Winnipeg lazy prairie town afternoon

[Andy6]

Winnipeg time again for me this month. My stay reminded me of the once-famous song by The Bells:

It’s a moody Manitoba morning
Nothing’s really happening, it never does...

It’s a moody Manitoba morning
And I like it that way
It’s a long and kind of gentle
Lazy prairie town afternoon
The sky is high
I can feel the grass growing
From yesterday’s rain
Sun’s a glowing and so am I...

Actually the sun wasn't a glowing in all these photographs but that's life. Enough words. On to the highlight reel.

Some addresses

54 Arthur St:

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114 Market Av:

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360 Broadway:

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Interlude

Laneway in the heart of downtown
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Smith Street, the Burton Cummings (Walker) Theatre:

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Exchange District

Albert Street
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Albert at McDermot:

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Adelman Building, Princess Street
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Arthur Street
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Copper canopy on the Maltese Cross Building (http://www.virtual.heritagewinnipeg.com/vignettes/vignettes_059.htm), McDermot and King:

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Nearby:

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Far up Princess Street, this looks like Winnipeg should, with people supplying and distributing things to unidentified other people
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Looking west along Rupert Avenue to the old Orange Hall on Princess:

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In the somewhat dodgy Chinatown, more of the 60s "Streets of San Francisco" variety than the gussied up ones in other cities:

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Princess near Elgin, the old Exchange Building and its neighbours, boarded up for decades, are now part of the Red River College campus:

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Lower down Princess at Bannatyne, the Fairchild Lofts conversion is underway:

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Various fonts used somewhat questionably on this self-consciously "hip" sign:

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Travellers Building, now trying to be condos:

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Toad Hall, veteran of the Exchange District:

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Cinematheque, Arthur Street:

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Basement sign:

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Market Avenue:

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McDermot Avenue East:

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The Criterion Hotel building, with a new store in store (added the cutline to keep the shape I like):

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The Lake of the Woods Milling Co. Never noticed the design in the window in the arch before:

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McDermot Avenue West:

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McDermot Av E, the Bank of Hamilton Building:

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Bannatyne Av E:

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Lombard Avenue, the Bank of Montreal:

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Lombard Avenue, a nice Wall Street feel here:

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Lombard at Westbrook:

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Prosperity Knitwear, Pacific Avenue at Martha Street:

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Detail of the huge former Eaton's warehouse at Alexander and Waterfront:

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Reflection in a window across the street:

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The R.S.R. Building, something to do with furs:

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Along Waterfront Drive, expensive condos are going up opposite Stephen Juba Park and the Red River. Behold the Excelsior:

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A sign in the best Winnipeg apartment tradition:

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Stephen Juba Park on the Red River:

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Ship Street Village, Waterfront at the foot of McDermot:

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Not so great

Now to an excruciatingly boring part of the southwestern part of downtown.

Winnipeg Convention Centre:

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Parking is plentiful here:

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The federal government's Stanley Knowles Building, which I haven't really noticed before -- not bad:

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South from Portage and Main

Enough of that. Maybe the southeast part will be better.

Here are some people doing their best to wash the Richardson Building. For skyscraper fans, this is a skyscraper:

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The Vendome Hotel, Fort Street:

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General Motors building, Fort Street:

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Across the street, the rival Dominion Motors (Ford) building. The dealership is long gone but the building is still the head office of its offshoot, Winnipeg's ubiquitous Domo gas bar chain:

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Garry Street:

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Another shot:

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298 Garry Street:

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Graham at Main St, the Cadomin Building:

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Looking east on Graham to the Federal Building:

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West along Portage

Portage at Notre Dame, the Curry Building and the Electric Railway Chambers:

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Looking west from Portage and Main:

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One of Canada's most fabulous facades, the Birks Jewellers Building at Portage and Smith:

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Smith Street, the Marlborough Hotel and New Kensington Building:

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The St. Regis, a pre-WW I hotel whose 60s makeover now seems almost historic itself:

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The Bank of Nova Scotia building, Portage and Garry:

