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Unique St. Boniface art park will feature six canoes
Kevin Rollason By: Kevin Rollason
Posted: 09/26/2018 5:12 PM
Motorists, bicyclists and people out for a stroll will soon be greeted at St. Boniface's Norwood Grove with an oasis in the middle of two major streets.
The $250,000 Canoe Park, which will officially open Friday between Marion and Goulet Streets, will take what has been a worn-out pathway in a boulevard between two concrete roads and transform it into a nice place to sit for awhile amongst the trees and bushes while traffic whizzes by.
Jennifer Mathieson, executive director of the Norwood Grove Business Improvement Zone, said on Wednesday that the wet weather has delayed the work at the site, but they'll still be ready for the unveiling at 5:30 p.m.
"If you go there today (Wednesday) you won't see anything, but by Friday it will be about 90 per cent complete," Mathieson said.
"People will be able to walk through it on Friday and we'll have two of the canoes lit up."
The canoes, which Mathieson said will be where most people sit while in the park, are being lit up as part of an exhibit called Maquettes at Lantern, by Winnipeg-based artist Christian Worthington.
When the 16-foot canoes are all in place, there will be six of them, set in concrete and made of corten steel, which is a group of steel alloys developed to eliminate the need for painting despite years of exposure to weather.
People will sit in them as they would a real canoe.
"Because they are recessed, it will look like they're sitting in water when you drive past," Mathieson said.
The project was funded by several organizations including the BIZ's capital savings fund, $40,000 from St. Boniface Coun. Matt Allard through the local community incentive grant, and Image Routes and Neighbourhood Main Streets capital funding.
Mathieson said the name of the park and the canoe-type seating is all because of Worthington.
"He saw an aerial photograph of the area and he saw the site was in the shape of a canoe," she said.
The area was upgraded more than two decades ago, but since then the grass has been replaced with weeds, the concrete path was cracked and broken, and the trees needed dead branches to be pruned.
"This is a major gateway to the area and we want it to be beautiful. We wanted this pedestrian corridor. Before this, we just looked like a highway.
"This is like it was meant to be."
And Mathieson said it ties in with the large circle that many pedestrians and bicyclists use when they go from The Forks, across the Esplanade Riel pedestrian bridge, down Tache Avenue, to Goulet and back to The Forks.
"It's a really beautiful route and this is now part of it," she said.
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christian_worthington This is the future location of a large scale sculpture project of mine in @norwoodgrovebiz, Winnipeg. A series of 16 foot sculptures created in corten steel will be permanently installed in the very near future. Ready for Nuit Blanche, Friday the 28th. This is in conjunction with my Lantern show.
@northcorallandscaping is doing an amazing job getting this location ready!! Pumped!!!
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christian_worthingtonShots of my 6 sculptures on location of the new public park.
16 foot, corten steel with a gloss clear coat. By next summer they will be surrounded by beautiful tall grass, adding movement to the location.
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Norwood Grove BIZ (@norwoodgrovebiz) on Instagram The Norwood Grove BIZ is excited to unveil its latest placemaking project on September 28th, 2018, Canoe Park. Created in collaboration with local Winnipeg artist Christian Worthington. What once was a worn-out pathway between Marion street and Goulet street is now redesigned as Canoe Park featuring six 16-foot canoes, updated pathway and landscaping. The park theme was mirrored after the shape of the space and intended to recognize the rich history of St Boniface. As a gateway to the Norwood Grove/St Boniface community the new space compliments the new gateway sign and is intended to create an enjoyable route for pedestrians while maintaining area beautification and investment in cultural equity.
The project was funded by the Norwood Grove BIZ capital savings fund, Councillor Matt Allard through the local Community Incentive Grant ($40,000) and The City of Winnipeg, BIZ Zones, Image Routes and Neighbourhood Main Streets CAPITAL FUNDING. The project when fully planted will have taken 2 years and 7 months from planning to completion. Cano Park will be unveiled as part of the programing for Culture Days September 28th between 5:00pm – 10:00pm.
Please Join us for the official media launch and refreshments:
Date: September 28th, 2018 Time: 5:30pm Location: Canoe Park, median located between Marion Street and Goulet Street at St Mary’s Rd Parking: Please park at the Norwood Hotel back parking lot
This event is in conjunction with MAQUETTES at LANTERN an exhibit of sculptural miniatures in bronze and steel by Winnipeg-based artist Christian Worthington.
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Congrats, Christian Worthington, on Canoe Park! These 6 steel canoes sit on the boulevard between Marion & Goulet in Norwood Grove/ St Boniface to provide a slick, usable urban space for gathering and public use. And they look hot, too ������
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@christian_worthington at the public unveiling of #CanoePark with @norwoodgrovebiz in conjunction with his exhibition "Maquettes at LANTERN". Scale affects our relationship to sculpture, and this exhibition invites the public to explore sculpture as it relates to architecture. See it tonight, or tomorrow for @nbwpg !
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