Posted May 7, 2025, 5:14 PM
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I am the law!
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Toronto+
Posts: 22,855
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Re: Portage Place
It's a huge block with what appears to be a massive 300 metre podium until you reach a cramped pocket pocket beside a vehicular accessible Edmonton Street. I don't know the nuances of Winnipeg and I believe in a balanced approach to cars versus the idyllic recreation of the Netherlands. For example, Federal infrastructure contributions tied to bike lanes is just overreach, authoritative on municipal planning. With that said, in my limited experience, this should be a fully pedestrianized landscape connector being downtown. There will never be enough landscaped open area and a downtown area is the one place to put emphasis of pedestrians over cars.
Again, I appreciate Winnipeg architects pushing the envelope. Some of these of obviously better than other. The weaker ones are just off and, I don't know, maybe I just fear pushing boundaries and producing something that the public will eventually find ugly will stop firms from pushing boundaries.
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