Winnipeg | Osborne Village & Corydon area

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by biguc

It doesn't help that there's stripmall parking out front now too. What a piece of shit.

That's the only good floor on the building lol. And I maybe see one car there parked ever for the little coffee shop. Remember that was technically always parking with a dump of a money Mart. I've actually rode my bike around the place and the concrete work etc is actually pretty dang good for a little stripe mall. Almost upscale lol.

I just try and not look past the first floor though. It probably good thing it's white. Don't see it for 6 months of the year LMFAO

But you are right. Parking lot should not be there. Looking at Esquires post below with the green grass would have been alot nice and you could have actually made an outdoor place to eat . Then that first floor could have filled up with cafes and the like.

[esquire]

That building gives off mini-storage facility vibes

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by esquire

That building gives off mini-storage facility vibes

That's a nice storage building. I'd rather they built that then what we got. Sad to say that lol.

[bomberjet]

Originally Posted by biguc

It doesn't help that there's stripmall parking out front now too. What a piece of shit.

I don't think that's actually supposed to be parking out front (which is probably what you're getting at..). It's like a fire lane or something.

There's no way the City approved public vehicle access to that area, since from the back lane it's not even 1 actual lane wide. Could they? There's also no landscaping, sidewalk protection. Nothing.

[3de14eec6a]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

I don't think that's actually supposed to be parking out front (which is probably what you're getting at..). It's like a fire lane or something.

There's no way the City approved public vehicle access to that area, since from the back lane it's not even 1 actual lane wide. Could they? There's also no landscaping, sidewalk protection. Nothing.

I've actually seen a vehicle (BWM, would you believe it) hop the curb, go over the cycle lane, and into the "parking lot". And then carry on to southbound osborne. I wish my dashcam had arrived one day earlier so I would have caught it on video.

Originally Posted by Highwayman

That block could have been so much more with residential over office's.

That was phase 2 plan, roughly. It was horribly planned out. Offices with no parking in phase 1, parking and residential as phase 2. Nobody wants offices with no parking, so they couldn't lease out phase 1.

[bomberjet]

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.87449...7i16384!8i8192

Also interesting about the tire tracks over the sidewalk. Looks like semi trailers dragging across. Don't people know to use Jessie instead is they want to make that turn from Pembina to Osborne lol

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.87449...7i16384!8i8192

Also interesting about the tire tracks over the sidewalk. Looks like semi trailers dragging across. Don't people know to use Jessie instead is they want to make that turn from Pembina to Osborne lol

They messed up Jessie when they revamped Pembina a few years back. Worst one is coming off Corydon and having to drive now down Pembina and make a U-turn at the lights. Before you just turned off Pembina straight onto Jessie. Also the signage or lack of to explain to people this is how you get to Osborne is lacking or it's very Small. Seems they decided that small signs were better then the overhead ones we used to have. Takes one semi or bus to block the signs now.

[plrh]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.87449...7i16384!8i8192

Also interesting about the tire tracks over the sidewalk. Looks like semi trailers dragging across. Don't people know to use Jessie instead is they want to make that turn from Pembina to Osborne lol

Jessie is not a truck route.

[Jeff]

new microsoft word art Corydon BIZ banners are up along the avenue. more colourful than the last batch

[esquire]

Ooooh I do love me some Microsoft Word Art!

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by esquire

Ooooh I do love me some Microsoft Word Art!

i knew you would be particularly fond of this update lol

[esquire]

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by esquire

That building gives off mini-storage facility vibes

to be fair...that's a pretty spiffy storage place.

[WinCitySparky]

17 storey building officially on the way for the empty hole beside Big Whitey there at Confusion Corner, which will include a fully automated U-Tron parking garage.

The building rendering looks just as fuckin ugly as its sister building but hey, better than a hole in the ground.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bu...576632952.html

[trueviking]

Good news but that is not an attractive building.

[trueviking]

My money is on the parkade being built but not the tower on top.

[Only The Lonely..]

I got my hopes up there for a second that we were getting a new Remand Centre.

[Only The Lonely..]

Also, to settle the debate.. The rendering shows proper balconies on the office building.

[esquire]

That complex looks vaguely Japanese, like something you would expect to see on the outskirts of Yokohama. It's not a looker but it's not terrible either... I'd be happy to see it go up if only so we could finally see some residential development next to Osborne Station.

[3de14eec6a]

So it sounds like they're sticking with the same basic plan as the original. But they'll actually get it done, rather than have things sit around.

I'm okay with this. The renders weren't particularly inspiring at the outset. But getting residential in that area is great.

A fun quote from the project thread (https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...php?t=220693):
esquire - "I have to admit I didn't really expect this project to come to fruition, I more or less lumped it in the same category as the other eternal proposals that never actually get built"