SkyCity Centre Winnipeg | 45F | 575 Ft | 175.26 M | Cancelled - Page 16

Bdog · #**301** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 5:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

I have nothing to do with Fortress. I copied their Twitter post to confirm where I got the picture. It was just "Ctrl C" then "Ctrl P" - no mouthpiece here. I am only adding to a project that is proposed for Winnipeg.

Weird. On my computer, "Ctrl V" is paste. Amazing!

Biff · #**302** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 2:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bdog

Weird. On my computer, "Ctrl V" is paste. Amazing!

You are right sir. I know I was thinking "V" when I typed it. Do you think I could have been having a stroke?

Riverman · #**303** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 4:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

You are right sir. I know I was thinking "V" when I typed it. Do you think I could have been having a stroke?

A keystroke?

esquire · #**304** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 5:02 PM**

Flatland Metropolis · #**305** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 5:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

SkyCityCentre WPG ‏@SkyCityWinnipeg 18m18 minutes ago

Demolition at our presentation centre is almost 90% complete! Look out for signage going up soon. #Winnipeg

Do we know where this centre is being built?

bomberjet · #**306** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 5:39 PM**

Lol that's what this whole spat is about. 283 Garry is the location. Unless the conspiracy is true and this is a shitty stock photo of construction lol

Cyro · #**307** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 6:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

Lol that's what this whole spat is about. 283 Garry is the location. Unless the conspiracy is true and this is a shitty stock photo of construction lol

It has been fun, I am enjoying my short time back.

Although if the location is 283 Garry st. and a Reno... Where would it be located in this google photo? the Old Fame club? which is listed as 279 Garry St..hmmmm..

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.893638,-9...3m2!1saVBNMpH9EtJOBlwuRP_B5A!2e0!6m1!1e1

Flatland Metropolis · #**308** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 6:09 PM**

Thanks. It was tough to find trying to navigate through all the spittle flying about in this thread

Flatland Metropolis · #**309** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 6:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cyro

It has been fun, I am enjoying my short time back.

Although if the location is 283 Garry st. and a Reno... Where would it be located in this google photo? the Old Fame club? which is listed as 279 Garry St..hmmmm..

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.893638,-9...3m2!1saVBNMpH9EtJOBlwuRP_B5A!2e0!6m1!1e1

Didn't the FreeP run a story about a proposal for a multi-use tower at Fame a while back?

bomberjet · #**310** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 6:12 PM**

Yeah, it's that building which is basically on the proposed site.

Edit: Wait, I thought it was the building on the west side of Garry, but address is on the east side I guess. Which is Fame.

cheswick · #**311** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 6:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cyro

It has been fun, I am enjoying my short time back.

Although if the location is 283 Garry st. and a Reno... Where would it be located in this google photo? the Old Fame club? which is listed as 279 Garry St..hmmmm..

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.893638,-9...3m2!1saVBNMpH9EtJOBlwuRP_B5A!2e0!6m1!1e1

Fame nighclub is still in operation. It's the same building but a separate unit with its own entrance further south.

Cyro · #**312** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 6:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by cheswick

Fame nighclub is still in operation. It's the same building but a separate unit with its own entrance further south.

Good to know, it's going in that structure..somewhere if the location is 283..

Jeff · #**313** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 6:45 PM**

ya, everyone always thinks fame is shut down due to the huge for lease sign stuck on the building.. if I was the fame management, I think id ask for a better placement of the sign or some kind of re-wording of the sign like, "top floor space FOR LEASE" etc.

cheswick · #**314** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 6:50 PM**

FWIW I walked by the building in question during the lunch hour and the entrance in question (283 Garry) is now covered by a plywood board. So does look like work may have indeed started?

For lease sign is still up.

Edit: this picture is up on the lease listing for the site.

http://looplink.canatl.avisonyoung.com/x...yCurrency=CAD&RentPer=PY&SRID=5477052191

Cyro · #**315** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 7:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jeff

ya, everyone always thinks fame is shut down due to the huge for lease sign stuck on the building.. if I was the fame management, I think id ask for a better placement of the sign or some kind of re-wording of the sign like, "top floor space FOR LEASE" etc.

Bit off topic Jeff but I did a few gigs in that club a while back..Is it still a sketchy location, ie: clientele or is it a thriving vibrant hub of urban activity?

If not, maybe we should get CV to buy it and clean up downtown?

Cyro · #**316** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 7:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by cheswick

FWIW I walked by the building in question during the lunch hour and the entrance in question (283 Garry) is now covered by a plywood board. So does look like work may have indeed started?

For lease sign is still up.
Edit: this picture is up on the lease listing for the site.
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Yeah, I posted that listing at the thread start, I always assumed it would be the location if they didn't decided to build new..

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=6770700&postcount=16

Well at least we have some clarification..

Flatland Metropolis · #**317** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 9:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jeff

ya, everyone always thinks fame is shut down due to the huge for lease sign stuck on the building.. if I was the fame management, I think id ask for a better placement of the sign or some kind of re-wording of the sign like, "top floor space FOR LEASE" etc.

Oops, ya it is Gio's that shutdown and is up for reconstruction

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/competition-eviction-debt-prompt-move-190643371.html

biguc · #**318** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 12:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Cyro

Bit off topic Jeff but I did a few gigs in that club a while back..Is it still a sketchy location, ie: clientele or is it a thriving vibrant hub of urban activity?

If not, maybe we should get CV to buy it and clean up downtown?

Back when it was Sonar? That place was a toilet. They shot dirty pornos in their back rooms.

It's a fairly pedestrian gay club now. I worked on a reno there last winter. It turned out pretty nice but they put goofy picture of famous lgbt people on the bars, so you get the distinct pleasure of seeing George Takei, or Ellen, or Anderson Cooper when you order a drink.

Labroco · #**319** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 4:55 AM**

Does anyone know what this building was originally? There are no windows on the Garry facade...

Was it a racket club or is that the building on the next block?

esquire · #**320** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 5:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Labroco

Does anyone know what this building was originally? There are no windows on the Garry facade...

Was it a racket club or is that the building on the next block?

Army/Navy/Air Force Veterans Hall, which it was until about a decade or so ago.

The taller portion is the original, the shorter part was added on likely sometime in the 70s.

Here's an old photo from the Winnipeg Building Index: