Winnipeg Construction - Page 19

rgalston · #**361** Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 6:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by flatlander

this is for their downtown depot. so i would suggest downtown, not portage and broadway.

In that case, there is plenty of vacant land downtown. The vacant lot on Princess and Logan; Graham between Hargrave and Carlton ("rock star parking" at the MTS Centre); the vacant lot on Graham between Garry and Smith (where CP currently parks some of their fleet), the triangular lot between Notre Dame, Ellice, and Smith; Donald and York; Hargrave and York; South Main... the possibilities are boundless south of Portage.

Or they could get an agency to help them buy up a bunch of little properties and go on a demolition spree. That would be much more suitable.

flatlander · #**362** Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 7:36 PM**

rgalston i am not feeling the love.

rrskylar · #**363** Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 9:04 PM**

From Waverley West and Beyond;

IKEA AND SOME THOUGHTS ON PLANNING
A lot of people are pretty excited about IKEA coming to Winnipeg. It's always nice to have a new place to purchase your household furnishings and knickknacks.
I just hope a campaign doesn't start asking little kids to empty out their piggy banks to contribute to paying for the road widenings and car oriented infrastructure we now seem to require. I also hope the people involved in planning this new mega big box development that is 1/3 the size of Polo Park and may include a WalMart Superstore, have given some thought to how people will be able to get there by Winnipeg Transit. It was a bit of a shock to get a press release an hour and half before the final Capital budget meeting announcing the widening of Kenaston from Lowson to Taylor Avenue which is NOT in Plan Winnipeg and not in the Capital budget or five year forecast. Apparently there will be a fast tracked "open house" and a public hearing process as part of the requirements to amend Plan Winnipeg to allow the development to proceed. Judging by the enthusiasm of the Premier, the Mayor and the Economic Development officer of the city, we are only going through the motions of having these public processes and the decision is a pretty much a "done deal". This southern part of the city has suffered from a serious lack of proper planning and has become a sea of unattractive big box stores and endless parking lots. Transit planning has not been much of a part of this reactive car oriented approach to development. In question period today, I asked the Mayor to let the public in on what is happening with the proposed Plan Winnipeg review which has been overdue since 2006.
For at least a year, we have been told that the process has begun. Yet there has not been a single public announcement outlining who will be involved in the process, what sort of public input there will be, time lines or any other info. My hope is that early in the New Year, there will be more information and opportunity for Winnipeggers to participate in the review of the most important planning document we have which is Plan Winnipeg.

1ajs · #**364** Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 9:19 PM**

do i have the location right?

wags_in_the_peg · #**365** Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 9:30 PM**

NO thats NE corner, it's the NW corner

1ajs · #**366** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 12:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

NO thats NE corner, it's the NW corner

so where the cement plant is?

Kinguni · #**367** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 1:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

so where the cement plant is?

That would be the SW corner.

1ajs · #**368** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 1:09 AM**

wha?

trueviking · #**369** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 2:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

Pat Martin, MP for Winnipeg Centre, is asking the public for suggestions for alternative locations for Canada Post to setup shop.
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hmmmm....where o' where would they ever find an open lot in the downtown to build a new building on....

trueviking · #**370** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 2:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by rrskylar

IKEA AND SOME THOUGHTS ON PLANNING

nobody gives a shit that an open parkade was allowed to be built on main street and a set back suburban strip mall on corydon, but a giant box in the middle of nowhere and everyone is up in arms about city planning all of a sudden?

rgalston · #**371** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 2:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

nobody gives a shit that an open parkade was allowed to be built on main street and a set back suburban strip mall on corydon, but a giant box in the middle of nowhere and everyone is up in arms about city planning all of a sudden?

Or a Nazi machine gun's nest going up on the corner of Broadway and Balmoral...

Or the new buildings on Higgins that make Thompson look like Barcelona...

Trueviking, your parking image is the greatest thing in the world. You need to have your own blog.

RAFS · #**372** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 4:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

nobody gives a shit that an open parkade was allowed to be built on main street and a set back suburban strip mall on corydon, but a giant box in the middle of nowhere and everyone is up in arms about city planning all of a sudden?

No kidding!

hexrae · #**373** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 4:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

nobody gives a shit that an open parkade was allowed to be built on main street and a set back suburban strip mall on corydon, but a giant box in the middle of nowhere and everyone is up in arms about city planning all of a sudden?

Spot on, spot on.

1ajs · #**374** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 9:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

nobody gives a shit that an open parkade was allowed to be built on main street and a set back suburban strip mall on corydon, but a giant box in the middle of nowhere and everyone is up in arms about city planning all of a sudden?

yea or about that monstrosity they got away with building on portage ave

anyone know whats going on with the little corner store front building on notre dam across from extra foods

1ajs · #**375** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 9:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by rgalston

Trueviking, your parking image is the greatest thing in the world. You need to have your own blog.

agreed

flatlander · #**376** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 2:39 PM**

Forget the blog - run for Council.

1ajs · #**377** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 2:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by flatlander

Forget the blog - run for Council.

indeed why not mayor viking!

DowntownWpg · #**378** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 3:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

hmmmm....where o' where would they ever find an open lot in the downtown to build a new building on....

Awesome map work you did there! I can tell that red is surface parking (I knew there was an abundance, but this really illustrates that fact).

However, I'm wondering, what does the blue and yellow colours represent?

1ajs · #**379** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 3:52 PM**

yellow is above ground parkades blue is underground parking

but 2 blobs in that map will be disapearing soon if not already

also hydros blob needs to be blue not red
and theres a parking garadge at city place whys that not marked?
and u forgot the underground parking at the concerthall/ manitoba meuseam..
ashdown has underground parking and so does fair child lofts
o and 2 surface lots on north main arnt shown..

drew · #**380** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 4:37 PM**

It would also be interesting to note which of surface lots have been created by speculative demo'ing and which ones have been there forever.

It probably would really highlight the point that Winnipeg's downtown is a fine example of urban "un-densification".

Perhaps a new slogan for downtown could read "Winnipeg, 80 years and counting of knocking over buildings for your parking convenience"

It should then be sent to the media whenever anyone publicly denounces the "lack of available parking downtown".