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Originally Posted by Andy6
I wouldn’t complain too much that that building was saved and imaginatively reused. I’m not convinced that gazing at the pumping station from the Red River was really all that iconic a Winnipeg experience.
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Lol, agreed. The public can actually see the pumps now for the first time in 25 years. Seems like a win to me.
Also, you can fully see the entire building when you're walking around it, as the new buildings are separated by a good size gap rather than integrated. Not concerned if someone driving down Waterfront can't see it for 2.3 seconds.
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Originally Posted by Hecate
It was literally the only historic front on all of waterfront drive. In an area that is designated a national historic site because of its turn of the century buildings. The one piece of architecture linking the river to the past is now gone. We have lost something special.
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Sounds to me like Waterfront isn't all that historic then.
*checks calendar*
Oh right, it's only existed for 15 years.