted **Aug 6, 2010, 4:33 PM**

found this interesting...a study of downtown winnipeg in 1966....

the current downtown population is the same as it was in 1941 and double what it was in 1966.

the number of retail units in 1966 was 319...probably a lot more today....

shows how statistics can be skewed.

http://www.mts.net/~jjaworsk/metro/d...ntownplan.html

1ajs · #**1291** Posted **Aug 6, 2010, 9:07 PM**

nice find there vike

burried in that study

" The most serious objection to our present practices, however, is that they are inefficient. They are very wasteful of land and very expensive. The widespread development of surface parking lots Downtown, although "economic" in the very narrowest sense of that term, is socially very costly. It maintains large areas of land in an undeveloped condition and provides no incentives for placing buildings on them. It may be argued that this is so only in a situation where the general level of development activity is low; where there is a high level of demand, surface parking is only a transitional use, and soon is replaced by structures of one kind or another. While there can be no quarrel with the validity of this observation, it is at the same time important to recognize the fact that the prevailing low level of development activity is to a very significant degree a reflection of our attitudes and policies toward the Downtown; changes in those attitudes and policies could produce changes in the utilization of Downtown land which would result in a much more satisfactory provision of parking facilities and a fuller use of the land now devoted to surface parking."

Biff · #**1292** Posted **Aug 11, 2010, 4:56 PM**

Winnipeg Free Press
Posted: 11/08/2010 11:31 AM

Winnipeg’s Warehouse District has made the Top 10 — but it’s not a list you want to be on.

The area, which includes the Exchange District National Historic Site, is one of the country’s Top 10 Endangered Places as designated today by the national Heritage Canada Foundation.

In a statement, the foundation says the area is in danger because of "unchecked demolition and unsympathetic replacement buildings."

Other architectural and heritage sites on the list include Kitsilano Senior Secondary School in Vancouver, Lansdowne Park in Ottawa and the Porter/McKinley block — home to one of the last remaining intact opera houses in Ontario — in Ridgetown.

The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national non-profit organization whose mandate is to promote the preservation of the country’s historic buildings and places.

rgalston · #**1293** Posted **Aug 11, 2010, 5:32 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biff

Winnipeg Free Press
Posted: 11/08/2010 11:31 AM

Winnipeg’s Warehouse District has made the Top 10 — but it’s not a list you want to be on.

The area, which includes the Exchange District National Historic Site, is one of the country’s Top 10 Endangered Places as designated today by the national Heritage Canada Foundation.

In a statement, the foundation says the area is in danger because of "unchecked demolition and unsympathetic replacement buildings."

Other architectural and heritage sites on the list include Kitsilano Senior Secondary School in Vancouver, Lansdowne Park in Ottawa and the Porter/McKinley block — home to one of the last remaining intact opera houses in Ontario — in Ridgetown.

The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national non-profit organization whose mandate is to promote the preservation of the country’s historic buildings and places.

I'm in contact with a former Winnipegger in that office, and they have been dismayed over the last couple of years at what is happening in Winnipeg, in the Exchange and on Main Street. They see Winnipeg as a place that could go from the envy of Canadian heritage, to a national laughing stock.

But, hey, at least the city's heritage community "saved" the gravel lot behind Upper Fort Garry.

Wpg_Guy · #**1294** Posted **Aug 11, 2010, 5:52 PM**

Ross McGowan is seriously delusional, Sport Mantioba turned out just great with it's with one heritage structure gone and it's soon to be parking lot.

Heritage Warehouses Not In Jeopardy - CentreVenture

CJOB News Team reporting
8/11/2010

Heritage Canada has placed Winnipeg's warehouse district on its top ten most endangered places list.
Spokesperson Carolyn Quinn tells CJOB.. a dangerous precedent is being set:
But Ross McGowan of CentreVenture calls that a cheap shot, and irresponsible:
McGowan says the Sport Manitoba project is a great example of heritage warehouses being put to good use

rgalston · #**1295** Posted **Aug 11, 2010, 8:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by WpG_GuY

McGowan says the Sport Manitoba project is a great example of heritage warehouses being put to good use

"Put to good use," I guess, is South Drive-ese for "demolish for parking."

trueviking · #**1296** Posted **Aug 12, 2010, 2:15 AM**

http://www.centreventure.com/contact_us.php

someone send him a photo of the smart bag company building on its way down....is he stupid or just a liar.