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A multi-year restoration project is beginning with terra cotta repair and replacement:

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The fabulous new Manitoba Hydro tower U.C. on Portage between Carlton and Edmonton Sts:

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It is reflected in the glass of Portage Place across the street, a not entirely successful 80s attempt at urban renewal:

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It dwarfs Holt Renfrew which of course isn't actually Holt Renfrew anymore but a jeans store:

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Portage and Main, heading south

Looking south from P&M, down Main St:

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The Forks

Between the Forks and St. Boniface, the Esplanade Riel:

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Manitoba Children's Museum:

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The Riverwalk leading away from the Forks:

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The Paddlewheel Queen:

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Sculpture on the Norwood Bridge:

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MTS and CWG, formerly BMO and TD. Why anyone thinks we need more of these boring things is beyond me:

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More Exchange and other old buildings

The old Masonic Temple building:

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Café in the Mariaggi Hotel building (Albert Block) that the famous 1ajs and I visited:

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Another side of the Mariaggi:

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Main Street, looking south from City Hall:

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City Hall itself:

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Waiting...in front of the Centennial Concert Hall:

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The Confederation Building and the Union Bank Tower, Main and William:

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Union Bank was bought out by Royal Bank in the 1920s and this became its western headquarters until that moved to Portage Avenue in the 60s:

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Main Street near Logan -- the worst part of Skid Row is starting to look pretty decent again:

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Well okay, maybe the Starland Theatre stretch is worse, but how long before even that is crawling with yuppies:

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Back down Main Street, the Bank of Toronto building (1905-07):

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North from P&M along Bankers' Row, Main Street:

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Lombard at Rorie, the old Great-West Life Bldg and the Grain Exchange:

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The size of the Grain Exchange is impressive:

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"MTS" ("Manitoba Telephone System") detailing on the Telephone Building, Portage Avenue East.

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CanWest Global Park, home of the baseball Goldeyes:

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Residential areas of downtown, Broadway and south

On Broadway, the Fort Garry Hotel:

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Main entrance:

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The southern part of downtown was once full of substantial brick homes, which mostly made way for the dozens of apartment buildings that now dominate the area. A few of the old Ontario-style houses are still scattered about, though:

61 Carlton Street (Dalnavert Museum, home of Hugh John Macdonald, built 1895):

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37 Edmonton Street:

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A rare pair of houses survives:

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The Princeton Apartments, Broadway:

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Hargrave Place apartment tower has been given an austere new makeover with only the shop sign left over from its Swinging Sixties days:

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The number and variety of apartment buildings in this area is impressive:

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The Ellesmere, Carlton Street:

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The Bessborough Apartments, 380 Assiniboine Avenue:

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Brickwork on the Willingdon Apartments, Kennedy Street -- someone's masterpiece:

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The Lincoln Towers, 33 Kennedy:

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The Ladywood, 172 Edmonton -- luxurious living just steps from the office:

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The Rochester, 66 Edmonton:

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Across the river, the landmark Roslyn Court:

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Legislature

Pediment, east entrance to the Legislature:

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From the west:

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Golden Boy:

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Government House:

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St. Vital

This is the fire hall in St. Vital, the suburb where I grew up. It is one of the few old ones that is still used for that purpose, or at least for ambulances:

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Also in St. Vital we have the St. Leon's Gardens market, or more properly Jardins St-Léon. These are the actual non-adjusted colours:

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Still life with bananas and the humble origins of St. Leon's will not be forgotten in its current salad days:

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Miller's Meat Market:

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The Hallmark "C" Apartments, St. Mary's Road:

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Assiniboine Park

Assiniboine River, at Assiniboine Park:

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The footbridge linking the Park to Portage Avenue:

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The Duck Pond:

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The Pavilion:

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The Citizens' Walk of Fame:

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Steve Juba, Mayor 1956-1977:

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Leo Mol Sculpture Gardens, Assiniboine Park:

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City Park Moses, by Leo Mol:

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Dog driving a car

Stupid Charter of Rights will end up getting us all killed...

