Winnipeg | Portage and Main

[neutroniks]

Originally Posted by FactaNV

A cool $200M for 16 stories isnt affordable. If only the good times had rolled another decade in Winnipeg, we'd probably have even more Chicago, Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical beauties around the city.

I believe a ton of fires also stole a lot of beauties from us as well.

[Sheepish]

Note this morning that the superstructure for the art installation in front of the old BMO is being assembled. That will be a very impressive addition to the corner.

[FactaNV]

Originally Posted by Sheepish

Note this morning that the superstructure for the art installation in front of the old BMO is being assembled. That will be a very impressive addition to the corner.

Maybe Im reading into it too much but I love the symbolism. Indigenous style beadwork woven on Greco-Roman architecture encapsulates the Métos identity in my opinion, part indigenous, part European.

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by Sheepish

Note this morning that the superstructure for the art installation in front of the old BMO is being assembled. That will be a very impressive addition to the corner.

That's going to look great when it's done. I think it will look better than any of the P & M beautification plans that have been floated in the past.

[Sheepish]

Maybe it will inspire some new initiatives to really brighten and enliven the corner. (Don't just paint the road!)