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Wigs · #**6901** Posted **Jul 22, 2022, 12:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by T'Cona

Never, although we will be happy to see dozens of low to mid rise buildings fill the many gaps downtown.

Fair enough.
I follow Buffalo on SSC and they feel the same about their city.

I was just thinking wasn't Winnipeg's high-rise residential building boom in the 1970s/80s? It seems like many other Canadian cities from Saskatoon to Hamilton and larger also went through a high-rise residential period during this era.

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Originally Posted by wags_in_the_peg

the Main floor Earls, OEB restaurant and GoodLife are packed all the time

That's great to hear that the ground floor is already fully activated. A good sign imho

T'Cona · #**6902** Posted **Jul 22, 2022, 9:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Wigs

Fair enough.
I follow Buffalo on SSC and they feel the same about their city.

I was just thinking wasn't Winnipeg's high-rise residential building boom in the 1970s/80s? It seems like many other Canadian cities from Saskatoon to Hamilton and larger also went through a high-rise residential period during this era.

That's great to hear that the ground floor is already fully activated. A good sign imho

Yeah, 60s and 70s.

The Jabroni · #**6903** Posted **Jul 23, 2022, 2:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Highwayman

Is it back on FFS. I was hoping some kid got on the roof and destroyed it.

Cannot someone go up there and put up the BAT signal ?

Just go up there, find the projector, and just smash the damn thing already.

harls · #**6904** Posted **Jul 24, 2022, 1:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Too bad we can’t powerwash Leo

• Video Link

WinCitySparky · #**6905** Posted **Jul 24, 2022, 4:10 PM**

lmao

harls · #**6906** Posted **Jul 24, 2022, 11:12 PM**

The Batman thing? Our friend Biff figured this out eons ago. He deserves some kind of award.

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Gravity Wins · #**6907** Posted **Jul 24, 2022, 11:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by harls

The Batman thing? Our friend Biff figured this out eons ago. He deserves some kind of award.

The bat signal would honestly be epic and the amount of publicity it would generate the building and the city would be huge hahaha

pspeid · #**6908** Posted **Jul 25, 2022, 1:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Gravity Wins

The bat signal would honestly be epic and the amount of publicity it would generate the building and the city would be huge hahaha

THAT is a great idea. There has to be a year's worth of pop culture logos that would look great there; Batman, Spiderman, Transformers, Star Wars rebels. People would actually WANT to look at the building and they would get more positive press than they have now.

Of course I don't know if any of the copyright holders would object, but Imo it's worth considering. We should offer the owner a few $$ and see if he'll make the change!

BAKGUY · #**6909** Posted **Jul 25, 2022, 5:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by harls

The Batman thing? Our friend Biff figured this out eons ago. He deserves some kind of award.

Much Improved.better than the Canad Inns faded boring projector image

cllew · #**6910** Posted **Jul 26, 2022, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Highwayman

Is it back on FFS. I was hoping some kid got on the roof and destroyed it.

Cannot someone go up there and put up the BAT signal ?

I am working evenings and I checked my north window about 2130 last night and nothing was lit up on the building so something has happened to the power supply or the bulb is burnt out.

pspeid · #**6911** Posted **Jul 26, 2022, 8:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by cllew

I am working evenings and I checked my north window about 2130 last night and nothing was lit up on the building so something has happened to the power supply or the bulb is burnt out.

Batman wouldn't have been defeated by a burnt-out bulb.

OTA in Winnipeg · #**6912** Posted **Jul 27, 2022, 3:34 AM**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtoMN_xi-AM

rkspec · #**6913** Posted **Jul 27, 2022, 3:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by cllew

I am working evenings and I checked my north window about 2130 last night and nothing was lit up on the building so something has happened to the power supply or the bulb is burnt out.

Similar to Batman's distress signal, im almost positive the canad inn logo ONLY shines when there are vacancies.

On another note, has any accent\up lighting been installed on 300 Main yet?
Im curious to see what this thing looks like at night, possibly might be worth taking a family drive one evening!

Riverman · #**6914** Posted **Aug 5, 2022, 11:47 AM**

300main.ca

Biff · #**6915** Posted **Aug 5, 2022, 1:19 PM**

Updated rendering.

esquire · #**6916** Posted **Aug 5, 2022, 2:11 PM**

Looking forward to seeing 300 Main get cleaned... those windows are very dirty at the moment!

WinCitySparky · #**6917** Posted **Aug 10, 2022, 9:05 PM**

They’re taking down the cargo elevator today.

Link to pic : https://ibb.co/bXZhhZh

wags_in_the_peg · #**6918** Posted **Aug 11, 2022, 3:17 PM**

what will they use to close in and finish everything off?

Biff · #**6919** Posted **Aug 11, 2022, 4:44 PM**

A small derrick crane on the roof. Most of the balance of lifting will be fairly light weight.

T'Cona · #**6920** Posted **Aug 11, 2022, 9:27 PM**

It would be nice if a couple of the buildings on the right were recladded, that sea of beige is boring.