Still one of, I think, Canada's greatest losses. Winnipeg's old City Hall:
http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/...to.php?id=4588
And its new one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law,_go...me_in_Winnipeg
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And one interesting tidbit about St. John's.
We never had a grand City Hall because we never had a municipal government. There was no level of government between an individual and Parliament in Newfoundland, from our independence in 1855 until 1888.
In 1888, St. John's was allowed to incorporate and establish a municipal council - but it was led by a Chairman appointed by the Parliament, had no power, and no Mayor. It was basically an advisory committee. It wasn't until 1921 that we created the position of Mayor (which was a huge change because it meant Parliament did not control the council), but it was really only upon Confederation with Canada in 1949 that our municipal council gained the sorts of powers/responsibilities mainlanders would recognize.
At that time, a building on Duckworth Street was converted into a City Hall:
MUN Archives
So we've never had a beautiful, grand one. We did, however, have and lose great and beautiful post offices, hospitals, customs houses, markets, cinemas, theatres, etc.