Winnipeg

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Spring/summer/fall 2020


The Golden Boy statue atop the Manitoba Legislature


The Esplanade Riel Connects St Boniface with Downtown Winnipeg


Electric Railway Chambers Building has a Terra cotta exterior with 6,000 built in lights


Mcdermot Ave


Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum is Winnipeg's oldest building, completed in 1851 is was formally the Grey Nuns’ Convent


Manitoba Hydro Place is one of North America’s most energy efficient and green office towers, it uses 70% less energy than a comparable office building of conventional design


The Centennial Concert Hall opened in 1968 and is Manitoba's premier performing art centre


The river walk along the Assiniboine River


Sunset on the Red River and the Docks of the Redboine Boat Club along Churchill Drive


Paddle boarding on the Red River


The provincial legislature on a September morning overlooking the Assiniboine River


The Forks Historic Port


The Assiniboine river walk


The (formally controversial) founding father of Manitoba, Louis Riel


Soccer on the Legislative assembly grounds


Osborne Street Bridge


The Forks Port sunrise


St. Vital Park pavilion


The banks of the Red River along St. Vital Park


"Love All Day," on Garry Street by New York artist Queen Andrea


BellMTS Place, home arena of the NHL Jets


'Agassiz Ice' by Gordon Reeve at Assiniboine Park


Assiniboine Park Pavilion, 1930


'Plains Call,' by artist Ivan Eyre


The English Gardens at Assiniboine Park


Leo Mol garden features bronze pieces and works of art by the artist


Leo Mol Sculpture of Tom Lamb, founder of Lambair, an adventurer, fur trapper and Bush pilot


Leo Mol Sculpture Garden


Qualico Family Centre at Assiniboine Park


Assiniboine Park footbridge, 1932


Pop-up contemporary dance show on Broadway


Music performance at RWB plaza


Broadway Coffee shop


300 Main, highrise apartment tower under construction


Portage Ave @ Sherbrook


Union Station, 1911


Richardson Building


'Bloody Saturday' a streetcar sculpture commemorates a moment of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike in which a streetcar was overturned and a deadly, bloody protest ensued


201 Portage Ave


The Canadian Museum for Human Rights


Riverfront patio at The Forks


"Education is the New Bison” – or “Chi-kishkayhitamihk si te li neu Biizon” by artist Val Vint is constructed out of 200 steel replicas of books and other articles by Indigenous authors and allies.


Late summer at The Forks


Outdoor patio/plaza, The Forks


'Emptyful', by Vancouver artist Bill Pechet stands 10 meters high, and is made of stainless steel, lights, water and fog.


Millennium Library Park


'Rising Form' by Tony Tascona


Millennium Library Park, urban greenspace in downtown Winnipeg


Black Market Provisions


Portage Avenue


The terracotta cladded, two-storey Curry Building circa 1915 on Portage Ave


Downtown texture


A summer evening on Portage Ave.


This section of Main St. was formally known as Banker Row due to it's large collection of banks that flanked Main St.


Reflections in the Bank of Hamilton


Parlour, a staple in the independent coffee market


The Warehouse 1885 development converted two vacant properties into 39 residential lofts in The Exchange District


A summer day on King St.


Construction in 1893, The Kay building's facade is clay brick, interestingly the distinguished red feature is not original to the building


Early October Christmas movie shoot in the Exchange District


Early October Christmas movie shoot in the Exchange District


Upper Fort Garry Heritage Park


The Upper Fort Garry Heritage Park features a a 400ft steel wall with thousands of LED pixels that decipt the history of Manitoba in lights


The old stone gate and original walls of Upper Fort Gary


A fall view of River Heights


A wintery December afternoon


Chinese Gardens north of the Market Lands redevelopment site


Red River College Princess St. campus


True North Square plaza, hosting the summer farmers market


A youngling frolics in the fountain of True North Square


Hargrave St Market, a new modern food hall is located on the second level of 242 Hargrave


Main floor tenants of True North Square include Scotiabank and Mottola Grocery


225 Carlton at True North Square is a 25 storey mixed-use residential highrise


Warren Carther's '(Un)Still Life with Spoked Wheels' public art piece can be found on the Rapid Transit BLUE Line overpass


Osborne St. Rapid Transit Station


Exterior view of the Osborne St. Rapid Transit Station


A bus departs on the BLUE line


Cordova Tapas & Wine and Lark are among the many dining establishments located throughout the Exchange District


Imperial Bank of Commerce built in 1906 at 441 Main St.


McDermot Ave


Elm Park pedestrian bridge


The Elm Park span bridges the neighbourhoods of St. Vital and Fort Rouge



Elm Park Bridge is part of the City of Winnipeg Cycling network


Great-West Life building, C.1911


The IG Wealth Management tower silhouette echoes that of the bygone prairie grain elevator


The Gustavo da Roza designed Winnipeg Art Gallery


'Icon North' by artist Ivan Eyre prominently displayed facing north on the ramp of the Winnipeg Art Gallery


Located on the Belvédère Saint-Boniface, PHARE OUEST (FAR WEST) by Marcel Gosselin pays homage to the colonial history of St. Boniface


The former St. Vital fire hall erected in 1914 is now the location of the Saint Vital Historical Society and Museum


Mural on Westminster Ave


Thom Bargen Coffee in West Broadway


Back Alley Arctic in Wolseley


Artist Kal Barteski's work adorns multiple garage doors and fences in this back alley


Westminster United Church


Hugo dock off Wellington Cres


West Broadway grocery store


Condo building on Sherbrook


The brutalist Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre on Market Ave.


A calm fall morning on the Assiniboine River


Fall colours above the river walk


The ruins of the St. Boniface Cathedral as seen from The Forks


The Mere Hotel along Waterfront Dr.


The east Exchange District


An architecturally prominent block in Downtown Winnipeg


Artspace


Artspace is a large heritage warehouse now home to artist studios and other spaces dedicated to the arts community


Graffiti murals


Graffiti murals


Modern Coffee


Fishing on the banks of the Red in Kildonan Park


The witch hut in Kildonan Park


Kildonan Park is a large municipal city park on the bank of the Red River in north Winnipeg


Rainbow Stage, located in Kildonan Park is not-for-profit musical theatre company and Canada's largest and longest-running outdoor theatre


Under construction is Qaumajuq, the Los Angeles based Michael Maltzan designed Inuit Art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery


The Federal Building in Downtown Winnipeg


A St. Boniface Sunset


Université de Saint-Boniface


Chez-Nous, Retirement Residence at 187 Avenue de la Cathedrale


The intersection of Portage and Main


A fiery December sunset looking down Portage Ave.


Théâtre Cercle Molière was founded in 1925 and is the oldest theatre company in Canada, French or English


The bust of Louis Riel looks over the Red River and downtown Winnipeg