Winnipeg Construction IX

[Roger Strong]

Originally Posted by Andy6

I was surprised they allowed even more "Park" names with Park West and Park East in Waverley West. Anything with "park" in it sells, I guess. Sort of like there are about 100 different "Harvard" streets around Metro Boston.

Yup. I once lived on Weatherstone Place. There is no stone, weathered or otherwise.

In any new development on the edge of town, on slate-flat land looking towards a slate-flat horizon, it's almost legally required that it have streets with "Ridge."

If I told you that one such street was named "Mountainview Terrace", you wouldn't deny it without looking it up.

[robertocarlos]

^^ Why don't you buy a Pompadour hat?

[Roger Strong]

^^ I'm already wearing a Pomeranian hat. With googly eyes.

[jmt18325]

I noticed that the parking lot beside East Ocean is closed, as is, apparently, East Ocean. Is the project on the 2013 poster finally going forward?

[trueviking]

^ that African cultural Centre. Would be awesome but I haven't heard anything.

I peaked into the ground floor space of the Dreman Building on Portage. There were drawings on the desk that said it is becoming a Dental Centre. Under construction. It appears there is a small retail unit left to the east near the entrance. That part is not under construction.

[DirtWednesday]

Originally Posted by LilZebra

It's actually spelled a bit different in each case.

St. Mary Avenue is the street within the downtown Winnipeg area.

St. Mary's Road is the street cutting through St. Boniface and St. Vital suburbs. Notice the appostrophe.

I did have the apostrophe... Doesn't mean I know the difference. I always end up saying "St. Mary downtown" or "St. Mary St Vital".


Going back to 385 St Mary downtown, I think they stay very close to the original design. I had noticed tire kickers for weeks before Bird put up their signs. Checking under the facade and such. It was as if they were seeing just how much they had to strip to make the building viable by today's codes and standards. Probably strip it and bring it back almost exactly like before but new innards, same structure.

[esquire]

I was driving down Ness close to Living Prairie Museum yesterday and I noticed a short tower crane to the north. I couldn't remember hearing about any major projects around there... does anyone know what it is?

[Urban recluse]

Originally Posted by trueviking

^ that African cultural Centre. Would be awesome but I haven't heard anything.

I peaked into the ground floor space of the Dreman Building on Portage. There were drawings on the desk that said it is becoming a Dental Centre. Under construction. It appears there is a small retail unit left to the east near the entrance. That part is not under construction.

That was the plan, but it is sure taking a long time.

[plrh]

Originally Posted by esquire

I was driving down Ness close to Living Prairie Museum yesterday and I noticed a short tower crane to the north. I couldn't remember hearing about any major projects around there... does anyone know what it is?

training centre http://www.oetim.com/

[esquire]

Originally Posted by plrh

training centre http://www.oetim.com/

Thank you!

[balletomane]

A bit of a random question, but why doesn't Winnipeg have its own subsection in the Manitoba & Saskatchewan section? It just seems like it's quite dominant among the many threads here.

[bomberjet]

Uh oh, here we go agan. haha Its been discussed. i think there have been numerous polls as well on a dedicated forum.

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by balletomane

A bit of a random question, but why doesn't Winnipeg have its own subsection in the Manitoba & Saskatchewan section? It just seems like it's quite dominant among the many threads here.

This question has been asked numerous times in the past, and time and again, it's been vetoed by the majority of the members here.

I was all for our own forum, until I realized that it would just simply isolate us with limited topics of conversation. It's extremely hard to justify to have Winnipeg to have its own sub-forum within a Manitoba and Saskatchewan forum, when Saskatoon and Regina, with that logic, should have its own forum too.

I can go on and on about the politics behind it, but in the end, it's really not worth it. Hell, we're happy to have a combined population of over 2 million people to represent the heartland of Canada!

[cheswick]

Originally Posted by The Jabroni

This question has been asked numerous times in the past, and time and again, it's been vetoed by the majority of the members here.

I was all for our own forum, until I realized that it would just simply isolate us with limited topics of conversation. It's extremely hard to justify to have Winnipeg to have its own sub-forum within a Manitoba and Saskatchewan forum, when Saskatoon and Regina, with that logic, should have its own forum too.

I can go on and on about the politics behind it, but in the end, it's really not worth it. Hell, we're happy to have a combined population of over 2 million people to represent the heartland of Canada!

You're half right. It is brought up all the time. You're wrong in the vetoed by the majority part. Last time there was a poll should winnipeg get its own section yes/no, the majority voted yes.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=220735&highlight=Subsection&page=3

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by balletomane

A bit of a random question, but why doesn't Winnipeg have its own subsection in the Manitoba & Saskatchewan section? It just seems like it's quite dominant among the many threads here.

That question is about as random here as the sun setting each night.

[balletomane]

I'm indifferent to it, I was just curious as to why it hasn't happened yet. The majority of the most recently discussed threads are Winnipeg-related.

Hopefully I didn't start another debate about the topic, I hadn't realized it was already discussed multiple times and polled in the past.

[balletomane]

In other news, BellMTS sign is now up at Portage and Main.

[trueviking]

I don't understand why they don't just drop the MTS part. We all know it's inevitable. Just do it already. It's totally why the arena is Bell MTS Place...so when it changes there isn't another Bell Centre.

[CoryB]

Originally Posted by trueviking

I peaked into the ground floor space of the Dreman Building on Portage. There were drawings on the desk that said it is becoming a Dental Centre. Under construction.

That isn't exactly a big surprise when they had their banner up in the window of that space for a good length of time.

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In terms of BellMTS and why the name didn't change straight to Bell, the product mix sold in MB is still very different than their other markets. They are working towards moving MB to their national product offerings but it will take time, hence the intermediate name.

[cheswick]

Originally Posted by CoryB

That isn't exactly a big surprise when they had their banner up in the window of that space for a good length of time.

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In terms of BellMTS and why the name didn't change straight to Bell, the product mix sold in MB is still very different than their other markets. They are working towards moving MB to their national product offerings but it will take time, hence the intermediate name.

I also assume the brand recognition of MTS plays a role.