Winnipeg - Of Interest

[rkspec]

Originally Posted by esquire

Someone posted this interesting juxtaposition of Winnipeg and Edmonton on reddit, thought I'd share:


http://mapfrappe.com/?show=37824

how cool is that

[dennis]

Originally Posted by Biff

^^^So basically if we fill out to the Perimeter (and associated densification) we should be at about 1.3 million.

Actually about 900,000. But if our Lorettes, Nivervilles, E. and W St. Pauls, Headingleys etc. grow to be as big as Edmonton's Spruce Groves, Stoney Plains, Leducs and Beaumonts, we wil l be at 1.3 Million.

[Pinus]

Originally Posted by esquire

it's kind of wild to move the map to other big world cities and see just how piddly our density levels are.

LOL I hope you aren't referring to Edmonton as a big world city

[LilZebra]

^^^

No, like Paris & New York.

[esquire]

Here's a picture that I'm posting for the sole reason that I like it... 333 Main actually does a half decent job of interacting with the street but unfortunately it's plunked on a stretch of sidewalk where few tread.


Source: Winnipeg Free Press

[vid]

I suppose that's a half-decent job of interacting with the street... the missing half of that half decent would be using that other window bay as a storefront of some kind. Then you'd draw some people over there.

[bomberjet]

But no one can get there due to the barricades.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by vid

I suppose that's a half-decent job of interacting with the street... the missing half of that half decent would be using that other window bay as a storefront of some kind. Then you'd draw some people over there.

Normally I would agree with you but I think that for a corporate head office like that a little newsstand or deli would look a bit out of place.

I have to admit this photo loses a bit of its impact at the size shown... the smaller version on the WFP website was better. Is there any way to resize the photo as displayed without resorting to editing the image itself?

[Tacheguy]

I have always thought that is a very beautiful building. by far my favourite modern building in Winnipeg.

[Cyro]

Originally Posted by esquire

Is there any way to resize the photo as displayed without resorting to editing the image itself?

Not with the coding options availble on the forum. Only other option most are aware of is saving it to your PC, Uploading it to an image hosting account and choosing the size there, (Hosting site will edit it), and you post the image code supplied here.

I've tried editing the codes in numerous ways with no success in the past.

[esquire]

^ Thanks, but arrrgh that is such a PITA. How on earth is it that BBCode can't resize images the way you can easily with HTML?!

[Cyro]

^ I here you, that last image I posted in construction reg: Burnell was too large, You can edit the images in BB but those options are not available here. Controls limit what you can do for the obvious reason. I could post an entire page, already coded in (notepad) with anything i liked and paste it in a second..That's what I'd do for a website but you can see the problems in a forum structure like this..

[Wolf13]

Originally Posted by Tacheguy

I have always thought that is a very beautiful building. by far my favourite modern building in Winnipeg.

Same here.. very unique, asymmetrical design, yet simple.

That said, I'm sure many drones inside hate the complate lack of windows.

[BigG]

^^AND at night when it's lit with the blue lights, it looks like a vertical PlayStation.

[buzzg]

Originally Posted by BigG

^^AND at night when it's lit with the blue lights, it looks like a vertical PlayStation.

I've always loved the MTS buildings. And yeah that blue light is awesome, the only example of a tower actually with some light design in Winnipeg... It's small and simple but stands out drastically against the darkness of everything else at night. Off topic ish, but it's such a shame there is zero exterior lighting on CMHR. What a waste.

[optimusREIM]

Originally Posted by buzzg

...Off topic ish, but it's such a shame there is zero exterior lighting on CMHR. What a waste.

This actually bothers me a lot. Such a wasted opportunity. Instead of contributing to the skyline at night it makes a big dark patch when on camera especially. The least they could do would be flood lights to illuminate the facade.

[buzzg]

Originally Posted by optimusREIM

This actually bothers me a lot. Such a water opportunity. Instead of contributing to the skyline at night it makes a big dark patch when on camera especially. The least they could do would be flood lights to illuminate the facade.

The side that faces the Esplanade and St. Boniface has so many dramatic surface changes that would look incredible with some simple lighting at all the cuts.

[esquire]

CBC reports that David Sanders has died. For those who don't know the name, he was a senior bureaucrat/lawyer known for asking very tough questions at various council and committee meetings at City Hall, becoming a thorn in Sam Katz's side in the process.

He ran for mayor in 2014 although by the time he threw his hat into the ring it was really too late to get his campaign off the ground.

[LilZebra]

Originally Posted by esquire

CBC reports that David Sanders has died. For those who don't know the name, he was a senior bureaucrat/lawyer known for asking very tough questions at various council and committee meetings at City Hall, becoming a thorn in Sam Katz's side in the process.

He ran for mayor in 2014 although by the time he threw his hat into the ring it was really too late to get his campaign off the ground.

We need more people like him to ask the questions.

[LilZebra]

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