Winnipeg Construction IX - Page 400

Biff · #**7981** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by dmacc

It's going to be very dangerous there at night.

^^^Let me guess, women will be raped, children will be murdered. Why would it be any different the the sidewalk there now?

Biff · #**7982** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 5:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by lilwayne

so biff when will we hear about this huge project you were talking about????

I said "LARGE project proposed for downtown.....total surprise. New.

....no more details or questions....sorry"

TrueViking eluded to the rough timetables a few posts ago. We all have to wait.

eman · #**7983** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 5:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by oftheMoon

It looks drastically different to me based on the renders in this CBC article:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tache-promenade-gets-federal-funding-boost-1.4023733

Does look better in the cbc renders. They call it the Tree Top Lookout,, which is stretching the truth if its level with the road.

dmacc · #**7984** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 5:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

^^^Let me guess, women will be raped, children will be murdered. Why would it be any different the the sidewalk there now?

There will be trees making it more hidden then a sidewalk on the street. Don't get me wrong, we should still build amenities like this. I'm just pointing out that people will need to be extra vigilant at night and perhaps avoid it for the sidewalk on tache late at night.

Ando · #**7985** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 6:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

^^^Let me guess, women will be raped, children will be murdered. Why would it be any different the the sidewalk there now?

There are poutine and tourtiere thieves everywhere. My god! The humanity!

windypeg · #**7986** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by dmacc

There will be trees making it more hidden then a sidewalk on the street. Don't get me wrong, we should still build amenities like this. I'm just pointing out that people will need to be extra vigilant at night and perhaps avoid it for the sidewalk on tache late at night.

So it will be not different than the many many km's of bike paths, walkways through parks etc in the city. Including the path a stone's throw to the south that runs between the hospital and the Red River, or the path just to the North that runs under the Provencher bridge and through Parc Joseph Royal and on through Whittier park. As far as I know none of those locations have been plagued with violence. Let's not be alarmist.

The tree cover is also actually pretty thin there as many of the trees on that side of the river are dead/dying. The render makes it look like dense forest but in reality it will be highly visible from the road.

lilwayne · #**7987** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 7:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

Yeah. Interesting project coming in September and another likely in spring. Both parking lot fillers. Not skyscrapers but bigger projects. One might have some height. Depends on a few things.

By some heaight are we talking 20 to 30 stories.. i imagine both will be 10 plus stories

dmacc · #**7988** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 7:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by lilwayne

By some heaight are we talking 20 to 30 stories.. i imagine both will be 10 plus stories

I'd be perfectly happy with a couple packing lot fillers being 10-15 Stories.

bomberjet · #**7989** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 8:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by eman

I saw that,, the maps there show the location,, but don't show how high and where the walkways and side walks go. I thought the platform was going to really high,, and it looks like its level with the road.

Did you check the documents within the link?

Here's a direct link to the open house it boards. It has cross-sections that show the heights and such. The walkway will be among the tree tops, not overtop.

https://winnipeg.ca/publicworks/construction/pdf/TachePromenade/InfoSessionBoards.pdf

I think it's great and will be a cool vantage point. And will be just fine for safety.. What would be the concern?

Urban recluse · #**7990** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 9:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by dmacc

I'd be perfectly happy with a couple packing lot fillers being 10-15 Stories.

Agreed, with setbacks and/or staggered floors for visual interest.

eman · #**7991** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 12:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

Did you check the documents within the link?

Here's a direct link to the open house it boards. It has cross-sections that show the heights and such. The walkway will be among the tree tops, not overtop.

https://winnipeg.ca/publicworks/construction/pdf/TachePromenade/InfoSessionBoards.pdf

I think it's great and will be a cool vantage point. And will be just fine for safety.. What would be the concern?

I walked by there this afternoon,, the elms along the river are over twice as high as the "tree top" belvedere. Cut them down, and plant shorter trees when the elms die of disease. I seem to remember a render that was high,, like with a bridge over Tache(old render)? which is why I am so surprised,, the "tree top lookout" is pretty short.

Wpg_Guy · #**7992** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 12:36 AM**

THere was never a bridge over tache

1ajs · #**7993** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 1:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

How about this:

yes those were what i was talking about shame the first one was bypased for that second one in the bid but really in the end the bid that won witch coulda gone into a bad legal mess lead to a taller building down the st thankfully

1ajs · #**7994** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 2:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by Biff

I said "LARGE project proposed for downtown.....total surprise. New.

....no more details or questions....sorry"

TrueViking eluded to the rough timetables a few posts ago. We all have to wait.

looks forward to watching from a distance i gues

headhorse · #**7995** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 2:39 AM**

there looks to be a soil testing rig on a trailer on the parking lot on the SW corner of Donald and York. one of the development sites?

1ajs · #**7996** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 2:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by headhorse

there looks to be a soil testing rig on a trailer on the parking lot on the SW corner of Donald and York. one of the development sites?

reminds me there was a testing rig last yr on donald and elice on that parking lot

michelleb · #**7997** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 2:54 AM**

Do you mean in the Best Western Hotel parking lot? I wondered what that big truck was spilling out onto the sidewalk today (yuck).

That parking lot has problems all the time.

wardlow · #**7998** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 1:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by headhorse

there looks to be a soil testing rig on a trailer on the parking lot on the SW corner of Donald and York. one of the development sites?

There's something planned for that site. Nothing super tall, I don't think, but will fill up part of a very vacant part of downtown.

There's another proposal that will take away more surface parking too far away, too.

dmacc · #**7999** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 2:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by wardlow

There's something planned for that site. Nothing super tall, I don't think, but will fill up part of a very vacant part of downtown.

There's another proposal that will take away more surface parking too far away, too.

What's planned for the site? 5+ Stories?

wardlow · #**8000** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 2:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by dmacc

What's planned for the site? 5+ Stories?

More like 12-18. A good height for this part of downtown. I shouldn't say anything more, and I have no idea if this is one of the proposals Viking etc. are talking about.