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Originally Posted by Biff
I have to say, all of the signage - mural, billboard, neon makes things really look big city. I generally find when looking back at vintage pictures of downtown that it looks more big city back then, than with all of the big tall buildings of today.
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I completely agree. Winnipeg of yesteryear was much more layered and textured... it wasn't like today where you have one entire block that functions as the provincial department of labour (or whatever) and nothing else. The signs spoke to that. In that picture of Graham Avenue, Winnipeg then looks like certain parts of megacities do now.
I guess in the 60s they thought it was progress to eliminate all of the signs as "visual clutter", but I think we can easily see how much was lost in the process.