Winnipeg Construction - Page 20

DowntownWpg · #**381** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 4:37 PM**

Thanks for answering my question, 1ajs!

JayM · #**382** Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 7:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

found this on flickr a cury building 5th floor drawing

Nice find!

newflyer · #**383** Posted **Dec 20, 2008, 4:40 AM**

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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....

Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it Canada Post requires a 3 acre lot .. so that eliminates most lots downtown ... and I really doubt anyone wants a Canada Post sorting facility at the Forks. It really doesn't go with the area.

I was thinking somewhere along North Main. I am sure there is available land in the area that would be a benefit by adding some disposable income & government workers.

rrskylar · #**384** Posted **Dec 20, 2008, 4:16 PM**

Letter to the editor in today's Freep:

Re: City's reaction to IKEA 'knee-jerk', Dec. 18.

The City of Winnipeg is attempting to create a business-friendly environment, and this is difficult to do when councillors like Jenny Gerbasi constantly oppose positive developments. She mentions a failure to consult the public in planning decisions. In fact, the opposite is true, as proposals in Winnipeg are studied to death, resulting in stagnation.

Gerbasi seems to oppose any development in the city. The people Gerbasi claims are being ignored are the ones who elect the municipal government to manage our city, and this includes development proposals. It is unecessary and time-consuming to hold public meetings every time a proposal is brought forth. Those not wanting to live in a progressive city (which Winnipeg is trying to become) should relocate to a rural setting.

Of course, Gerbasi should take comfort in knowing a small number of people in North Kildonan were able to chase away a developer willing to spend millions of dollars on much-needed apartments.

KYLE SNIHUR

Fort St. John, B.C.

rgalston · #**385** Posted **Dec 20, 2008, 9:29 PM**

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KYLE SNIHUR

Fort St. John, B.C.

Great letter, Maureen O' Hara.

1ajs · #**386** Posted **Dec 20, 2008, 9:55 PM**

anyone seen this?

is this just window art or something real?

Spocket · #**387** Posted **Dec 21, 2008, 2:07 AM**

Has to be window dressing. It's nice and everything but clearly not professionally rendered.

rgalston · #**388** Posted **Dec 21, 2008, 9:24 PM**

-While it is hand-drawn and looks like it's from the 1950s, the Hydro building is in the background

-I hear that some stomach-churning projects are supposed to be coming down the pipes downtown

-Downtown is about to facing a parking crisis once Hydro employees start driving to work (as Trueviking's map shows)

Spocket · #**389** Posted **Dec 21, 2008, 9:29 PM**

^Hmmmm...good points.
I figured that at best it was probably what the building's owner would like to do with the place but probably never will. That's my guess anyway.

trueviking · #**390** Posted **Dec 21, 2008, 11:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by rgalston

-While it is hand-drawn and looks like it's from the 1950s, the Hydro building is in the background

-I hear that some stomach-churning projects are supposed to be coming down the pipes downtown

-Downtown is about to facing a parking crisis once Hydro employees start driving to work (as Trueviking's map shows)

that seems to be a parkade with a ground level restaurant...wouldnt be bad...

i cant bear to think what you have heard....i know of one that pisses me off....my office is doing it but my dissent hasnt helped....i know of another on north main that will be ok...maybe.

rgalston · #**391** Posted **Dec 21, 2008, 11:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

that seems to be a parkade with a ground level restaurant...wouldnt be bad...

i cant bear to think what you have heard....i know of one that pisses me off....my office is doing it but my dissent hasnt helped....i know of another on north main that will be ok...maybe.

Yikes. I'm nervous.

Time to move to Fort Rouge.

1ajs · #**392** Posted **Dec 21, 2008, 11:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

that seems to be a parkade with a ground level restaurant...wouldnt be bad...

i cant bear to think what you have heard....i know of one that pisses me off....my office is doing it but my dissent hasnt helped....i know of another on north main that will be ok...maybe.

i hope ur refering to the pimp park lot at logan it would be nice to fill that gap in

newflyer · #**393** Posted **Dec 22, 2008, 7:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

that seems to be a parkade with a ground level restaurant...wouldnt be bad...

i cant bear to think what you have heard....i know of one that pisses me off....my office is doing it but my dissent hasnt helped....i know of another on north main that will be ok...maybe.

Do you think that this lot is large enough for a parkade?? Looks a little small, but I could be wrong.

I do expect to see a few new parkades going up in the next year or two. I am hoping the ground level will contain retail of some form.

newflyer · #**394** Posted **Dec 22, 2008, 7:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by rrskylar

Letter to the editor in today's Freep:

Re: City's reaction to IKEA 'knee-jerk', Dec. 18.

The City of Winnipeg is attempting to create a business-friendly environment, and this is difficult to do when councillors like Jenny Gerbasi constantly oppose positive developments.

KYLE SNIHUR

Fort St. John, B.C.

Dead on!!! VanDal is also part of this anti-business tandum. Time to ship them out. Winnipeg would be much better off without them.

JayM · #**395** Posted **Dec 22, 2008, 10:34 AM**

Under Construction/Proposed

Siemens Institute of Advanced Medicine at HSC c/o Smith Carter website.

http://www.smithcarter.ca/index/iam

U of W Development Plan c/o Prairie Architects website.

http://www.prairiearchitects.ca/education?project=U-of-W-Development-Plan&id=93

Collège Universitaire Saint Boniface c/o Prairie Architects website.

http://www.prairiearchitects.ca/education?project=Coll%E8ge-Universitaire-Saint-Boniface&id=184

U of W Housing(McFeetors Hall) c/o Prairie Architects website.

http://www.prairiearchitects.ca/residential?project=U-of-W-Housing&id=151

U of W Daycare

http://www.prairiearchitects.ca/community?project=U-of-W-Daycare&id=179

U of W Spence St. Redevelopment

http://www.prairiearchitects.ca/community?project=U-of-W-Spence-St.-Redevelopment&id=87

Qualico Winnipeg c/o Prairie Architects website.

http://www.prairiearchitects.ca/commercial?project=Qualico-Winnipeg&id=152

West End Culture Centre c/o Prairie Architects website.

http://www.prairiearchitects.ca/institutional?project=West-End-Cultral-Centre&id=65

Parish Hall Condominiums c/o Prairie Architects website.

http://www.prairiearchitects.ca/residential?project=Parish-Hall-Condominiums&id=154

wags_in_the_peg · #**396** Posted **Dec 22, 2008, 2:36 PM**

huh? I though floodway is finished and came in UNDER budget...what could this be?

Major floodway announcement expected today By: Staff Writer

Premier Gary Doer and senior federal Tory Vic Toews are holding a news conference this morning related to a major infrastructure announcement and the floodway.

The news conference is set for 11 a.m. inside the Forks Market building at the Tower atrium.

No other details were available.

drew · #**397** Posted **Dec 22, 2008, 2:47 PM**

^ probably completing some of the bridges that got canceled the first time around as part of the current "make-work" projects.

1ajs · #**398** Posted **Dec 22, 2008, 2:56 PM**

avoid mcphilops underpass its flooded....

flatlander · #**399** Posted **Dec 22, 2008, 4:40 PM**

I've been watching Council agendas about potential heritage listings/delistings. These are Exchange District buildings - hadn't heard anything about Hydro area stuff.

Biff · #**400** Posted **Dec 22, 2008, 5:53 PM**

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^ probably completing some of the bridges that got canceled the first time around as part of the current "make-work" projects.

Hwy 15 (Dugald Rd) - 2 lanes westbound and 1 lane eastbound
Hwy 44 (Lockport) - 1 lane each way

Both have already been designed. Should start construction this year.