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May 1, 2020
Victoria Hall: Finding a Piece of The Past
Victoria Hall, a theatre dating from the late 1800s, created a much different experience from the ones we know and love today, such as the Park Theatre or Burton Cummings Theatre. Safety features, building materials, and forms of entertainment have all been dramatically changed and upgraded. But one thing has not changed and that is…
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April 17, 2020
The Transformation of the Transcona Bank of Toronto
The historic Bank of Toronto Building in the community of Transcona is the fitting home of the Transcona Museum. Originally designed to safely stow fiscal wealth, it now protects the community’s treasured history. A stately brick building that has stood the test of time, the bank has been a constant in a community that has…
April 15, 2020
The Caron House Carries On
Paul Sullivan, writing for the Winnipeg Free Press, once wrote of the Caron House “[it] stares out at the Assiniboine River like an old blind woman in her rocking chair, getting the sun.” At the time the Caron House was some 78 years old, and as Sullivan continued, was a “stately three storey brick building,…
April 8, 2020
Caring for the Community – The Winnipeg Hebrew Free School
Located in the North End, on the corner of Magnus Avenue and Andrews Street, is a red brick building covered in murals. Today, this building is the home of the United Way’s Andrews Street Family Centre, with safe and supportive spaces that offer basic needs for the surrounding community. However, long before the Centre opened,…
April 1, 2020
The Promise of Our Lady of the Good Heart
There is a small chapel in a park across the street from the church of St. Norbert’s Parish, at 80 Rue St. Pierre. It has no door, only a small iron-wrought fence. A statue of the Virgin Mary watches over the space from her place at the rear of the sanctuary. This small chapel, named…
March 26, 2020
Hospital Histories: The Winnipeg Municipal Hospital
Two archways are hidden on the grounds of the Riverview Health Centre at 1 Morley Avenue. Carved into the archway’s pediments are a stylized cross and the words “NURSES ENTRANCE”, giving two small hints into what the doorways were once attached too. Plaques sit nearby for curious passerby’s to read about the history of these…
March 18, 2020
The Redemption of 635 Sargent Avenue
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) located on 635 Sargent Avenue kicked off the year with a 2020 Heritage Winnipeg Institutional Conservation Award of Excellence. The conservation project beautifully renovated the interior while upholding the building’s rich history as a communal hub, a role it has maintained since its 1906 construction. Before it became…
March 13, 2020
The Ringleaders of 121 Euclid Avenue
At 121 Euclid Avenue, a curiously shaped corner store wraps around a detailed Queen Anne Revival style home. Inside, at Metro Meat, you can find a fine sampling of deli meats and experience a part of Point Douglas’s physical and cultural landscape that has been in operation since 1911. The home was the first part…
March 5, 2020
National Honour Pending for Brookside Cemetery
At the City of Winnipeg’s Standing Policy Committee on Property and Development, Heritage and Downtown Development meeting on March 2nd, 2020, Councillors voted unanimously to nominate Brookside Cemetery at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue as a National Historic Site. It will then go to the next Council meeting for final approval to proceed. This is just the…
February 27, 2020
The Life and Death of the Elms
Set behind a veil of greenery sits a stately white house, with a large portico hinting at the type of grand home it once was. Slowly being reclaimed by the landscape, the house has taken on the appearance of a romantic folly, perched high on the shore of the Assiniboine River. A relic from a…