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Old Posted Jan 16, 2007, 6:21 AM
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Brandon phototour

I moved to Brandon two and a half weeks ago and I wanted to do a photo tour since it's rarely been seen on this forum. The population is 40,000 and it's the 2nd largest city in Manitoba. Pics were taken on a very chilly Sunday afternoon.




































































































































































































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Old Posted Jan 16, 2007, 6:24 AM
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Thank you for that.

How are you enjoying Brandon/ U of B thus far?
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Old Posted Jan 16, 2007, 6:41 AM
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cool...the art gallery could use an update.

i love that canadinns hotel.

i wish winnipeg was where brandon was...the topography is nice...if you drive fast enough on the number one you can pop your ears at that one big dip.

its a nice city.
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i think that canad inns is fugly!


no pics of city hall come on..........


these are from november.










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Old Posted Jan 16, 2007, 6:59 AM
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Hmmm, I guess a comparable city to Brandon would be Moose Jaw.

Brandon doesn't seem to have the architecture or the downtown that Moose Jaw has. WOuld be an interesting thread to see a comparison between the two cities. Both are relatively the same size.
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Old Posted Jan 16, 2007, 7:14 AM
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moose jaw would pwn brandon but brandon has some intresting buildings also that are missed in these shots and i wish i had pics of them......
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Old Posted Jan 16, 2007, 2:19 PM
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Very nice, Mr. Blitz. How are you liking the university (my alma mater)?

I used to live in an old victorian house on 15th street, not too far away. Miss that place.

Have you been to the Double Decker pub at 10th and Rosser, or is it still there? If you're still around in September, they usually close off the street in front for Picklefest...unless it's no longer running as well.
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Brandon doesn't seem to have the architecture or the downtown that Moose Jaw has. WOuld be an interesting thread to see a comparison between the two cities. Both are relatively the same size.
You can't tell from the pics, but Brandon does have a fairly sizable downtown strip (two one-way streets running parallel).

I was there this past summer, and I was quite impressed with the downtown there. Lots of cool big old houses around the core area too.
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moose jaw would pwn brandon

Do you mean "own"? If so, I would disagree with you. I do like Moose Jaw, but I like Brandon much more; not as dry and oh so close to Riding Mountain National Park and Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, very picturesque forested areas.
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Have you been to the Double Decker pub at 10th and Rosser, or is it still there? If you're still around in September, they usually close off the street in front for Picklefest...unless it's no longer running as well.

The decker is a great pub, and it is still there....you can see the Union Jack awning over the door in one of the photos.
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Old Posted Jan 16, 2007, 5:56 PM
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Oops, I see it now.. thanks. I'm glad it's still there - I'm going to be in Brandon last weekend in Feb. for my brother's wedding social and I plan on making a visit.
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How are you enjoying Brandon/ U of B thus far?
I'm enjoying it - it's been an adjustment getting used to the slower pace and small town atmosphere and the cold of course, but it's going good.

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Very nice, Mr. Blitz. How are you liking the university (my alma mater)?

I used to live in an old victorian house on 15th street, not too far away. Miss that place.

Have you been to the Double Decker pub at 10th and Rosser, or is it still there? If you're still around in September, they usually close off the street in front for Picklefest...unless it's no longer running as well.
You went to BrandonU? What did you study? The school is nice, it's so small! I went from one of the biggest schools in the country (UWO) to one of the smallest. Yes, I've been to the Double Decker Tavern - that was one of the first places I went to in town, haha. They could use a few more Tim Horton's in town, can't believe there's only two of them. Maybe that's just the Ontario in me talking though...
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There wasn't any Tim's in town until very recently.. I think the one in the south end opened in 2004 or 2005.. the one on 18th and the TCH has been around a bit longer.. maybe 10 years.

I took geography and psychology there, Blitz. what do you teach?
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Nice pics! It would be good to see similar shots in one of the warmer months, and with people moving about (instead of a Sunday?). It is in a nice little valley too.
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I took geography and psychology there, Blitz. what do you teach?
Really? I teach geography! They have a good geography program here for a small school.
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Do you mean "own"? If so, I would disagree with you. I do like Moose Jaw, but I like Brandon much more; not as dry and oh so close to Riding Mountain National Park and Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, very picturesque forested areas.
i was just talking about the downtown.


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Amazing how clean the air is...you can almost see saskatchewan...
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I guess, I just never heard of it before is all.
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I've never really been in Brandon proper, just passed through on the Trans Canada Hwy.

Does anyone have a sense of whether downtown Brandon is any healthier than downtown Winnipeg?

It seems from the photos that Brandon has been able to keep its Main Street. I assume most people still do their shopping on Main Street, and that for the most part their downtown is pedestrian friendly.
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Old Posted Jan 17, 2007, 8:30 PM
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Most people shop at the Shopper's Mall at the south end of the city, or the new-fangled Corral centre near the hill. There is a mall downtown (Brandon Gallery), but it's a lot smaller and has been hurting quite a bit. Maybe things have turned around for it recently, I'm not sure..

The Strand Theater on 10th Street closed as well.. now everyone goes the the googleplex at the south end (Empire Cinemas).
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