Not to be too nit-picky, but... Year 1's water line issues was construction debris in the lines which caused a whole 4 panels of brand new sidewalk to be replaced and affected Merchant Kitchen for less than a week (it happens). Year 2 there was watermain renewal, sidewalk and roadwork pretty much all year, agreed but they actually saved most of the brand new sidewalk that was placed when the hotel was built so I'll take that as a win. This year they're finishing up the second (east)half of the road reconstruction and yes that includes replacing the sidewalk, but it was hardly "brand new", more like 10 years old when the Mountain Co-op was built. Sometimes you have to replace stuff that's still in good condition because grade changes / new elevations force it.
You gotta wonder sometimes if the Mafia runs construction here.
Not to be too nit-picky, but... Year 1's water line issues was construction debris in the lines which caused a whole 4 panels of brand new sidewalk to be replaced and affected Merchant Kitchen for less than a week (it happens). Year 2 there was watermain renewal, sidewalk and roadwork pretty much all year, agreed but they actually saved most of the brand new sidewalk that was placed when the hotel was built so I'll take that as a win. This year they're finishing up the second (east)half of the road reconstruction and yes that includes replacing the sidewalk, but it was hardly "brand new", more like 10 years old when the Mountain Co-op was built. Sometimes you have to replace stuff that's still in good condition because grade changes / new elevations force it.
Regardless, I agree Merchant Kitchen has been pretty screwed over for the better part of the last 2 summers, but no need to exaggerate to make the point. At least once this stretch of roadwork is done in the next week or two they should be golden for a long time with new infrastructure that will be the envy of most of Winnipeg (what a sad statement).
Getting back to True North Square, if Sutton Place and their restaurant eventually get the same treatment as Alt / Merchant Kitchen regarding road construction it will be the same short term pain for long term gain and they should be happy.
That is factually incorrect. I was the manager there. The reconstruction took over a month and we were denied permits as there was other related work and testing going on that didn’t wrap up until August.
Not only are the buildings in this city all beige, now the sky is too.
I thought someone decided to glaze our eyes with a sepia filter tone, but then in the last second, changed their mind to add colour effects that ends up being all shitty.
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Back then, I used to be indecisive.
They were bringing in some sort of giant thing off a flatbed during rush hour today and looked like it had something to do with the fountain, couldn't get a good look though.
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