Winnipeg | Osborne Village & Fort Rouge

[blueandgoldguy]

So they basically want to charge the same rates for a 275 square foot apartment in Winnipeg as they would in Vancouver. Yeah, I'm sure the rooms will rent out in no time flat.

[WolselyMan]

Originally Posted by blueandgoldguy

So they basically want to charge the same rates for a 275 square foot apartment in Winnipeg as they would in Vancouver. Yeah, I'm sure the rooms will rent out in no time flat.

Thank god the free market is gonna eat these people alive.

[goldenboi]

Originally Posted by biguc

They also need to de-freewayize the street itself. Restoring it to its older, slightly bendier configuration would help (and make the sidewalk next to Green Carrot actually wide enough) but even better would be narrowing Osborn to three lanes of traffic to make space for bike lanes.

I think that would significantly improve the village. Does anyone know if there have been efforts by the residents to "de-freewayize" Osborne? I wonder if a petition could gain any traction and put some pressure on the city. So many people live there, we just need to find Winnipeg's Jane Jacobs.

[buzzg]

I've always argued for 3 lanes on Osborne. Add separated bike lanes. One through lane each way and a centre turn lane no lefts during rush hour. Or, what I'd LOVE is for Winnipeg to get it's first euro-style direction-changing lane. Have signs above the centre lane that indicate direction of traffic and change it depending on time of day.

Realistically losing the 10 parking spots on Osborne that are only there after 7 pm anyway is not going to make any difference.

[TimeFadesAway]

Originally Posted by buzzg

I've always argued for 3 lanes on Osborne. Add separated bike lanes. One through lane each way and a centre turn lane no lefts during rush hour. Or, what I'd LOVE is for Winnipeg to get it's first euro-style direction-changing lane. Have signs above the centre lane that indicate direction of traffic and change it depending on time of day.

Didn't St. James at Polo Park and the Norwood Bridge (pre late '90s reconstruction) have direction-changing lanes?

[esquire]

Originally Posted by TimeFadesAway

Didn't St. James at Polo Park and the Norwood Bridge (pre late '90s reconstruction) have direction-changing lanes?

Yes they did. I remember the overhead lights with Xs and arrows on St. James probably until around 1990 or so. The middle turning lane kind of lived on after that as a legacy. I don't really ever remember seeing the direction-changing lanes in use, though... maybe they stopped using them sometime before then?

The funny thing is that I don't remember traffic being all that bad on St. James after Bomber games, even with sellout crowds, so I wonder why they put those direction-changing lanes there in the first place.

I only have a faint memory of the ones on the Norwood.

[biguc]

Originally Posted by buzzg

I've always argued for 3 lanes on Osborne. Add separated bike lanes. One through lane each way and a centre turn lane no lefts during rush hour. Or, what I'd LOVE is for Winnipeg to get it's first euro-style direction-changing lane. Have signs above the centre lane that indicate direction of traffic and change it depending on time of day.

Realistically losing the 10 parking spots on Osborne that are only there after 7 pm anyway is not going to make any difference.

This is exactly what I'm talking about. Do it from Dunkirk, all the way up Salter. Then do West Broadway, Ellice, Sargent, Logan, and Selkirk too.

[Cyro]

Well underway...

260 Wellington Condominiums (crescentwood technically)

12 Units, 8 Stalls underground, Aluminum siding,composite,stucco..



Source

10. Plan Approval - 260 Wellington Crescent

Solid Infill for the lot size..

[EndoftheBeginning]

See that one every day on my commute, framing is going up now. It's crammed into a pretty small lot beside that tudor style apartment that I don't think has a name.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by EndoftheBeginning

See that one every day on my commute, framing is going up now. It's crammed into a pretty small lot beside that tudor style apartment that I don't think has a name.

The demand in the area is there, 12 units, 8 underground spaces, shoe horned into a very small foot print.. See it everday as well..

[biguc]

People sure like that wood grain metal panelling these days. Buildings all look like stereos from the 70s. I dig it, but who knows how it'll age.

[Kinguni]

Originally Posted by esquire

Yes they did. I remember the overhead lights with Xs and arrows on St. James probably until around 1990 or so. The middle turning lane kind of lived on after that as a legacy. I don't really ever remember seeing the direction-changing lanes in use, though... maybe they stopped using them sometime before then?

The funny thing is that I don't remember traffic being all that bad on St. James after Bomber games, even with sellout crowds, so I wonder why they put those direction-changing lanes there in the first place.

I only have a faint memory of the ones on the Norwood.

After Bomber games St James was set to 4 Southbound lanes to Portage. I can't recall what the street configuration was before they added the centre turning lane. It was experimental to begin with and worked better than what was used before that. Very common in other cities.

Norwood Bridge was fun with its changing lanes. Made rush hours smoother. Eliminated with the opening of the 1st span of the current Norwood Bridge.

[esquire]

^ Must have been quite a pricy experiment for the city. As I recall there were several sets of overhead lights spanning the whole street, plus all the neat folding right-turn-only signs at literally every parking lot entrance to St. James.

[oftheMoon]

Originally Posted by buzzg

Or, what I'd LOVE is for Winnipeg to get it's first euro-style direction-changing lane. Have signs above the centre lane that indicate direction of traffic and change it depending on time of day.

Like the old Norwood Bridge.

[BAKGUY]

Originally Posted by biguc

People sure like that wood grain metal panelling these days. Buildings all look like stereos from the 70s. I dig it, but who knows how it'll age.

Also Reminds me of gross wood grain look of early 70's stereos and worse...station wagon side panels. Vomitous at best!

[Pinus]

Originally Posted by oftheMoon

Like the old Norwood Bridge.

I'm pretty sure the old St. James Street was also like this, when it used have varying lanes with arrows and x's, depending on the time of day or when there was a Jets/Bombers game on.

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by biguc

People sure like that wood grain metal panelling these days. Buildings all look like stereos from the 70s. I dig it, but who knows how it'll age.

That's funny.

Those designers sure like it. Part of their repertoire for sure. It's better than it used to be.

Nice infill.

Sure don't get why the strip is dying when there is so much new residential growth in the area.

[TimeFadesAway]

Originally Posted by trueviking

Sure don't get why the strip is dying when there is so much new residential growth in the area.

I've always heard that it's due to the limited number of not so easy to deal with landlords on the strip.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by TimeFadesAway

I've always heard that it's due to the limited number of not so easy to deal with landlords on the strip.

Don't landlords want tenants?

[optimusREIM]

Originally Posted by esquire

Don't landlords want tenants?

I bet they expect unreasonable rents.