Winnipeg | Osborne Village & Corydon area

[drew]

Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Heritage bldg up for attempted demolition, 35 Roslyn Rd

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/lo...576169512.html

Use this site if you have trouble with their paywall:

https://12ft.io/

The City 100% needs to obtain a independent assessment of the structure in these cases.

I would never trust the word of a developer and the consultant they retained, and probably also retained to work on the future building. Definite conflict of interest.

City: Give me a call.

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by esquire

Truth. The stuff from the postwar years always looked so sturdy and timeless with the masonry and steel construction. Just walk up and down the streets of Bro-Ass to see many quality builds from those years.

man...that building should never be shown so large.

To me its all about brick....instant permanence and timelessness.....and there is really no excuse anymore....Hardie board costs $28 per square foot and brick is $35. Its not a massive difference and used wisely can have a huge impact on the building quality. I'm a total convert and am trying to use it as much as possible before it becomes expensive again.

Look at those 1960's yellow brick boxes through the corydon area....they are as plain and simple as can be, yet because they are brick, they fit in nicely. Imagine this building in random pattern hardie board on stilts with parking underneath.

[WinCitySparky]

Originally Posted by trueviking

man...that building should never be shown so large.

To me its all about brick....instant permanence and timelessness.....and there is really no excuse anymore....Hardie board costs $28 per square foot and brick is $35. Its not a massive difference and used wisely can have a huge impact on the building quality. I'm a total convert and am trying to use it as much as possible before it becomes expensive again.

Brick happening on the St Mary project?

[trueviking]

lots

[trueviking]

also...the corydon neighbourhood needs a name. I guess its technically fort rouge? but nobody knows where that is. Should combine it with earl grey and give it a proper name....maybe even connect it with osborne village, but that has a specific connotation.

[WinCitySparky]

Nice. I also like brick. Here is the north interior wall of my otherwise modest West End house. It was like this when I bought it.

https://ibb.co/0jNZhzS

[T'Cona]

For me brick is timeless, love it both as an exterior material and interior.

[trueviking]

Wow. Love that wall!

[WinCitySparky]

Originally Posted by trueviking

Wow. Love that wall!

Long time neighbours around here said that a former owner of Alpha Masonry used to own this place in the 70’s or thereabouts

[bomberjet]

St. Mary project eh?? Did I miss something haha

[WinCitySparky]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

St. Mary project eh?? Did I miss something haha

Vike says he did the scribbly scribbly for a tower going up at Donald and St Mary’s starting this spring.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by trueviking

also...the corydon neighbourhood needs a name. I guess its technically fort rouge? but nobody knows where that is. Should combine it with earl grey and give it a proper name....maybe even connect it with osborne village, but that has a specific connotation.

Good point. At one point people called it Little Italy as the map still shows, but there isn't much Italian character left, to the extent that there ever really was. I mean, "Corydon Village" is not the most original but it gets the point across?

Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Long time neighbours around here said that a former owner of Alpha Masonry used to own this place in the 70’s or thereabouts

Haha, I love the mental image of someone so dedicated to their craft that they spend their time off from laying bricks by... laying more bricks!

"come to bed honey"
"I can't, I'm laying bricks"

For what it's worth, it looks awesome.

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Nice. I also like brick. Here is the north interior wall of my otherwise modest West End house. It was like this when I bought it.

https://ibb.co/0jNZhzS

Fantastic, love the brick. Hated it when Colony Square painted theirs grey.

What's all that cable wrapped around it?

[WinCitySparky]

Originally Posted by OTA in Winnipeg

Fantastic, love the brick. Hated it when Colony Square painted theirs grey.

What's all that cable wrapped around it?

Rope lights for fancy time

[OTA in Winnipeg]

Haha, nice.

[bomberjet]

Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Vike says he did the scribbly scribbly for a tower going up at Donald and St Mary’s starting this spring.

Ah thanks. That ones been in the works for a couple years now.

[zalf]

Construction fencing is now up around the parking lot opposite Happy Cooker and Nuburger at Stradbrook and Osborne.

Has anyone seen any designs for this yet? I looked on the City Clerk's website a few weeks ago but didn't find anything at the time. If I recall correctly, when the City sold the lot, it was conditional on adding residential, and the winning bidder paid much more than the City's asking price.

[thebasketballgeek]

Originally Posted by zalf

Construction fencing is now up around the parking lot opposite Happy Cooker and Nuburger at Stradbrook and Osborne.

Has anyone seen any designs for this yet? I looked on the City Clerk's website a few weeks ago but didn't find anything at the time. If I recall correctly, when the City sold the lot, it was conditional on adding residential, and the winning bidder paid much more than the City's asking price.

I know the building adjacent to it Eldorado Arms is undergoing a renovation so that may be a factor for the fencing of the site. I’m not familiar with the reclad process though and if they truly need that much space to store their materials although that parking lot would be a convenient place as any to do so.

Here's the render


https://www.towersrealty.ca/developm...-developments/

[sleepyeyed]

fairly certain that it's going to be a parkade..

[Biff]

^^^Small parkade if it is.