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[HomeInMyShoes]

Winnilicious.

This (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1027/1208874408_112cf9a6cc_b.jpg) might be the greatest street corner evar.

[Jeff]

if there was a winnipeg thread to miss.. this one isn't it! andy, you made me proud to be a winnipegger with these pictures! well done =) your cynical commentary was also quite appreciated..

-jeff

[Wpg_Guy]

this picture is beautiful!!!

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[DC83]

Wow, I'm so jealous!
Winnipeg has done an amazing job at preserving their historical/architectural masterpieces!
In Hamilton we tend to tear them down almost immediately after a tennant leaves!

Awesome Job!

[kool maudit]

it is always pleasurable, andrew, to virtually walk around with you in downtown winnipeg while wishing it was 1914.

[good_dude]

andy you truly are a brilliant photographer. I want to look at your pics of other cities too.
my heart beats looking at these ones tho, since this is my home town.
these pics remind me that the potential is all there for our city, all we need now are more people living downtown to fill the streets and better support the urban amenities. I have some hopes pinned on an upcoming downtown housing plan that's rumoured to be emerging from the planning department this fall.

[1ajs]

hey finaly you post some pics :P nice stuff

mind if i post some of my stuff from the day we wonderd around downtown?

[PhilippeMtl]

Superb!

Some very nice buildings!

[Andy6]

Thank you, Adrian. I don't mind if you post from that day unless there are embarrassing pictures of me.

Michael it is always a pleasure to have you along -- it can be 1914 again if we believe it is.

Thanks for the other comments as well. I don't really take many pictures of other cities although perhaps I'll do a Toronto thread again one of these days.

[boden]

Enjoyed it!

[ScrappyPeg]

Very nice. Even the sketchy areas of town look good, must be the camera! Probably one of the most complete views of Winnipeg.

[harls]

Another brilliant tour. You're good at this.

[Winnipegger]

Very nice pictures, esspecially the shots of the exchange. I like the shot of the water front condo's because it refelects you and I can see you in the reflection. It is funny. Good photography though

[dktshb]

Wow, very nice!

[rgalston]

This is your best photo thread yet, Andy, and certainly one of the best Winnipeg threads I've seen.

It was nice to see some seldom-covered parts of town--including North Main st--but of course, it is impossible for the Exchange District to not outshine other areas.

[gatt]

beautiful photos!

[flar]

Best Winnipeg thread ever.

[Andy6]

Thanks, guys. It's kind of funny how with photographs you start noticing things you've not noticed before -- e.g. I was just looking at the brickwork in the attic window of the Masonic Temple and remarkably it is in the form of a sunburst. Hmm. It would have taken a lot of work to do that, I thought.

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But it's meant to be a representation of the Masonic all-seeing eye symbol, with the round window being the eye. An example is on the U.S. $1 note:

http://www.delusionresistance.org/images/seal.jpg
More examples on this site:
http://www.delusionresistance.org/christian/mason_pics.html

Also the eye image is framed in a pentagon, another bit of Masonic symbolism.

[keninhalifax]

Great tour, Andy! I'm surprised by the fantastic building envelope within many areas of Downtown Winnipeg -- namely the Exchange District. Also, some of the apartment blocks that you posted later in your thread wouldn't look out of place in Centretown here in Ottawa.

[1ajs]

anyhow heres a cupple of mine then did not take much as i was kinda just hanging with andy that day and no andy i am not posting that reflection shot i took did not turn out

portage ave
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the forks
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/135/wedau7.jpg

the garrick
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3040/garickxf4.jpg

random pole near north main
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4239/polewl3.jpg

old eatons wearhouse did not quite capture how long it is theres still a fair bit more to my right.......
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/5135/eatonsnm8.jpg

queen elisibith way witch becomes main street taken after andy hope on his bus back to st vital almost missing it
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Fort garry park
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me and andy had lunch here...
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btw andy my favorit shot out of yours would be this one
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/1208863330_7ba64eac45_b.jpg

[Marc B.]

