Historical Winnipeg discussion - Page 37

Harmonyman · #**721** Posted **Feb 10, 2009, 3:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by rgalston

where can I find sheet 46?

flatlander · #**722** Posted **Feb 10, 2009, 11:36 PM**

Probably at either the Provincial Archives or the municipal archives (I didn't realize they were available to the public at the municipal archives).

When i used them for a project a few years back i had to get written permission from the owners. Too bad they are still copyrighted and not truly available for 'public' use.

1ajs · #**723** Posted **Feb 11, 2009, 8:03 AM**

dam

1ajs · #**724** Posted **Feb 12, 2009, 5:43 AM**

this is now a peac of history of sorts from 2004

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkli...nce/309824771/

1ajs · #**725** Posted **Feb 15, 2009, 5:36 AM**

newflyer · #**726** Posted **Feb 15, 2009, 6:13 AM**

That map would be fairly old as the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg hasn't exsisted since the Unicity Act was passed in 72.

Interesting though .. they show a high amount of residental development intermixed with commercial along Main Street.

1ajs · #**727** Posted **Feb 15, 2009, 6:22 AM**

its from the 60's i know someone thats righting a paper on that hole plan

Andy6 · #**728** Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 8:13 PM**

Here's a pic I just scanned and blew up from the postcard. It's by William Notman and taken from the top of the Manitoba Hotel. The year would probably be around 1895 -- the original McIntyre Block, which burned on February 11, 1898, is still on Main Street (the Manitoba Hotel burned on February 9, 1899). You can see St. Andrew's Church in the background (at Elgin and Ellen) and the Post Office and City Hall, etc. Also, notice the enormous number of telegraph and electrical wires strung along the poles on Main Street.

rgalston · #**729** Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 9:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Andy6

Here's a pic I just scanned and blew up from the postcard. It's by William Notman and taken from the top of the Manitoba Hotel. The year would probably be around 1895 -- the original McIntyre Block, which burned on February 11, 1898, is still on Main Street (the Manitoba Hotel burned on February 9, 1899). You can see St. Andrew's Church in the background (at Elgin and Ellen) and the Post Office and City Hall, etc. Also, notice the enormous number of telegraph and electrical wires strung along the poles on Main Street.

Interesting to see the imposing structures newly-built with brick and stone, mixed with the primative relics of the city's earliest years--small wood-frame houses and shop fronts (like the one at the NW corner of Portage and Main).

I think the Western Canada Loan Co. building (also at the NW corner) was what replaced the building that started it all--Henry McKenney's original 1862 edifice

Andy6 · #**730** Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 9:44 PM**

And what's that lumpy golf-dome like structure sitting behind the buildings on Main Street, off Albert? I saw that in another old shot someone posted (maybe me)...

1ajs · #**731** Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 11:00 PM**

curing rink?

anyhow get aload of the grain elevator by the cp rail line....

rgalston · #**732** Posted **Feb 16, 2009, 11:16 PM**

That might be the "Royal Hall" that John A. Macdonald spoke at sometime in the early/mid 1870s?

1ajs · #**733** Posted **Feb 17, 2009, 4:10 AM**

when was this?

Andy6 · #**734** Posted **Feb 17, 2009, 4:50 AM**

What is the bottom photo?

1ajs · #**735** Posted **Feb 17, 2009, 5:22 AM**

aparently the interior

1ajs · #**736** Posted **Feb 17, 2009, 5:45 AM**

ooo a neat landscape shot of central park

Only The Lonely.. · #**737** Posted **Feb 17, 2009, 12:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

ooo a neat landscape shot of central park

Is it my imagination or did Central Park look way more forrested back then? There certainly appears to be quite a few trees.

1ajs · #**738** Posted **Feb 17, 2009, 1:08 PM**

no its not u

flatlander · #**739** Posted **Feb 17, 2009, 4:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Andy6

What is the bottom photo?

Bogart's was a popular restaurant - not sure when it closed. Predates my taste buds.

Harmonyman · #**740** Posted **Feb 18, 2009, 6:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

Interesting... guess they never got around to building the Edmonton ST Bridge or rerouting carlton north of ellice... or blocking off princess st and eradicating arthur. The friends of the fort garry gate would have been happy though