Winnipeg - Of Interest

[wags_in_the_peg]

Dan Harper photo on Twitter of 201 Portage

[wags_in_the_peg]

Dan Harper on Twitter - amazing view of Winnipeg at sunset

[Biff]

Originally Posted by pspeid

Re-reading the article, I wondered whatever became of the proposed 150 room hotel that a developer was supposedly thinking of building on that lot if the Winnipeg Hotel was torn down? I get the feeling the city dodged a bullet, avoiding another empty promise that would have resulted in another empty lot in the downtown.

I believe the hotel/developer that was proposed for these buildings, but lost out when the Pollard's took over was the same developer that tried to build the Hyatt Hotel in the Keewayden Block on East Portage (138 Portage). They subsequently failed there too.

[drew]

^ and that 138 Portage hotel project was almost certainly a scam too.

[Kris22]

Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

Dan Harper on Twitter - amazing view of Winnipeg at sunset

Stunning photo, thanks for sharing. I think I stared at it for 10 minutes. If only "Sky City" happened; it would have the perfect placement from this angle.

[WinCitySparky]

Postcard shot!

[drew]

This is good news.

The Oake Family are good people. We of course need many more beds that these facilities provide, but every little bit helps.

[ColdRain&Snow]

Originally Posted by drew

This is good news.

The Oake Family are good people. We of course need many more beds that these facilities provide, but every little bit helps.

Great to hear!

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by drew

This is good news.

The Oake Family are good people. We of course need many more beds that these facilities provide, but every little bit helps.

Absolutely!

[ColdRain&Snow]

The department of Planning, Property, and Development has started the process to rewrite the entire zoning bylaw (currently about 550 pages in total). The process will likely take several years.

You can read/watch more about it here (jump to Item #16):
https://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/dmis/Vie...onId=&InitUrl=

It sounds like the City will be switching to form-based codes for all neighbourhoods built before about 1950 and stick with use-based codes for all neighbourhoods built after 1950.

Very excited to see this getting started! Rewriting the entire zoning bylaw will have a huge impact on Winnipeg (especially central Winnipeg) for decades to come.

[WinCitySparky]

Whoa nice! Thanks for the info.

[Wpg_Guy]

The city has yet to be informed by the Federal Government on it's application for $192M from the Housing Accelerator Fund, but the mayor is fully expecting the same response Calgary received regarding their zoning regulations.


Feds won't fund Calgary housing strategy unless city agrees to axe certain zoning rules

[trueviking]

^ where did you see that the mayor expects that?

I am hoping this is exactly what happens. Winnipeg’s application was typically meek. This is the chance for the feds to step in and force real change. It is clear in their RFP that the expect all cities to eliminate exclusionary zoning.

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

The department of Planning, Property, and Development has started the process to rewrite the entire zoning bylaw (currently about 550 pages in total). The process will likely take several years.

You can read/watch more about it here (jump to Item #16):
https://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/dmis/Vie...onId=&InitUrl=

It sounds like the City will be switching to form-based codes for all neighbourhoods built before about 1950 and stick with use-based codes for all neighbourhoods built after 1950.

Very excited to see this getting started! Rewriting the entire zoning bylaw will have a huge impact on Winnipeg (especially central Winnipeg) for decades to come.

Hazel Borys, the new head of PPD is a big proponent of form based codes. She will certainly push this. Thanks for posting it.

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by trueviking

Hazel Borys, the new head of PPD is a big proponent of form based codes. She will certainly push this. Thanks for posting it.

I had to look up what a "Form Based Code" was, but it sounds like a terrific development tool; just what the city needs.

This forum is so edjucamational at time....

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by trueviking

^ where did you see that the mayor expects that?

I am hoping this is exactly what happens. Winnipeg’s application was typically meek. This is the chance for the feds to step in and force real change. It is clear in their RFP that the expect all cities to eliminate exclusionary zoning.

He was on the discussion panel for the Values For a livable City forum held last week and brought up Calgary’s application and response from the Feds.

[rkspec]

Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

Dan Harper on Twitter - amazing view of Winnipeg at sunset

Great picture, too bad the bridge wasnt lit up!

[ColdRain&Snow]

Originally Posted by trueviking

Hazel Borys, the new head of PPD is a big proponent of form based codes. She will certainly push this. Thanks for posting it.

I met with Hazel yesterday at lunch and she was very friendly! Since it's still the early stages of the bylaw rewrite, it sounds like everything is on the table. Hazel said she has already rewritten zoning bylaws for about 75 cities in North America, so yeah she has some experience haha. She emphasized re-legalizing buildings that used to be legal in central Winnipeg such as corner stores, duplexes, and small apartment buildings.

Might it be time for an article about form-based codes and how it's currently illegal to build mixed-use neighbourhoods even in areas that used to allow it?

[optimusREIM]

Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

I met with Hazel yesterday at lunch and she was very friendly! Since it's still the early stages of the bylaw rewrite, it sounds like everything is on the table. Hazel said she has already rewritten zoning bylaws for about 75 cities in North America, so yeah she has some experience haha. She emphasized re-legalizing buildings that used to be legal in central Winnipeg such as corner stores, duplexes, and small apartment buildings.

Might it be time for an article about form-based codes and how it's currently illegal to build mixed-use neighbourhoods even in areas that used to allow it?

I would love to see policies that allowed some of these mixed uses as of right in core areas. I saw a Youtube video some time ago where the topic was older neighbourhoods and how people used to set up storefronts as an addition to the house in the back. This is how you get some of the buildings on Corydon and others. The video discusses how this used to be typical and greatly contributes to the urban fabric of a location, but that now the way we develop suburbs (without even going into zoning and code bylaws), is hostile to this sort of organic development.

I can't for the life of me find the video, but allowing multiple uses and allowing more streets where the streetfront attached retail unit could be constructed without any red tape would be awesome.

[ColdRain&Snow]

Originally Posted by optimusREIM

I would love to see policies that allowed some of these mixed uses as of right in core areas. I saw a Youtube video some time ago where the topic was older neighbourhoods and how people used to set up storefronts as an addition to the house in the back. This is how you get some of the buildings on Corydon and others. The video discusses how this used to be typical and greatly contributes to the urban fabric of a location, but that now the way we develop suburbs (without even going into zoning and code bylaws), is hostile to this sort of organic development.

I can't for the life of me find the video, but allowing multiple uses and allowing more streets where the streetfront attached retail unit could be constructed without any red tape would be awesome.

This video maybe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuHQizveO1c