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January 15, 2020
California Calling: The Buena Vista Apartments
On a dark and cold winter day in Winnipeg, one only needs to travel to the Norwood neighbourhood to find a little bit of California sunshine. The Buena Vista Apartments are an unexpected splash of Spanish flare, standing out as one of the scarce examples of Mission Revival architecture in the city. At first glance…
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January 8, 2020
The Old Lady of Carlton Street: The Winnipeg Free Press Building
The Manitoba Health Offices building at 300 Carlton Street does not try to hide what it once was. Along the roof, in boxy letters, are the words “FREE PRESS”. It is a not-so-subtle reminder of the building’s publishing past. For 79 years, 300 Carlton Street was the home of the Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba’s oldest…
December 18, 2019
Hall-Marks The Spot: Winnipeg’s Heritage in Christmas Movies
If you have been anywhere in Winnipeg in the past several years, you’ve likely seen a film crew at some point. They’re easy to spot: Long white trucks, maybe a trailer or two, set up along Winnipeg’s suburban streets or in a parking lot downtown. Manitoba’s film industry has taken off, bringing in millions of…
December 12, 2019
An Opportunity for Revival: The Sale of the St. Boniface City Hall and Fire Hall No. 1
On December 4, 2019, the St. Boniface City Hall and Fire Hall No. 1 saw dozens of people walk through their doors to attend their open houses. This took place just a week after the City of Winnipeg announced their plans to sell these two historic structures and put out a request for proposals. Local…
December 4, 2019
The Little House on Adelaide: The Story of the Kelly House
Among the large industrial warehouses that make up the bulk of the Exchange District, The Kelly House at 88 Adelaide seems out of place. Comparatively small, the red-bricked Queen Anne Revival Style home today is sandwiched between two massive warehouses and parking lots. It was not always this way. Before the industrial boom of the…
November 29, 2019
An Industrial Rehabilitation: The Making of the Manitoba Children’s Museum
A familiar haunt for family outings, school trips, and birthday parties the Manitoba Children’s Museum (45 Forks Market Road) has been a mainstay of the Forks since they took over CNR Bridges and Structures Building in 1994. This was not the easiest of transitions to make; The CNR Bridges and Structures building is the oldest…
November 20, 2019
The Many Faces of the Ryan House: 5 East Gate
In a quiet neighbourhood tucked into a generous bend of the Assiniboine River sits a “suburban haven” known as Armstrong’s Point. Home to many of Winnipeg’s prominent citizens, the neighbourhood was developed between the 1880s and the early 1900s. Drawn to the relative seclusion and spacious lots, Winnipeg’s well-to-do built an eclectic array of homes,…
November 11, 2019
Military Maneuvers: Remembering the Fort Osborne Barracks
There have been a variety of Fort Osborne’s in Winnipeg. The very first opened in 1873, along the banks of the Assiniboine River. A wooden fort, much like Fort Garry and Fort Gibraltar, it sat on the lot that would one day become home to the Manitoba Legislature. The Fort’s wooden structures would be torn…
November 6, 2019
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Russell Sedition Trial
As 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, Heritage Winnipeg is commemorating the year by looking back at the events during this tumultuous period of history that helped shape our city. This article is part of a series of guest posts reflecting on the some of the places that bore witness…
October 30, 2019
History Among the Headstones: Elmwood Cemetery
The opening of Elmwood Cemetery in 1902 was more controversial than many of Winnipeg’s other cemeteries. It is a privately owned, non-denominational cemetery built on 37 acres of land in the municipality of Kildonan – and was the first cemetery of its kind in Winnipeg. Plans for the cemetery were meant to maintain as many…