Winnipeg | Unbuilt

[esquire]

Originally Posted by BAKGUY

There was a proposal in the mid 70's to build a complex as big or bigger than Lakeview Square @ Ellice Ave where the 2 former NRC amethyst buildings are. I recall and office tower, hotel and a couple of apartment towers It was published in a Winnipeg magazine in 1976? I recall my grandfather showing it to me as a young child. It was a name like Centennial Square or Centennial gardens ?? It was to mark Winnipeg centennial but never went forward.

Here it is. I wonder what happened to this ambitious proposal?

Also there was a proposal for a 31 floor apartment where Manulife building is & the church @ Broadway & Kennedy. I wish posters would have the courtesy to NAME what these proposals were & where they were to be places? Thanks

This one is pretty interesting, the news stories from the time mention that the congregation was eager to build this development after the old church burned down due to arson. There were even pictures of workers building parts that would become the foundation for the new development, etc. But then it never went ahead... all they built on the site was a modest church, and I'm not sure if the Manulife Building was part of the site or not?

It looks like the building went through a couple of design iterations.