Excellent photos Andy. The city looks great!

[Andy6]

Those are very interesting shots Adrian. I like the random pole.

[Kilgore Trout]

Look at those signs. I need to go to Winnipeg.

[biguc]

Quality. The shot of the cables from the esplanade riel is fantastic.

[the dude]

winnipeg's fantastic architecture is a testament to its once great importance to this country. just awesome.

[Alva360]

Wow! that is all I can say........

Amazing Pictures, Winnipeg is a wonderful city.

[DLLB]

EXCELLENT series. Winnipeg really does have some amazing buuldings.

[trueviking]

nice work andy...thanks.

i like the ones of the exchange on an overcast day...the softer shadows create a unique feel to the shots.

[The Jabroni]

This is why we live in Winnipeg kids!

Great job Andy6!!

[arbeiter]

god, what amazing pictures. winnipeg barks like a big dog!

[Ruckus]

Very well done. An enviable mix of new, used, abused, and unused architecture which gives insight into the Winnipeg perspective. I also enjoyed the cynical commentary ;)

[J-MAN]

Awsome :slob:...:tup:

[biggiebear]

Thanks for the pics Andy, I'm heading home to Winnipeg right after the Labor day game in Regina and this was a great preview. I always love driving back to the peg and I always have the same familiar feeling when I pass under the Perimeter, that simply your heart always knows when it is home.:)

[SuburbanNation]

That looks like the downtown of a healthy U.S. metro with a population of about 3.0 Million.

Say, what is the metro population of Winnipeg?

[1ajs]

That looks like the downtown of a healthy U.S. metro with a population of about 3.0 Million.

Say, what is the metro population of Winnipeg?
620k range 700k if you count the cma

[DLLB]

620k range 700k if you count the cma


Do you know the population with a 50 mile radius? I believe it is quite a bit more with places like Selkirk, Stienbach, Ste. Anne etc ...

[1ajs]

Do you know the population with a 50 mile radius? I believe it is quite a bit more with places like Selkirk, Stienbach, Ste. Anne etc ...
aww probly closer to a million if you include all these areas.... alot people with in a 50 mile radius comute to winnipeg to work every day some even further

[Boreal]

I'm no expert, but from the University of Manitoba (the most acclaimed of Manitoba's educational institutes, based in Winnipeg) has lobbied the Metro in some articles (albeit not published in journals) in and around 750,000, using a tight measurement, including Selkirk, of which I would argue/imagine many Winnipeger's already think of as part of the metro? (even if Stats Can doesn't).

Thus, from a Conservative to more Liberal guess, it's probably safe to say the Capital Region or area assumed by the parameters listed above, which is what I would certainly call the Winnipeg metro, to be between 750,000 to 800,000 people. Personally, I would argue that 800,000 is excessive, and I'd be more inclined to state 750,000.

Using the American standard of metro's, an American forumer had recently stated that Winnipeg is roughly the same size as Jacksonville, Florida. I can't ascertain the validity, but who knows?

[timtimorgan]

Great photos, Andy! Thank you so much for posting them!

I'm a resident of 74 Carlton (The Ellesmere) and was happy to see the building included.

I'm wondering if anyone else has any photos of my building?? We (us residents) are working on restoring it right now as we absolutely love the place.

Any ideas on the history of the building, as well?

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks very much,

Tim

[aesthetic]

Winnipeg looks awesome. Great pictures.

[1ajs]

take a trip to manitoba archives building the main entrince is on vaugh st side

[denveraztec]

Wonderful tour! Love all this historic structures, especially this entry way:

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd187/denveraztec/Miscellaneous/7cd4c9ec.jpg

[alittle1]

Bringing back an old thread....

[Echoes]

This is an incredible tour. Missed it back in '07.

[Rufus]

Thanks for the bump @alittle1. This thread looks familiar because I looked at it in 2007 and never posted, but Winnipeg is amazing in it's urbanity for a city only around 750k. Thanks for the pics, @Andy6.